Valley View – Post Office, 1911
The address side of a picture post card mailed from Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, hand canceled on 11 May 1911. The addressee is Mrs. Adam Schoffstall, Gratz, Dauphin County, […]
Unknown Young Man of Specktown
An undated photograph of a young man and his dog from Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The home in the background is the Evitts family homestead which was located […]
Lykens Township – Kessler School, 2012
A photograph take in 2012 of the exterior of the Kessler School in Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The school was also known as the Erdman School and was […]
Anthracite Hard – Football Legends of the Lykens Valley
“Anthracite Hard” was the term sportswriters used to describe the hard-nosed football players who came out of the hard coal towns of northeastern Pennsylvania. Anthracite pros from the rough-tough days […]
Gratz – Zerfing Hardware Store
An undated photograph of the Zerfing Hardware Store on the north side of West Market Street, Lot #25, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The hardware store was owned by James Zerfing […]
Elizabethville – Trinity United Methodist Church Records, 1894-1952
The early records of the Trinity United Methodist Church congregation and its predecessor congregations of Trinity United Brethren in Christ and Trinity Evangelical United Brethren at Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, […]
Map of Lykens, 1862
An 1862 map of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, including a business directory. Cropped from Map of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1862, published by A. Pomeroy, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Full map available from […]
Christiana [Rine] Boyer (1830-1920)
An undated portrait of Christiana [Rine] Boyer, born 27 January 1830, and died 4 April 1920 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. She was the daughter of John Rine and Catherine […]