Millersburg Post Office, 1945 – Patriotic Envelope
A patriotic cover or envelope mailed from the Millersburg Post Office, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, August 11, 1945, 7:30 a.m. The cachet on this cover honors the Coast Guard, with […]
A Specktown Selective Service Card & Draft Registration
Both sides of an original Selective Service “Registration Certificate,” World War II era, for the “Old Men’s Draft.” While some of the information at the edges of the card is […]
The Great Flood of 1972 – A Coal Town With Guts
A news article that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald, 5 July 1972, published in Shenandoah, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, describing the gutsy response to the Great Flood of 1972, […]
Elizabethville – G & S Department Store, 1929
This ad appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, 30 May 1929. It pictures three men, two in business or street clothing standing arm in arm with a Civil War veteran in […]
World War II – Dean E. Wagner – Killed In Pacific Area
TOWER CITY MARINE KILLED IN PACIFIC AREA Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Wagner of Tower City, have been advised by telegram that their son, Corporal Dean E. Wagner, of the U.S. […]
Lt. William C. Evans of Lykens, 1920
A 1920 portrait photograph of Lt. William C. Evans of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1920 yearbook, Quittapahilla, of the Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Lebanon County, […]
World War I – Joel W. Daniels – Gassed at Meuse-Argonne, Died 1934
WORLD WAR VETERAN DIED AT VALLEY VIEW [1934] Joel W. Daniels, age 38 years, 5 months and 9 days, died at his home in Valley View Tuesday morning of complications. […]
Eugene W. Strine (1942-2016) – American Legion Commander
EUGENE W. STRINE Eugene W. Strine, 73, of Williamstown, passed away Friday at the Hershey Medical Center. Born in Fisherville, September 21, 1942 a son of the late Victor Strine […]