If you have seen our current exhibit Downtown Then and Now you likely noticed the large sign on display (see below picture). Star and Eagle Sign, 2019.029.001 The Star and Eagle was a former tea shop located in Center Square during the Great Depression. It only operated in the summers and was owned by Martha… Read More »Star and Eagle
Readers of a certain age no doubt remember The Saturday Evening Post. Even readers born after the Post’s heyday, are probably familiar with some of its familiar Normal Rockwell covers. But, did you know of Montgomery County’s connection to the iconic American weekly? Published in Philadelphia, The Saturday Evening Post goes all the way back to 1821, but… Read More »The Saturday Evening Post and Montgomery County