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Local Reminiscences for Home Historians – February 16, 1905

Ninth in a series of nine 1904-1905 newspaper articles in which two old-timers are portrayed reminiscing about the Lykens Valley of the past. The two fictional characters, the “old railroader” […]

September 7, 2019
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Gratz Sesquicentennial Parade, 1955 – The Queen & Her Court

A 1955 photograph of the Queen and Her Court Float in the Gratz Sesquicentennial Parade, Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo (left to right): Phyllis Cook, […]

September 6, 2019
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Elmer Travitz (1884-1926) – Killed by Barrel at Elizabethville Freight Station

RAILROAD WORKMAN CRUSHED TO DEATH BY BARREL WAS ASSISTING FELLOW WORKMEN TAKE BARREL TO STATION CELLAR SURVIVED BY WIFE, AND FIVE CHILDREN Elmer Travitz, who resides at Millersburg, and employed […]

September 6, 2019
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Gratz Sesquicentennial Parade, 1955 – Evangelical Church Float

A 1955 photograph of the Evangelical Church float in the Gratz Sesquicentennial Parade, Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Signs on the float read: Evangelical Church I Go to Church […]

September 4, 2019
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Robinson Air Field Dedicated in Millersburg, 1930 (1)

20,000 ATTEND OPENING OF AIRPORT A thoroughly air-minded week-end was spent by the residents of the Lykens Valley as they dedicated their airport, Robinson Field, east of Millersburg, with a […]

September 4, 2019
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Robinson Air Field Dedicated in Millersburg, 1930 (2)

Thrilling Aviation Feats At Airport Dedication More than 20,000 persons attended the dedication exercises and races that featured the two day program at Robinson Field, Millersburg‘s new airport. No other […]

September 4, 2019
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Robinson Air Field Dedicated in Millersburg, 1930 (3)

Races of Airplanes Feature Dedication of Lykens Valley Air Field MILLERSBURG, July 14 [1930] — A thoroughly air-minded week-end was spent by the residents of the Lykens Valley, as they […]

September 4, 2019
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Robinson Air Field Dedicated in Millersburg, 1930 (4)

Millersburg Thronged for Airport Dedication Harrisburg, July 14 [1930] (U.P.) — Thirty thousand persons were estimated today as forming the crowd which watched the air races and “stunting” at the […]

September 4, 2019

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