Chautauqua Schedule for September 14

September 14th, 2018 - 10:00 am to 8:00 pm

Friday, Sept. 14, 2018

Zwaanendael Museum, 102 Kings Highway, Lewes. 302-645-1148

1:00 p.m.          “Passenger Trains on Delmarva.” Lecture by retired Amtrak conductor Paul Buckley who will share stories about the passengers and trains he experienced throughout his career

2:15 p.m.          “Tracking the Pumpsie Doodle.” Lecture by Debbie Keese, former director of the Iron Hill Museum, who will shed light on this little known railroad that traveled between Pomeroy, Pa. and Delaware City, Del.

 

Friday, Sept. 14, 2018

       Lewes History Museum, 101 Adams Ave., Lewes. 302-645-76

     10 a.m.–4 p.m.  Model train layout provided by the Delaware SeaSide Model Railroad Club

3:45 p.m.          “The Harvey Girls.” Screening of the 1946 film starring Judy Garland in which a mail-order bride traveling west by train meets a group of young women who are about to open a "Harvey House" restaurant at a remote whistle stop

6:00 p.m.          Saul Broudy. Folksinger performs the songs of railroad workers and discusses the role this music played in their lives

7:15 p.m.          “Harvey Girl.” Kim Hanley of the American Historical Theatre portrays one of the thousands of young women who were recruited to work as waitresses in Fred Harvey’s chain of restaurants located along railroad lines in the American West during the late- 9th to the mid-20th century

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Chamber Hours of Operation

Year Round
Monday - Friday  10 am - 4 pm

Memorial Day to Labor Day Weekends
Saturdays 10 am - 3 pm
Sundays and Holidays 10 am - 2 pm

Columbus Day Weekend to weekend before Memorial Day
Saturdays and Sundays - closed