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EVENTS
Lunch and Learn:
Norwich in the Golden Age of postcards
On Wednesday, October 9th at 11am,
Norwich & District Museum welcomes Dr Matthew Griffis from Oxford County
Library for the first of our 2024-2025 Lunch & Learns! Dr Griffis, who
is the Digital Literacy ad Local History Technician at the Tillsonburg
Branch of OCL, will give a talk titled: 'Norwich in the Golden Age of
postcards'.
Postcards are windows into the past.
They reveal much about the history of places and people. View cards, the
most popular type of postcard a century ago, usually showed a town or city’s
main streets, important businesses, residences, schools, special events, and
more. In this presentation, Dr. Matthew Griffis of the Oxford County Library
will share and discuss a selection of Norwich and area postcards, most
dating from the early 1900s – the “golden age” of the picture postcard. He
will also discuss the advantages and risks of using old postcards in
historical research.
This event will be followed by a free
soup and sandwich lunch. Attendance is free, but donations to help cover our
costs are encouraged (recommended donation: $10). Please register in advance
by telling us you're "Going" on the Facebook event page or contacting the
Museum by email or phone. Reservations help us to know how much food we need
and how many seats to put out, so please make sure that you are able to come
and let us know!
Heritage dinner and
silent auction
Gore Church
decorated for a carol sing.
See the interior. Barn Quilt Trail
Also... See photos of the moving of the Norwich Gore church to the Historical Society site, March 2011.
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