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Halifax – Prenzel & Company Shoe Factory

An undated photograph from a post card showing the Prenzel and Company Shoe Factory, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this […]

November 27, 2018
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Lenkerville – Koppy’s Grocery, 1963

A 1963 advertisement photograph for Koppy’s Grocery Store, also known as Koppenhaver’s Food Store, Lenkerville, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  Advertising signs in the picture for 7-up and Breyer’s […]

November 27, 2018
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Lykens Township – Hanover Canning Company

A photograph taken about 1955 of the October rush of tomatoes at the Hanover Canning Company plant.  A story of this canning company’s presence in the Lykens Valley was told […]

November 24, 2018
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Gratz Airport – Established in 1946

The Gratz Airport was established in 1946 by Clifford Bressler who owned land west of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania,  Bressler built a 4-plane hangar to house his own small planes. […]

November 24, 2018
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Williamstown – Temple Drive-In Theatre

An undated view of the screen and car parking area of the Temple Drive-In Theatre, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  This theatre was located along the road east of Williamstown in […]

November 23, 2018
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Halifax – Triangle Restaurant & Bar, 1971

A 1971 advertising photograph of the Triangle Restaurant and Bar, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Owner:  Mr. & Mrs. R. Knisely HOME COOKING Phone 896-3541 ______________________________________ From the 1971 yearbook of […]

November 21, 2018
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Farmers Picnic at Scheib’s Grove, August 1911

The big event of August 1911 for promotion of the Lykens Valley Board of Trade and the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad was held at Scheib’s Grove near Springville [now Spring Glen], […]

November 21, 2018
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Elizabethville – Fire Destroys Swab Wagon Company Garage, 1927

In January 1927 at about 5:15 P.M., a fire was discovered in the garage of the Swab Wagon Company, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  A report of the fire appeared in […]

November 21, 2018

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