1950s Toy Exhibit at OHA Museum – Come See It!

Onondaga Historical Association Museum Presents

Kid Stuff: Toys From Your Childhood!

A Holiday Exhibit Featuring the Nifty Fifties!

Davy Crockett, hula hoop, slinky, roller skates, Tom Swift, Cherry Ames, Howdy Doody , the erector set! What do these toys and characters have in common? Why they’re toys from the Nifty Fifties, of course! And now they’re on exhibit at the Onondaga Historical Association Museum! See all these toys and more during OHA’s latest toy exhibit at the Museum, 321 Montgomery St, Syracuse , NY!

Kid Stuff: Toys From Your Childhood! is sure to bring back fond memories for all baby boomers who experienced childhood during the 1950s! Even if you weren’t alive during the Nifty Fifties, the whole family will certainly enjoy this exhibit!

Come see the toys that thrilled children on Christmas morning in the nifty ‘50s, some still in their original boxes! See vintage photos of downtown Christmas shoppers looking for bargains. See Santa checking out the special toys he’ll deliver to all the good boys and girls. See families gathered around the Christmas tree unwrapping gifts and enjoying the holiday – fifties style! See a 1950s Christmas tree with genuine ‘50s ornaments! This exhibit is sure to thrill everyone, even Ebenezer Scrooge!

So what are you waiting for? Kid Stuff: Toys From Your Childhood! is now open during our NEW museum gallery hours, Wednesday-Friday, 10-4; Saturday and Sunday, 11-4. The exhibit also will be open special hours each third Thursday, December-January, 5-8pm . The exhibit closes on Sunday, January 18, 2009.

Park for Free while visiting the Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center!

Park for Free while visiting the Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center!

Have you wanted to visit OHA’s museum to see the latest exhibit, or research your famous (or infamous) ancestor in the research center, or buy that loved one a special gift from OHA’s gift shop but haven’t because finding a parking spot is too much of a hassle?

Well, have we got news for you! For the next 6 months you can park FREE, yes FREE for the first hour in the five downtown garages! And the second hour is only $1.00! Conveniently, located to OHA’s museum and research center is a parking garage at the corner of Montgomery and East Fayette Sts.

OHA’s board of directors and staff are encouraging all OHA members to take advantage of this limited time offer to park in the downtown garages when visiting our marvelous organization.

So, what are you waiting for? Come buy OHA’s latest pictorial book, Historic Photos of Syracuse or see the 1950s toy exhibit by parking for FREE!

Beginning on December 3, 2008 , OHA is introducing our NEW museum gallery hours, Wednesday-Friday, 10-4; Saturday and Sunday, 11-4. The exhibit also will be open special hours each third Thursday, December-January, 5-8pm . The 1950s toy exhibit closes on Sunday, January 18, 2009.

Kid Stuff: Toys From Your Childhood!

Onondaga Historical Association Museum Presents

Kid Stuff: Toys From Your Childhood!

A Holiday Exhibit Featuring the Nifty Fifties!

Davey Crockett, hula hoop, slinky, roller skates, Tom Swift, Cherry Ames, Howdy Doody, the erector set! What do these toys and characters have in common? Why they’re toys from the Nifty Fifties, of course! And they’ll soon be on exhibit at the Onondaga Historical Association Museum! See all these toys and more during OHA’s latest toy exhibit opening Thursday, November 20, 2008 from 5-8pm!

Kid Stuff: Toys From Your Childhood! is sure to bring back fond memories for all baby boomers who experienced childhood during the 1950s! Even if you weren’t alive during the Nifty Fifties, the whole family will certainly enjoy this exhibit!

Come see the toys that thrilled children in the ‘50s on Christmas morning, some still in their original boxes! See vintage photos of downtown Christmas shoppers looking for bargains. See Santa checking out the special toys he’ll deliver to all the good boys and girls. See families gathered around the Christmas tree unwrapping gifts and enjoying the holiday – fifties style! See a 1950s Christmas tree! This exhibit is sure to thrill everyone, even Ebenezer Scrooge!

So what are you waiting for? Kid Stuff: Toys From Your Childhood! opens on Thursday, November 20, 2008 and closes on Sunday, January 18, 2009. The exhibit is open during regular museum gallery hours, Wednesday-Friday, 10-2; Saturday and Sunday, 11-4. The exhibit also will be open special hours each third Thursday, November-January, 5-8pm.

A Small Sample of 1950s Toys Appearing in the Exhibit

The Rocket Ride at the E.W. Edwards Dept. Store in the 1950s

Santa Claus Riding in Style to Sears

Onondaga Historical Association Museum Celebrates Black History Month!

Onondaga Historical Association Museum

Celebrates

Black History Month!

 

The Onondaga Historical Association Museum celebrates Black History Month with its signature exhibition on Syracuse and the Underground Railroad.

 

This exhibit, Freedom Bound: Syracuse & The Underground Railroad, is part of the New York State Underground Railroad Heritage Trail remembers the people and events that affected African Americans during the 19^th century in Syracuse. Presented in three parts visitors can enjoy a timeline and artifact display; be a part of the abolitionist experience through a sound and light show on the Loguen and Wanzer families of Syracuse; and watch a film on the “Jerry Rescue” where the citizens of Syracuse oppose the return of William Jerry Henry, a fugitive slave.

 

The exhibit is free and open to the public Wednesday-Friday from 10am-2pm and weekends from 11am-4pm.

 

For more information call 428-1864. The museum is located at 321 Montgomery Street in downtown Syracuse.

Freedom Bound – The Story of Syracuse & The Underground Railroad: Visitor Comments

We have added a new section to the OHA permanent museum exhibitions webpage for some of the very interesting and evocative comments we have been receiving after museum visitors have viewed the Freedom Bound – The Story of Syracuse & The Underground Railroad exhibition. You may see them here. More comments will be added in the future.

Sneak Preview of New Artwork Exhibit at OHA Museum!

Onondaga Historical Association Museum and Research Center

Invites You to join us for a Members Only

Sneak Preview of our New Exhibition

Exploring History with Art

Onondaga County on the Move:

200 Years of Transportation

Thursday, September 20^th, 4 – 5pm

Refreshments will be served

Syracuse Nocturne, 1946

Oil painting by Fred Gardner showing several modes of transportation including a locomotive running down Washington Street, downtown Syracuse.

Starting September 20^th, Onondaga Historical Association will feature a new exhibition drawn from its collections that highlights 200 years of changes in local modes of transportation. From travel by foot, horse, canal, plank and toll road, railroad, trolley, automobile and airplane, the exhibition will illuminate the vast changes that have occurred in the ways citizens of Onondaga County get from here to there.

This exhibition is sponsored in part by CENTRO – Central New York Regional Transportation Authority and Syracuse Research Corporation

Following the OHA Reception, members are encouraged to participate in the “Third Thursday Visual Arts Open” for details see: www.Th3Syracuse.com

Deadly Influenza Pandemic Invades Syracuse!…in 1918. And Again on June 24th at the OHA Museum!

Illustrated Lecture At OHA Museum

 

For More Information:

Dennis Connors, Curator of History

(315) 428-1864, ext. 310 or

djcoha@juno.com

 

The 1918 Influenza Pandemic and Its Deadly Impact on Upstate New York!

In the fall of 1918 a highly contagious flu epidemic swept across the world, killing millions.  An estimated 675,000 Americans died.  The global movement of many soldiers during World War I helped its rapid spread.  The United States Army, using the State Fairgrounds near Syracuse as a staging camp, was especially hard hit as the disease raced through the close quarters there.  And then it spread into the city.

 

The local medical facilities at the time included Memorial Hospital, then located on West Genesee Street, and Crouse-Irving Hospital on University Hill.  Both were severely strained as hundreds of the sick and dying were transported there.  It was the greatest medical crisis in the history of both hospitals.  Dozens of nurses at each were stricken and five died.  By the time the epidemic subsided, there had been over 900 deaths in the city within the span of a few weeks.

 

On Sunday, June 24 at 2:00 pm inside the auditorium at the Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center, Teresa Lehr of the State University of New York at Brockport will present a lecture on how the hospitals in upstate cities like Syracuse and Rochester handled this massive medical epidemic.

 

This lecture is the third in a series jointly sponsored by the Onondaga Historical Association Museum & Research Center and Crouse Hospital in commemoration of the hospital’s 120^th anniversary.  The roots of Crouse Hospital extend back to the 1887 founding of the Syracuse Hospital for Women and Children, which became Memorial Hospital.  Crouse-Irving and Memorial merged in 1968 to become today’s Crouse Hospital.  The history of Crouse Hospital is being presented in a concurrent exhibit at the OHA Museum that will run until August 5th. 

 

Admission to the lecture is free.  For more information, contact the OHA at 428-1864, ext. 310.