It is not just locomotives or tours that are keeping the staff at Steamtown busy. Over the past few months, a new exhibit on advertising and the railroads is coming into fruition in the History Museum.
All different eras up to the present are covered in this exhibit.
Three dimensional artifacts, including this Phoebe Snow-style dress will draw interest into the topic. The dress is on loan from the Lackawanna Historical Society. Other items are from the Steamtown Archives.
Railroad calendars and posters advertising events as well as travel to the events are key elements of the displays.
All the work is being done in-house. I just happened to catch them in the act of assembling some of the artwork. The total project will be finished in June, but the public can see it now in its incomplete state.
