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Elizabethville – Gise the Music Man, 1894

An 1894 advertisement for “Gise the Music Man,” Sells the Waterloo Organ and Malcolm Love Pianos (“The Best Made”), Elizabethville and Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. SEE EXHIBIT AT FAIR _____________________________________________ […]

May 15, 2022
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Gratz Fair – Drugging Indian Performers, 1900

The first Gratz Fair was fondly remembered for an Indian “exhibition” in which two native chiefs were drugged by the town doctor before their performance and “rewarded” with “fire water” […]

May 10, 2022
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Elizabethville – Steever’s Pharmacy, 1920

An advertisement for Steever’s Pharmacy, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, January 29, 1920. E. L. STEEVER, P. D. Look What’s In Town Emerson Records We have […]

May 7, 2022
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Gratz – Weaver Organs & Pianos, 1894

An 1894 advertisement for Weaver Organs and Pianos, C. P. Moyer, Agent, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The Weaver ORGANS & PIANOS Established 1870 The Weaver Organs – The Musicians Choice […]

May 1, 2022
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Les Brown Orchestra Plays Lykens, 1949

An article appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, July 15, 1949, announcing that local favorite Les Brown and his orchestra would be playing Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on August 1, […]

April 30, 2022
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Shamokin – Capitol Theatre & Tharp’s Ice Cream

An undated photograph of the Capitol Theatre and Tharp’s Ice Cream, Shamokin, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. ____________________________________________________ From “Looking Back,” Pottsville Republican-Herald, December 30, 2012, via Newspapers.com. Corrections and additional information should be […]

April 28, 2022
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Ashland – Old Steam “Lokie”

An undated color photo post card view of the Old Steam “Lokie” at Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Tourists ride reconstructed mine cars through the area where mining was done years […]

April 27, 2022
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Tremont Named for Three Mountains

A topographical map of Tremont Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, showing the configuration of three mountains – Broad Mountain, Sharp Mountain, and Second Mountain. Tremont Borough is in the northernmost part […]

April 25, 2022

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