Last Week to See Flapper Fashions at Allentown Art Museum

An exhibit of fashions from the Roaring 20s at the Allentown Art Museum ends Sunday.

The Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley is offering two special exhibitions that allow visitors to experience the colorful styles of the 1920s along with exotic, tropical scenes from the heart of the Caribbean. Related story: Toulouse-Lautrec Show Coming to Allentown Art Museum Fabulous Flappers: Fashion from the Ellie Laubner Collection and Haitian Art from the Rodale Family Collection will run through April 21. Fashion from the Ellie Laubner Collection Step into the Museum’s Scheller Gallery and be transported back in time to the fascinating decade of the 1920s, renowned for its energy, excitement, and ostentation. The clothing, accessories, and jewelry of the period, presented in this exhibition, show off in dramatic fashion the …

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Flapper Party at Art Museum Feb. 9

Step back in time to the Roaring 20s at the Allentown Art Museum

Flapper Fashions at Allentown Art Museum [Photos]

An exhibit of fashions from the Roaring 20s is now featured at the Allentown Art Museum

The Allentown Art Museum of the Lehigh Valley is offering an antidote to the winter doldrums with two new special exhibitions that allow visitors to experience the colorful styles of the 1920s along with exotic, tropical scenes from the heart of the Caribbean. Related story: Toulouse-Lautrec Show Coming to Allentown Art Museum Fabulous Flappers: Fashion from the Ellie Laubner Collection and Haitian Art from the Rodale Family Collection will run from Sunday, February 3 through April 14, 2013, with a festive opening party planned for Saturday, February 9, from 6 to 8 p.m., complete with Roaring 20’s themed food, music, and dress-up. Fashion from the Ellie Laubner Collection Step into the Museum’s Scheller Gallery and be transported back in …

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Roaring '20s Cop Killing Remembered in Bethlehem

The death of Officer Charles Fenton 85 years ago led to a political movement that toppled a mayor and led to reform.

  In a fascinating blog posted on Wednesday, the Bethlehem Police Department remembered the 85th anniversary of the shooting death of an officer in South Bethlehem, providing a glimpse at a colorful era in the city’s history. Officer Charles Fenton was shot trying to apprehend robbery suspects on Columbia Street on Nov. 12, 1927. He died of his injuries at St. Luke’s Hospital two days later, leaving behind a wife and two sons. The blog says there was a “lawless” atmosphere in the SouthSide of the Roaring '20s, “riddled with speakeasies, brothels and gambling houses.” The robbers who shot Fenton were fleeing from one of perhaps 35 brothels that existed in South Bethlehem at the time. Excerpting from Lehigh University’s website “Beyond Steel…

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