Loyalton – Man Injured When Hit By Auto, 1924
The dangers of walking along a highway, even within a small town, were brought home with this unfortunate accident. The car wasn’t speeding, and the driver claimed he was blinded […]
Upper Dauphin High School – Marilyn Elaine Smeltz, 1964
A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Marilyn Elaine Smeltz, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
Williamstown Saved from Great Fire, 1924
Quick action by residents and the Williamstown fire company, with some assistance from the wind changing directions, saved Williamstown from the fate of Gratz which one week earlier lost its […]
Lykens – Uhler Drug Store Fire Was Costly, 1924
UHLER DRUG STORE FIRE ESTIMATED $2,000 The fire which occurred at the Uhler Drug Store, Main and Market Streets, Saturday morning, October 25 [1924], caused a loss estimated at about […]
Upper Dauphin High School – Thomas Homer Sitlinger, 1964
A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Thomas Homer Sitlinger, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
Fall of Slate Kills George Dreibelbis at Big Lick, 1924
Again the bowels of the earth have taken toll, and on Wednesday about noon, George Dreibelbis, 20 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Dreibelbis of Wiconisco, was crushed […]
Jacob F. Werner Decapitated by Train, 1924
The death certificate of Jacob F. Werner, of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, indicates he died on March 10, 1924, and that he was “killed by train; head crushed,” and the […]
Upper Dauphin High School – Richard Leroy Shomper, 1964
A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Richard Lee Shomper, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]