Worcester 911 highlights some of the cataclysmic events that have affected Worcester and explores how its citizenry has rallied time and again to heal and strengthen community.
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Stories They Tell reveals the public and personal stories behind a selection of artifacts from the collection of Worcester Historical Museum.
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A history of ice skating in Worcester from the Victorian era to today.
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This exhibition focused on the Eastern European Jewish immigrant in Worcester, Massachusetts, between 1880 and 1945, and illuminated the centrality of Water Street to local Jewish life during that period. Because much of the Jewish experience is typical of all immigrant groups, Water Street spoke to everyone. In essence, this exhibition about people was made possible through the efforts of many. Contributions of information, photographs, documents, objects, ideas and research came from individuals and institutions, laypeople and professionals, libraries and agencies. That accumulation recaptured the spirit of a people and a place. Most of the material had never been published,
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Images were selected from the thousands of pictures George P. Cocaine (1915-1979) took during the year 1950. Cocaine, who worked for the Worcester Evening Gazette from 1935 until his death in 1979, once estimated he shot 10,000 photographs per year. His work was omnivorous, including the most newsworthy events of the day as well as the events of life around him. He photographed Presidents and first communions, hurricanes and grocery stores. His work won many awards. In 1939, the year he began full-time work for the Gazette, he won first place in the Associated Press News Photo Contest for his
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Harvey Ball (1921-2001) was born and raised in Worcester. His father operated a cigar shop at Lincoln Square near the court house, and later worked as a watchman at the Melville Shoe company warehouse on Hammond Street. Ball attended South High School where he was especially interested in art. In his junior year he apprenticed himself to a local sign painter who taught him how to create visual images with strong impact. He won a scholarship to attend the Worcester Art Museum School in 1940, where he received training in fine arts. In his view, working at the sign shop
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Highway of Commerce: The Blackstone Canal was presented as part of the Blackstone Valley cooridor-wide celebration of the 175th anniversary of the opening of the Blackstone Canal, the 45-mile waterway that linked Worcester to Providence RI. It was the first step in the transportation revolution that led to Worcester’s transformation from a landlocked agrarian outpost to a thriving center of commercial activity.
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