From staff reports
Drake Well Museum will continue its Wisdom and Wine: Home in the Oil Region lecture series Thursday with a presentation by Jan Lauer on Civil War fashion and sewing machines of the 1860s.
Lauer has been a Civil War-era re-enactor for 23 years, portraying a dressmaker. She will highlight Elizabeth Keckly, the most famous dressmaker during the Civil War, and her rise from slavery to the White House.
The presentation will discuss the more famous sewing machine companies and their histories during the Civil War. Original documentation and time period sewing machines will be on display.
The program will be held in the museum’s multipurpose room.
Admission is free for current members of the Friends of Drake Well and $5 for the public. Admission to the happy hour event proceeding the lectures is an additional $5 for members and nonmembers.
The museum’s Wisdom and Wine series features the people, places and events of local petroleum history.
There is limited seating available for the lecture series. To make a reservation, call (814) 827-2797 or email drakewell@verizon.net.
