by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Dec 31, 2019
Please join us as part of the 19th Annual First Night Youngstown celebration on Tuesday, December 31, 2019 from Noon to 7:00 pm at Arms Family Museum. Show us your First Night wristband and get HALF OFF ADMISSION to MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS PAST. It’s a great...
by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Dec 12, 2013 | Events
James and Vera Tyo were married in Covington, Kentucky, On December 24, 1941. In order to make enough money for that wedding, Jim worked a second job at the Bloomer Candy Company in Zanesville, Ohio. They celebrated that first Christmas together by making homemade...
by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Dec 6, 2012 | Arms Family Museum, Events, Exhibits
The Shiny-Brite company produced the most popular Christmas tree ornaments in the United States throughout the 1940’s and ’50s. In 1937 Max Eckhardt established “Shiny-Brite” ornaments, working with the Corning Glass Company to mass produce...
by Mahoning Valley Historical Society | Dec 4, 2012 | Arms Family Museum, Exhibits
The tradition of decorative Christmas villages is rooted in the holiday traditions of the Pennsylvania Dutch. In early-colonial American Moravian homes, the construction of a nativity scene, or putz, at the base of a Christmas tree was a very common holiday activity....
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