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Harrisburg – New Year, 1924

The front page of the Harrisburg Telegraph, December 31, 1923, with the following major stories: ____________________________________________ From Newspapers.com. Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.

January 1, 2024
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Reading Railroad Excursion to Philadelphia Mummers Parade, 1924

A newspaper advertisement for the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Excursion to Philadelphia for the New Year’s Day Mummers Parade, Tuesday January 1, 1924. The excursion’s round-trip rate of $3.25 applied […]

January 1, 2024
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Elizabethville – Hoffner & Fickinger Butchering, 1907

A 1907 newspaper advertisement for Hoffner and Fickinger, butchers, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. [Elizabethville Echo, January 3, 1907]. WANTED! FAMILY BUTCHERING We respectfully solicit your family butchering this season and […]

January 1, 2024
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Pennsylvania Railroad Excursion – Gettysburg, 1911

A 1911 newspaper notice of a special excursion train of the Pennsylvania Railroad from Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to Gettysburg, for Memorial Day Remembrances, Tuesday, May 30, 1911. [Elizabethville Echo, […]

December 31, 2023
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Gratz – Mid-Town Groceries, 1988

A 1988 business card advertisement for Mid-Town Groceries, Market Square, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Fresh subs and Sandwiches daily ______________________________________________ From an ad that appeared in the 1988 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

December 31, 2023
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Pine Grove High School – Boys’ Basketball, 1924

A 1924 photograph of the boys’ basketball team of Pine Grove High School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The team members and coaches are identified as: Front Row:  Raymond Dress; Lloyd […]

December 31, 2023
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Sunbury – Conrail Freight Train

An undated color photograph showing two Conrail diesel engines pulling a freight train through Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. _________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this […]

December 31, 2023
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Grand Opening of Penn Station, New York City, 1910

A photograph taken around 1910 (later colorized) of the new Pennsylvania Station, New York City, which was scheduled to open on November 27, 1910. The Pennsylvania Railroad announced the opening […]

December 30, 2023

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