Buffalo History Museum Podcast: Shirley Chisholm: Unbought and Unbossed
Shirley Chisholm, the first black woman elected to Congress, and the first black woman to run for President, grew up in Brooklyn and represented her...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: Jenny Lind Serenades the City
In September 1950, Swedish opera star Jenny Lind began an 18-month tour of American cities, promoted by P.T. Barnum. The tour brought her to Buffalo...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: The Silent Bells
In the 1860s, Buffalo Bishop John Timon commissioned a 43-bell carillon for the city's St. Joseph's Cathedral. The bells, however, would run into a series...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: Wedding of the Waters
October 26, 1825 marked the ceremonial opening of the Erie Canal, a waterway that would shape the future of the nation. To celebrate, Governor DeWitt...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: Suicide of a Goddess
On July 1, 1902, the Pan-American Exposition's Goddes of Light statue was torn to the ground. The statue, which adorned the fair's tallest structure, had...
Buffalo History Museum Podcast: Two Souls Lost
On April 14, 1912, the Titanic sunk, and more than half of her passengers and crew died in the Atlantic. We examine the story of...
The Saturn Club Liquor Raid
On August 23, 1923, a team of federal prohibition agents raided Buffalo's elite Saturn Club in search of illegal alcohol. The raid, which uncovered large...
Love Canal Pt. 3 — Escape
Twenty years after Hooker Chemical buried its last metal drum in the depths of William Love's abandoned canal, local residents began experiencing health problems. The...
Love Canal Pt. 1 — Model City
In 1894, William T. Love broke ground on his grand vision — a utopian community which he called "Model City." His dream, however, would never come...
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