Lykens – Hosiery Mill Worker Has Bike Stolen, 1924
From the Lykens Standard, October 18, 1924: BICYCLE PARKED TEN MINUTES; STOLEN Eugene Bretz, who is employed at ythe Lykens Knitting and Manufacturing Company Hosiery Mill, this place, had his […]
Ashland – Sausser Monument Works, 1952
A 1952 advertisement for Myron L. Sausser, Sausser Monument Works, 400 Hoffman Boulevard, Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Sausser included a message in his ad: Only a Few People In Town […]
Crash Kills Muir Man & Injures 11 Others, 1924
The Lykens Standard of September 26, 1924, reported on an accident involving two packed autos that left a coal mine with shift workers heading home to Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. […]
Herndon – Mandata Poultry Company, 1952
A 1952 advertisement (business card) for Mandata Poultry Company, Herndon, R. D., Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1952 yearbook, Senior Sentinel of the Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. A complete digital […]
Paul Briggman – Sock Thief of Wiconisco, 1924
Local officials, the owners of a hosiery mill and a dye factory, and several residents of the Lykens Valley area testified against Paul Briggman of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in […]
Elizabethville – Generic Post Card
An undated generic post card image from Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Greetings from Elizabethville, Pennsylvania. ____________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Halifax Barn Fire, 1924
This story of a fire near Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was reported in the Lykens Standard, September 26, 1924: BARN AND CROPS DESTROYED BY FIRE AT HALIFAX Handicapped by the […]
Valley View – Superior Breaker, 1952
A 1952 advertisement (business card) for Roy E. Blyler, Superior Breaker, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1952 yearbook, Senior Sentinel of the Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. A complete […]