Lykens – Hensel’s Store Burglarized, 1906
This story of the overnight robbery of Thomas A. Hensel‘s clothing store at the main square, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is from the Lykens Standard, December 14, 1906. The story […]
Grand Opening of Millersburger Hotel, 1932
The Grand Opening of the Millersburger Hotel took place on July 16, 1932 at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was announced in the Harrisburg Telegraph with the above ad that […]
Upper Dauphin High School – Donald Paul Matter, 1964
A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Donald Paul Matter, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
Dietrich – Zimmerman Suicide, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, December 14, 1906: SUICIDE AT DIETRICH Henry Zimmerman of Dietrich, who has been despondent for some time, committed suicide by shooting himself in the top of […]
Harrisburg – McKinley Funeral Train, 1901
On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot on the grounds of the Pan American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. Eight days later he died of gangrene which resulted from the gunshot […]
Upper Paxton Township – Keefer’s School, 1935
A 1935 composite of individual photographs of the students and teacher of Keefer’s School, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the composite: Top Row: Leonard Good; Marlin Keefer; […]
Upper Dauphin High School – Terry Allen Mace, 1964
A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Terry Allen Mace, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]
Loyalton – Did Someone Steal a Turkey?
From the Lykens Standard, December 7, 1906: THIS TIME IT’S TURKEY A farmer named Smeltz started from his home near Loyalton early Wednesday morning with a load of produce for […]