Elizabethville – High School, 1939
A composite of individual photos of the members of the Class of 1939 from School Days: Graduates of Elizabethville High School, 1895-1954, by Miles V. Miller, which was published on […]
Blizzard of January 1936 – Digging Out
At the end of January 1936 a crippling blizzard hit the Lykens Valley area particularly hard. The Elizabethville Echo of 23 January 1936, in a front page article, described the […]
Williams Valley High School Softball Team, 1981
A 1981 photograph of the softball team of the Williams Valley High School, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Members of the team and coaches pictured: Front Row (sitting on ground): […]
Lykens High School Senior Trip to D.C., 1930
A 1930 photograph of members of the senior class of Lykens High School, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The caption for this photograph indicated that these seniors appeared in a play […]
The Murder of Daniel Troutman, 1880 (9)
Part 9 of 9. On 14 November 1880, Daniel Troutman, a farmer living in Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was killed at his home during an attempted robbery. Two men, Frank […]
Millersburg – Bolig’s Appliance Store, 1961
A 1961 advertisement for Bolig’s Appliance Store, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. BOLIG’S APPLIANCE STORE KELVINATORS ……….. GAS RANGES 338 CENTER STREET ______________________________________ From the 1961 Yearbook of the Millersburg-Upper Paxton […]
History of Black-Face in the Lykens Valley
A photograph taken in 1961 of a typical Minstrel Show featuring “end men” in black-face. In the photo shown above, there were six “end men,” but the typical show had […]
Lykens – The Glen (2)
An undated post card view of the Glen, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This attraction was located south of the main part of the borough. The man driving the cart is […]