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Dr. Damayanthie Eluwawalage will discuss clothing practices and choices of early Pennsylvania.
The History Center’s September Second Saturday Program will feature Albright College professor Dr. Damayanthie Eluwawalage
Dr. Eluwawalage will examine the clothing practices and choices in Pennsylvania from 1600-1900. Eluwawalage will explore how internal and external influences impacted Pennsylvanians’ way of dressing, effected their societal and cultural attitudes, and social demeanor. The program will showcase how clothing was used as a symbolic indicator of status and how it influenced the class distinction in early Pennsylvanian society.
Damayanthie Eluwawalage, Ph.D., MPHA, is a researcher, author, historian, private pilot, and designer from Reading, PA. Dr. Eluwawalage earned her interdisciplinary Ph.D. in Design and History from Edith Cowan University in Australia, and a B.A. in Design from the Curtin University of Technology in Australia.
ADMISSION INFO
Phone: 717-848-1587
Email: droe@yorkhistorycenter.org
Website: https://www.yorkhistorycenter.org/event/september-8-second-saturday-hist...
LOCATION
250 East Market Street, York, PA 17401
PARKING INFO
Currently 250 East Market St is only open for programs.
You may park behind the museum on Mason Ave near the Church or park on the street out front of the museum.
