A 1923 photograph of the interior of the James F. Hoffner General Store, located at 437 West Main Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.
Pictured are:
Front (seated): Romaine Hoffner, daughter.
Back (standing): James F. Hoffner; Frederick Maiden, young boy; Arthur Hoffner, son.
According to information with this photo, the stove in the center was known as “Old Betsy,” and the store was a “great loafing place for men in the evenings.”
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This photo was originally published in the History of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1817-1967. To obtain a copy of an exact reproduction of that book, visit the web site of the Elizabethville Area Bicentennial.