Vera I. [Schwalm] Kimmel (1921-2021) – Centenarian
VERA I. [SCHWALM] KIMMEL (1921-2021) Vera I. Kimmel, age 100, of Valley View, passed away Thursday, October 7, 2021, at Tremont Health and Rehabilitation Center. She was born on Friday, […]
Alice Louise Baker – Halifax High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Alice Louise Baker, a member of the senior class of Halifax High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _________________________________ From the 1962 yearbook, Hal-Wayne-Son, of the Halifax High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, […]
Clyde L. Machamer (1914-1989) – Independent Miners’ President
A newspaper photograph of Clyde L. Machamer holding a “We Burn Coal” poster. The photo was published in the Pottsville Republican on December 1, 1965, with the following caption: PROMOTES […]
Europeans Permanently Settle in Dauphin County
A 1732 map of New England, New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, from the Library of Congress. The map was drawn by Herman Moll, a London cartographer. The Susquehanna River […]
Black Residents of Upper Dauphin County, 1880
A portion of the 1880 Federal Census for Gratz Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing two families living in the same household. The 1880 Census used two terms to identify Blacks […]
Larry Paul Barnhart – Upper Dauphin High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Larry Paul Barnhart, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1962 yearbook, La Memoria, of the […]
Latsha – Reading Railroad Station
An undated photograph said to be of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Station at Latsha, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, located in the Shamokin Division. The station appears to be nothing more […]
Thomas Eugene Barge – Upper Dauphin High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Thomas Eugene Barge, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1962 yearbook, La Memoria, […]