Gratz – Aerial View Looking East, 1955
An aerial view of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken about 1955. The view looks east. The street that horizontally bisects the photo is Center Street. South Street, sometimes referred to […]
William Bonawitz (1820-1911)
William Bonawitz was born in 1820 north of Berrysburg, in Mifflin Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, He was the son of George Michael Bonawitz (1774-1852) who moved to that area about […]
Upper Dauphin Joint School Executive Committee, 1957
A 1957 photograph of the Upper Dauphin High School Joint School Executive Committee, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The Executive Committee was formed to supervise the jointure of eight local school […]
John H. Bonawitz (1854-1948) – Elizabethville’s Oldest Resident
FUNERAL SATURDAY FOR AGED RESIDENT John H. Bonawitz, age 92 years, 6 months and 25 days, Elizabethville‘s oldest resident, died Tuesday afternoon at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Marlin […]
Halifax – Drive-In Porn Theatre, 1972 (2)
The above advertisement for porn films appeared in a Lykens Valley newspaper in October 1972. The films,The Big Bird Cage, and Angels’ Wild Women, were shown at the Halifax Drive-In […]
Mules & Men Coming Out of a Coal Mine
An undated photo post card published for H. L. Jones of men “Bringing Mules Out of the Mines, Mahanoy City, Pennsylvania.” This view was typical of many mining operations in […]
Mifflin Township – Board of Education, 1957
The 1957 Board of Education of Jefferson Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. In photo: Left to Right: Henry Hoover, secretary; Charles Leitzel; B. F. Barnhart, vice president; Franklin Harris, treasurer. […]
Harvey H. Snyder (1968-1948) – Loyalton Merchant & Former Postmaster
LOYALTON MERCHANT DIED TUESDAY Harvey H. Snyder, Loyalton merchant, and former postmaster, died at his home at that place Tuesday morning. He had been in ill health for some time. […]