
Tales from the Textile Room: Ladies’ Gloves
The Fenton History Center has many fine examples of ladies’ gloves in the textile collection. We have elegant, long evening gloves that would have extended
NOTICE: The Fenton History Center is closed Feb. 7, 2026

The Fenton History Center has many fine examples of ladies’ gloves in the textile collection. We have elegant, long evening gloves that would have extended

The things you find when you’re looking for something else! On May 4, 1917, a son was born in Jamestown to Swedish immigrants Gust and

Seventy years ago in early February 1956, Jamestown native and America’s favorite television star, Lucille Ball, was on her way back home with her husband,

As the calendar turned to the year 1956, Jamestown residents were all talking about the recent announcement that Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz would be
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