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Loyalton – Harvey Snyder General Store, 1920s

A 1920s photograph of the Harvey H. Snyder General Store, southeast corner of Main Street and Crossroads (Oakdale Station Road), Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Standing next to the horse is […]

June 26, 2016
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Gratz – The Sky-Vu Drive-In Theatre

The Sky-Vu Drive-In Theatre is located at the east end of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, along Route 25.  It was open “in season” from early spring through mid-November.  The photograph […]

June 26, 2016
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Bertha [Riegle] Sitlinger – Four Generations

A Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania family welcomes a new birth in the early 1940s. The photograph was taken on the front porch of the Riegle-Dietrich homestead.  The new […]

June 22, 2016
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Isaac Troutman (1875-1960) & Mary [Hoffman] Troutman (1874-1953)

A photograph of Isaac C. Troutman (1875-1960) and Mary Margaret [Hoffman] Troutman, of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken on the day of their wedding in 1896. According to family […]

June 22, 2016
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Jonathan S. Zerbe (1857-1941) & Children

A photograph of Jonathan Zerbe and three of his children, taken after the death of his wife,Julia [Messner], Zerbe. According to the Elizabethville Echo, 8 April 1897, Julia died on […]

June 21, 2016
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Gratz – The Air Shaft

The major mining operations that employed large numbers of men were on the other side of Short Mountain from Gratz and Lykens Township.  But getting there was quite a feat.  […]

June 12, 2016 1 Comment
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Victor Scheib Farm, 1890s

A view of the Victor E. Scheib farm, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken in the 1890s. None of the members of the Scheib family have been identified. This farm […]

June 2, 2016
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Andrew Lycans (1701-1756)

Believed to be a portrait of Andrew Lycans, or Lykens (1701-1756), for whom Lykens Valley, Lykens Borough, and Lykens Township are named. The following story is adapted/edited from pages 55-56 […]

June 1, 2016

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