Tower City – Girl Dies “In Confinement,” 1906
On April 6, 1906, the Lykens Standard took the opportunity to criticize the parents of a young girl who had died giving birth to a baby that had been conceived […]
Millersburg – Hotel Koppenhaver, 1909
A cropped portion of a photograph taken around 1909 (and recently colorized) of the Hotel Koppenhaver, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The original photograph was of the Daniel Miller Fountain, and was […]
The Route of the McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
A photograph taken when the McKinley Funeral Train was entering Harrisburg, September 16, 1901. The train had begun its journey earlier in the morning at Buffalo, New York, and was […]
Upper Dauphin High School – Edward Aaron Minnich, 1964
A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Edward Aaron Minnich, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
Lykens – New Water Line for the Railroad, 1906
A photograph taken around 1916 (recently colorized) of the water tower near the roundhouse at the Lykens railroad yard, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The railroad needed a regular supply of […]
Halifax – The Tragic Death of Frank Lyter, 1899
Frank Lyter, the son of Civil War veteran Isaac Lyter, met a tragic death at Halifax in July 1899, as reported in the Elizabethville Echo of July 20, 1899: Accident at Halifax Frank Lyter, son […]
Hotel Koppenhaver Used as “Hospital,” 1911
On September 12, 1911, a visitor to Millersburg was seized with an epileptic fit. Having nowhere else to take him, townsmen carried him to the Hotel Koppenhaver where he was […]
Berrysburg Post Office, 1858
The front and back of an envelope/cover mailed from the post office at Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, hand canceled, February 1, 1858. The envelope is addressed to Miss Malinda Bohland, […]