>Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 20:48:23 -0500 (EST) >From: John Seitter <[email protected]> >Subject: Camden County Historical Society Event >Sender: "New Jersey history and related topics." ><[email protected]> >To: [email protected] >Reply-to: [email protected] >Delivered-to: [email protected] >Comments: cc: [email protected] > > WHYY-TV PERSONALITY TO HOST PROGRAM >AT COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY >Ed Cunningham to Reprise His 'Workshop of the World' Documentary > >CAMDEN, NJ -- In a special presentation at the Camden County Historical >Society, WHYY-TV host Ed Cunningham will screen 'Workshop of the World' >on Sunday, April 7, from 2-4 pm. The event also includes a special >appearance by Philip Scranton, board of governors professor of industry >and technology at Rutgers-Camden. > >Originally produced by Cunningham, the one-hour special documentary >provides a panoramic history of industry throughout the >Philadelphia-Camden region. > >"For 150 years we were one of the major industrial sites of the world >with thousands of factories, employing one-quarter of a million people," >said Cunningham, who grew up when Philadelphia and Camden still called >themselves the >Workshop of the World. "Now, much of it is gone and I have always >wondered why." > >According to Cunningham, the program is a gentle reminder of what the >Philadelphia and Camden area once was, as well as what it could again become. >Following the April 7 screening, he and Professor Scranton will be >available for a discussion period. > >In its heyday, the region was carpeted with factories producing a >cornucopia of foods, clothing, building materials and transportation >systems. It was home to Baldwin Locomotives and Cramp's Shipyard; New York >Shipbuilding; >Campbell Soup Company and RCA; Ortlieb's Brewery and Stetson Hats to >name just a few. > >'Workshop of the World' examines the industries that supported and >shaped the region in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. >Generations of the same families worked in those industries and >contributed to the culture of community that grew up around the >factories. Interviews with many of those family members will spark >reminiscences for older Philadelphians and South Jersey residents, as well as >provide an eye-opening experience for younger generations largely unaware of >the Delaware Valley Region's former >industrial glory. > >This special showing of 'Workshop of the World' is free to CCHS members; >general admission is $5. The program will take place in the Boyer >Auditorium at Society headquarters at Park Blvd. and Euclid Ave., just >behind Our Lady of Lourdes Medical Center. For information, please call >(856) 964-3333 or visit CCHS's Web site at www.cchsnj.com to learn about >the Society and find detailed maps of its location. > >John R. Seitter >Executive Director >Camden County Historical Society >856-964-3333