By Amy Stephens The Edmond History Museum is home to a varied collection of wedding dresses. Some are on display in the 2023 exhibit, Unveiled: Edmond’s Bridal Fashion 1875-2020. The range of styles is extreme: a beaded, princess-style gown, a flouncy Gibson Girl dress (think early Coca Cola advertising), a classic A-line of ivory satin. […]

Leon Kobrowski was born January 18, 1914 in Minsk, Russia, today part of Belarus. As a member of the Jewish community he was confined to the Marcinkance (Poland) Ghetto in 1941. The creation of these segregated areas, known as Ghettos, enabled the Nazis to systematically deport Jewish people and others confined to the ghettos to […]

Merry Masked ZOOM Christmas! We all know Christmas 2020 is different. The Covid-19 pandemic has shaken all the pine needles from our tree of holiday tradition. Events are online.Shopping is online.Santa is socially-distanced.Presents are exchanged at arm’s length More poignantly, the way we interact with people has had to change. Seniors are isolated. Grandparents have […]

I assumed I knew what  V-Mail (Victory Mail) was during World War II—a government-issued stationery on which people could write back and forth overseas. True! But when I pulled two actual pieces of  V-Mail from the archive, I was in for a surprise. One looked like the yellowed hand-written letter I expected. The other was […]

I have great intentions of shopping with coupons at the grocery store.  Not only did my mom teach me to coupon shop, I have a fancy accordion-style coupon file that I can take to the store.  Do I ever remember to take my coupon file?  No. Do I take the time to clip coupons to […]

This radio talked for 50 years. From its speaker, the history of our country unfolded. Mary and Ed Boydston, an Edmond family, purchased the Airline tabletop radio from the Montgomery Ward’s catalog in 1938 and actively listened to it for their entire married life.  The Boydstons undoubtedly listened to World War II broadcasts. All Americans […]

By: Allison Pittman Hello readers! My name is Allison Pittman and I am the intern at the Edmond History museum. This semester I have the great pleasure of learning about exhibit planning from Amy Stephens and I couldn’t be more excited! Over the summer I watched as Amy brought the Edmond WWII: Housewives on the […]

I’m an average cook. Pity my poor family, who suffered through those early trial-and-error meals. Despite my best intentions, I served a variety of overcooked, bland, or oddly-textured casseroles. No one asked for seconds. Fortunately for them, I’m past the experimental stage and have a solid repertoire of decent meals.    Now that I’m a more […]

Some people just love history. Some people don’t. Or think they don’t. Obviously, I’m one who loves history.  I was fortunate to have good history teachers (even the coaches), and my large family always had a good sense of their roots.  Now, I’m working hard at developing museum exhibits that I hope are relevant and […]

Aaa-choo…  I’ll be keeping a box of tissue handy this fall and winter—because this museum is about to get dusty!  Normally, museums strive to achieve a dust-free environment, which prevents damage to artifacts. This is no easy feat in a historic building made of sandstone, and one of the reasons our interior walls are painted […]