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Elizabethville – Roshon’s Studios, 1905

A photograph from the Roshon’s Studios, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken about 1905. C. S. Roshon conducted business in Elizabethville as a photographer from about 1902 when he purchased the […]

June 6, 2017
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The Children of Charles G. Riegle Who Was Killed in Mines, 1913

On 19 March 1913, Minnie [Coleman] Riegle was notified that her husband, Charles G. Riegle was killed in a mine accident at Short Mountain Colliery.  At the time, she was […]

June 6, 2017
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Elizabethville – High School, 1898

A photo of the Class of 1898 from School Days: Graduates of Elizabethville High School, 1895-1954, by Miles V. Miller, which was published on 18 June 1984. Identification of the […]

June 6, 2017
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Jennie Dorcia [Miller] Snyder (1874-1953)

A photo post card portrait of Jennie Dorcia [Miller] Snyder, who was born in Jackson Township, 2 March 1874.  She married Harvey Hiram Snyder on 24 December 1892 and had […]

June 5, 2017
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Milton A. Hartman Family

Milton A. Hartman was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 28 January 1867, the son of Michael Hartman (1835-1904), a farmer in Lykens Township and Catherine [Hess] Hartman (1841-1902).  […]

June 5, 2017
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Some Views of the Destruction of the Great Gratz Fire of 1924

A huge fire in the early morning of 3 November 1924, destroyed much of the commercial center of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  This photo essay shows before and after pictures […]

June 5, 2017
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Medicare Comes to the Lykens Valley, 1966

On 30 July 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the bill that provided for doctor and hospital services for all those who paid payroll taxes who were 65 […]

June 4, 2017
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Specktown – Sitlinger Farm, Family & Visitors, 1938

Visitors and family at the Sitlinger Farm in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, pose for picture in 1938. Identifications: Left to Right (standing):  Harrison Samuel “Dick” Sitlinger (1925-1989), and […]

June 4, 2017

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