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Lykens – Late Train Arrives

An undated photograph looking north up Market Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  The trolley has just arrived from Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and passengers await the arrival of the […]

December 15, 2016
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Elizabethville – 1st & 2nd Grades, 1924-1925

A 1924-1925 photograph of the 1st and 2nd Grades in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The original photo is from the collection of the Elizabethville Area Historical Society.  Written on the […]

December 15, 2016
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Short Mountain Colliery – Panoramic View Looking East, 1921

This panoramic view of the Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was taken on 26 August 1921 from Short Mountain, looking east, and shows […]

December 14, 2016
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Short Mountain Colliery – Panoramic View Looking West, 1921

This panoramic view of the Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was taken on 24 September 1921 from Big Lick Mountain, looking west, and […]

December 14, 2016
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Short Mountain Colliery – Aerial View from Big Lick Mountain

An undated aerial view of the Short Mountain Colliery of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, taken some time prior to the completion of the electrical plant in 1921.  The colliery […]

December 14, 2016
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Short Mountain Colliery – Aerial View from Slope

An undated aerial view of the Short Mountain Colliery of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing rail tracks and some colliery coal cars on a […]

December 14, 2016
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Jonathan S. Zerbe (1857-1941)

Jonathan S. Zerbe, hotel Keeper, Loyalton, Pennsylvania, was born in Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 16 November 1857. His father, George Zerbe, was born in Northumberland County, educated in […]

December 14, 2016
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Millersburg – John N. Rothermel & Son, 1957

A photo from an advertisement for John N. Rothermel & Son, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. JOHN N. ROTHERMEL & SON ACCORDIONAIRES Front Row (seated):  Ronald Eugene Rothermel, grandson; John N. […]

December 13, 2016

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