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Gratz – Abe Gross’ Store Robbed, 1906

From the Lykens Standard, June 22, 1906: ROBBERY AT GRATZ The store of A. Gross, located on the first floor of the Odd Fellows’ Hall at Gratz, was robbed Thursday […]

January 17, 2024
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Lykens – Burglary at Snyder’s Jewelry Store, 1909

In the early morning hours of Sunday, June 6, 1909, the jewelry store of N. E. Snyder at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was burglarized by a thief or thieves who […]

January 17, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Harold Paul Crissinger, 1964

A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Harold Paul Crissinger, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

January 17, 2024
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Harrisburg High School (2)

An undated colorized photo post card view of the Harrisburg High School, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.

January 16, 2024
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Black Performance Company at Lykens, 1907

On December 13, 1907, in the Lykens Standard, an ad appeared for a performance of “The Hottest Coon in Dixey [sic],” to be held at the Lykens Opera House, Wednesday, […]

January 16, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Patricia Arbutes Carr, 1964

A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Patricia Arbutes Carr, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

January 16, 2024
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Railroad Memories of Lenker Station

The Lenkers Railroad Station, built by the Pennsylvania Railroad, was located on the east side of Lenker Station, Mohr Road, Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Heading west from Elizabethville on […]

January 16, 2024
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The Trolley From Millersburg to Gratz, 1906

In late December 1906, a brief news story appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph about a proposal to build a trolley line from Millersburg to Gratz. The story was picked up […]

January 15, 2024

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