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Williamstown – Williams Valley Transportation Company, 1953

A 1953 advertisement for the Williams Valley Transportation Company, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. WILLIAMS VALLEY TRANSPORTATION COMPANY 226 West Market Street WILLIAMSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA Dependability ….. Safety ….. Courtesy _________________________________ From […]

December 28, 2018
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Midland Pennsylvania Railroad – Events of 1913

News of the year 1913 of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad is presented here as reported in area newspapers. For all previous articles on this doomed project, see:  Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. […]

December 27, 2018
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Williamstown – Durbin Hosiery Mill

An undated photograph of the Durbin Hosiery Mill, located on the east side of South West Street, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  When the mill was founded it was the first […]

December 27, 2018
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Gratz – A. E. Daniel & Sons Garage, 1955

A 1955 photograph of the Allen E. Daniel and Sons Garage, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Photo and information from the Gratz Sesquicentennial Book, 1955. Corrections and additional information should […]

December 26, 2018
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Midland Pennsylvania Railroad – Events of 1912

News of the year 1912 of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad is presented here as reported in area newspapers. For all previous articles on this doomed project, see:  Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. […]

December 26, 2018
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Williamstown – Williams Valley Hospital, 1917-1933

An early 20th century photograph of the Williams Valley Hospital, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A brief history of this hospital was included with the above photo in the Williamstown Sesquicentennal […]

December 25, 2018
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A 1931 Christmas Message from the “Elizabethville Echo”

In the 24 December 1931 edition of the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the publishers gave the following optimistic Christmas message: Christmas This should be the most successful Christmas […]

December 25, 2018
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Lykens Standard Reporter Interviews Santa Claus, 1936

In what appeared to be an unabashed promotion of Christmas commercialism in 1936, the Lykens Standard claimed to have interviewed Santa Claus to identify merchandise hawked by Lykens merchants.  The […]

December 25, 2018

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