John Peter Crabb – Gratz Native Was Harrisburg G.A.R. Post Commander
John Peter Crabb was born in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in October 1843, the son of Peter Crabb and his wife Mary Magdalena Crabb. The Peter Crabb family arrived in […]
Halifax – Boyer Memorial High School, 1944
A photograph of the Boyer Memorial High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, as it appeared in 1944. _________________________________ Photo from 1944 Boyer Memorial High School yearbook, The Boyeran, available on […]
Millersburg – Moore Street School Faculty, 1957
A 1957 photograph of the faculty of the Moore Street School, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pictured are: Front Row (seated): Mrs. Bentz; Mrs. Novinger; Mrs. Seal, head teacher; Mrs. Miller; […]
Lizzie Eyster and Grandchildren
An undated photograph identified only as that of Lizzie Eyster and her grandchildren. The photo was found in a “box in the attic” in a home in the Lykens Valley. […]
The Halifax Schools
A 215-page-book, A Dream Fulfilled: Boyer Memorial School and a History of Other Halifax Schools Throughout the Centuries, 1794 Forward, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2014 by the […]
Pine Grove High School Basketball Team, 1946
A 1946 photograph of the basketball team of the Pine Grove High School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Pictured are: Front row (kneeling): Kenneth Moyer; Dale Rehrer; Jack Snyder; Thomas […]
Stephen Smith (1795-1873) – Merchant and Abolitionist
Stephen Smith, an African American merchant and abolitionist, was born in slavery in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, around 1795, to Mary Smith. The name of his father was never recorded and […]
Tri-Valley High School Spanish Club, 1974
A 1974 photograph of the Spanish Club of the Tri-Valley High School, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Pictured are: Front Row (seated on floor): Vicky Dengler; Cindy Smith; Becky Koppenhaver; […]