Gratz Fair – Wood Cut Ad, 1988
A wood cut used to advertise the Gratz Fair of 1988. Gathering the harvest with barn and windmill in background. Artist unknown. The Gratz Fair in 1988 was held at […]
An Early Threshing Machine
An undated photograph of a thrashing machine owned by G. Newton Laudenslager (1882-1930) of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to family information, G. Newton and his family invested in […]
Halifax – Boyer High School Future Farmers, 1947
A 1947 photograph of the Future Farmers of America Club of the Boyer Memorial High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The adviser of the club was Mr. Richard Jones, who […]
George E. Finkbone (1893-1954) – Killed in Farm Accident
TOWNSHIP MAN VICTIM OF FARM ACCIDENT George Elmer Finkbone, 61, was killed then pinned beneath a corn picking machine on his farm in Lykens Township, east of Berrysburg, Tuesday afternoon. […]
Board of Trade Meeting Held at Hegins, September 1911
With the plans for the building of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad came a number of so-called “investors” who sought money-making opportunities in the Lykens Valley. At a meeting held in […]
Board of Trade Meeting Held at Springvile, June 1911
With the plans for the building of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad came a number of so-called “investors” who sought money-making opportunities in the Lykens Valley. At a meeting held in […]
Tri-Valley High School – Future Farmers of America, 1956
A 1956 photograph of the Future Farmers of America of Tri-Valley High School, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Students in this photograph are from Schuylkill County townships of Barry, Eldred, Hegins, […]
Board of Trade Meeting Held at Mabel, April 1911
With the plans for the building of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad came a number of so-called “investors” who sought money-making opportunities in the Lykens Valley. At a meeting held in […]