These informative programs provide scholarly presentations based on stories from Lewes’ past and complement current exhibitions at our museums. When: 1:00 PM on the Second Friday of Each Month During Fall Where: Lewes History Museum, 101 Adams Ave. Lewes, DE Admission: Free.

Friday September 9: A Milliner in the late 1890s – Presented by Corinne Litzenberg. Corinne Litzenberg, Ed.D. portrays her great-great-grandmother, Lucy Litzenberg, on September 9th at the Lewes History Museum. Lucy Litzenberg was a successful milliner in Elkton, Maryland in the late 1800s. Wearing attire from 1886, Corinne portrays the life of a woman milliner in a man’s world. “Lucy” shares the challenges of competing with department stores as the “ready to wear” revolution begins producing hats and clothing. Feel free to don your favorite hat or bowler and enjoy a hands-on sharing of millinery artifacts and curiosities.

All pics and info from the website: https://www.historiclewes.org/programs/meet-the-past-speaker-series.html