Tales from the Textile Archives: Hilda and Hester
We recently catalogued several hats that were in old-fashioned hat boxes from HILDA and HESTER, a millinery shop that was located at 13 East Fourth
NOTICE: The Fenton History Center is closed Jan. 10, 2026 – Jan. 23, 2026
We recently catalogued several hats that were in old-fashioned hat boxes from HILDA and HESTER, a millinery shop that was located at 13 East Fourth

These dapper men pictured in the 1918 Buick touring car were photographed on October 21, 1920. The men are unidentified except for the 38-year-old Assistant

This flannel baseball uniform from the old Jamestown Municipal Baseball League was donated to The Fenton History Center archives in 2008.The Municipal League was comprised

One of the most stunning displays at this year’s Scandinavian Festival in July was seeing two paintings by Swedish immigrant Albert Johnson.Johnson was a self

So much was going on in the world as the calendar turned to August 1945. President Harry S. Truman authorized the atomic bomb drops on

This is a photo of the motormen (drivers), conductors and shop workers of the Jamestown Street Railway. The Railway barns were in the brick building

The first tour of the summer season for the Fenton History Center was held on Saturday, May 31. Sixteen people met at the SS Peter

Sunset on Sunday evening, June 10, 1945, was at 8:26 p.m. By all accounts, it had been a beautiful weekend of weather, with Saturday’s “Daily

The day the world was waiting for was here. Eighty years ago on Monday afternoon, May 7, 1945, the Jamestown Post-Journal “Extra” plopped onto front

The annual Fenton History Center Church Tour will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 31. The tour will begin at SS. Peter &