Williamstown – Boy Killed by Biscuit Truck, 1924.
CHILD KILLED BY AUTO TRUCK AT WILLIAMSTOWN A shocking accident happened at Williamstown on Monday when a truck of the Sunshine Biscuit Company of Harrisburg, hit George Pravila, the 10-year-old […]
Upper Dauphin Area Teacher Strike, 1991
Photographs of the Upper Dauphin Area Education Association on strike against the Upper Dauphin Area School Board, which took place in September, 1991. None of the individuals in the photos […]
Millersburg – Baker Photography, 1992
A 1992 advertisement (business card) for Baker Photography and Framing, 186 Center Street, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Weddings — Portraits — Sports Photography Lon Zeiders, President _____________________________________ From the 1992 […]
Williamstown – An Almost Disastrous Fire, 1924
1924 was a year of disastrous and almost disastrous files in the Lykens Valley area. This fire, which occurred in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in November 1924, almost burned around […]
Lykens – Clean Up Week, 1925
Clean Up Week was instituted to eliminate or reduce the population of the house fly. This editorial comment was published in the Lykens Standard, April 17, 1925: STATEMENT ON CLEAN […]
Millersburg – Heckert Memorials, 1952
A 1952 advertisement for Carbon S. Heckert, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Mark Every Grave Memorials Displays at Middleburg and Thompsontown ___________________________________ From the 1952 yearbook, Senior Sentinel of the Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill […]
Body of River Drowning Victim Found, 1925
A story of an impoverished young man, formerly of Lykens, trying to collect driftwood from the Susquehanna River so he could heat his home for his wife and five young […]
Lykens – Thieves Take Cabbage & Potatoes, 1924
From the Lykens Standard, October 18, 1924: GARDEN ROBBED OF POTATOES AND CABBAGE Some time during Thursday night some theives entered the premises of Mrs. Ira Sheseley, West North Second […]