Ella C. Rettinger of Lykens, 1933
A 1933 portrait photograph of Ella C. Rettinger, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Serpentine, the 1933 yearbook of the West Chester State Normal School, West Chester, […]
Sunbury – Images of America
Images of America: Sunbury, was written by Margaret Murray Thorell, and published in 2014. The cover shows a photograph of the Sunbury Beef Company, which “was centrally located in the […]
Free Blacks in Lykens Township & Gratz, 1820
Two African Americans have been identified in the Census of 1820, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The 1820 Census was the first in which Gratz was recognized as a town. […]
Rev. Andrew Hazuda – Roman Catholic Priests of the Lykens Valley
Rev. Andrew Hazuda was born in Czechoslovakia. At age 16, he held the distinction of being the youngest graduate and the first native son to be an ordained priest. He […]
Robert H. Dimon of Tremont, 1934
A 1934 portrait photograph of Robert H. Dimon, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Serpentine, the 1934 yearbook of the West Chester State Normal School, West Chester, […]
Memories of Troutman’s School (2)
Troutman’s School, also known as Trautman’s School, was a one-room school house in the Spain section of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. John D. Troutman collected stories of Spain and […]
Slaves in the Household of Adam Bender, 1810
A section of a page from the Census of 1810 for Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing the household of Adam Bender. The interpretation of the original page, shown […]
Possible Photograph of F. Radel of Lykens?
An undated photograph possibly of F. Radel of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The information to identify this photo was written on the back of the photo along with an instruction […]