Pottsville – Nazi Flag Displayed at AMVETS Home, 1971
A newspaper photograph from 1971 of a group of U. S. veterans in front of a Nazi flag from World War II said to be taken at the AMVETS Home, […]
Wiconisco Creek Floods Railroad Tracks, 1924
A colorized version of a photograph of the flood of September 30, 1924. The scene is at the point where the Pennsylvania Railroad tracks cross over the Philadelphia and Reading […]
Millersburg – Aircraft & Pilot at Robinson Field
An undated, colorized photograph of an unidentified pilot and aircraft at Robinson Field, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A similar photograph with the same plane but different pilot was presented on this […]
The Rescue of John Rewalt – A Tale of the French & Indian War
A photographic copy of an 1795 print by J.G. de St. Sauveur, of an Iroquois warrior in traditional dress and holding a musket. This is believed to be an accurate […]
Lykens – Damage from the 1924 Flood
From the Lykens Standard, October 3, 1924, an article describing some of the damage from flood of 1924: FLOOD COST BOROUGH RESIDENTS $10,000 Not since 1889, when this section went […]
Suicide of George Yeager of Millersburg, 1941
An obituary from the Lykens Standard, January 17, 1941, of a likely suicide of a Millersburg man, George Yeager whose body was found about a week after he was reported […]
Killing Mom’s Boyfriend, 1995
A newspaper photograph of the rural Pennsylvania farmhouse where a drunken Paul C. Klinger, formerly of Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, met his death in a shotgun blast delivered by 18-year-old […]
The Assassination of Police Chief Simon H. Clauser, 1874
A grave marker for Simon H. Clauser at the Frieden’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Branchdale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, indicates that he was “assassinated September 5, 1874, in the borough of Hazleton.” […]