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EVENT: Potsdam in the 1950s - Reflections of a Diaper Hill Kid by Sandra Paige Sorell
There will be a FREE event on Saturday July 24th at 2 pm at the Potsdam Public Museum.
At the event will be personal recollections and photographs by Sandra Paige Sorell, author of Reflections of a Diaper Hill Kid.
What is now the Riverside Apartments across from Clarkson, used to be housing for faculty many of whom were WWII veterans looking to start families. "Babies were virtually spilling out the windows" giving it the name Diaper Hill.
"This book is a collection of essays about growing up in Potsdam in the 1950s in the Clarkson University faculty housing complex nicknamed Diaper Hill."
Sandra majored in Psychology and Literature at Clarkson University, graduating in 1973 with Great Distinction.
Free to the public event held at the Potsdam Public Museum, 2 Park Street
Refreshments will be provided.
2 Park St. (PO Box 5168)
Civic Center
Potsdam, NY 13676
(315) 265-6910
museum@vi.potsdam.ny.us
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Tuesday to Friday: 10 AM to 4 PM
Saturday: 10 AM to 2 PM
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