Greater Hazleton Historical Society and Museum

Here's an article on McAdoo's historic churches: https://www.city-journal.org/vital-economic-and-civic-role-

Happy St. Patrick's Day from the Historical Society. Here's a photo of a late nineteenth century St. Patrick's Day parade in front of St. Gabriel's (before the present church was completed in 1927) on South Wyoming Street:

Forty years ago this evening in downtown Hazleton: Shenanigans' fifth annual St. Patrick's Day eve party, featuring George Gerety, "The Man With 10,000 Songs."

Happy New Year from the Historical Society!

New Year's Eve in Hazleton, circa 1981:

December 1954: The first distribution of lunch box containers for the Dime-A-Week campaign -- leading to the formation of CAN DO, Inc. -- was made by its committee, shown leaving the Chamber of Commerce headquarters carrying the red-and-white lunchboxes which they put in business places. Left to right: Andrew Yaniga, Charles F. McElwee, Harold Koch, Alexis Neapolitan, and Chairman Aaron Goldman.

Downtown Hazleton during the holiday season in 1965

Fifty seven years ago this afternoon, students at St. Gabriel's file into the church to pray the rosary following news about John F. Kennedy's assassination:

Miners' wives search for coal during the 1902 coal strike in Hazleton.

Sean Connery as Jack Kehoe on the set of the Molly Maguires in 1968.

Sixty years ago this afternoon, John F. Kennedy held a rally in downtown Hazleton, drawing the largest crowd in the city's history. Pierre Salinger, his press secretary, described Oct. 28, 1960 as "the wildest day of the campaign." Here's an essay by the Historical Society's Charles McElwee that revisits that historic day: https://www.city-journal.org/eastern-pennsylvania-president

We reviewed the 1918 flu in Hazleton at last week's United Way campaign kickoff: https://www.standardspeaker.com//article_52970024-298b-505

Support the Historical Society at Boscov's! When you shop at Boscov's on October 14th or 15th, mention the Historical Society's name. We'll receive 5% of your total purchase. More details below. Thank you for supporting GHHS!

Downtown Hazleton in 1931

A night out in Hazleton -- Friday, September 10, 1980

OPEN HOUSE TODAY! The Museum will be open from 10am to 3pm today. Admission is $5 per person.

Downtown Hazleton's Broad Street, looking east, at the turn of the twentieth century.