‘Trunks and Travel’ Draws Capacity Crowd

Pictured from left are Chittenango Village Historian Richard Sullivan, Theresa Vincelette, Karlene Becker and Lillie Becker.

A capacity audience of more than 50 enjoyed a presentation titled, “Trunks and Travel: a 19th Century Journey,” on Sunday Nov. 8 at the Chittenango Landing Canal Boat Museum.

The presenter, Mary Jean Bialas, spoke about life on the Erie Canal and the clothing that canallers wore in their practical working lives.

Two young people in the audience were selected to participate in donning the antique clothes she brought, then the presentation shifted to the upper class traveling on the canal and the more elaborate clothes they traveled in. Top hats, canes and frock coats were standard for the wealthy men and their wives wore layers of petticoats, corsets, dresses, capes and fancy hats, which could add 32 pounds to their bodies.

Bialas also had a PowerPoint presentation of modes of travel ranging from canal boats, horse-drawn wagons and carriages, to steam locomotives that showed how New York state was very important in moving people and goods to the west.

The audience appreciated the presentation and the refreshments afterward.

It was funded by a grant from the New York Council for the Humanities and the Chittenango Garden Club.

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‘Trunks and Travel’ Draws Capacity Crowd

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