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Loyalton – Railroad Station Site, 2010

A “memorial stone” at the location of the Loyalton railroad station, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Crudely printed on the stone is “Oakdale RR Station, 18– – 19– [and] Loylton [sic]”.  The […]

June 25, 2016
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Loyalton – Railroad Station, about 1925

This photo of the Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, railroad station, is from a wider angle, but does not show the tracks.  It was taken at a time when there were […]

June 25, 2016
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Loyalton – Railroad Station, about 1930

A photo of the Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, railroad station, was taken around 1930, but could have been taken earlier.  It shows that the station had no “platform.”  Passengers had […]

June 25, 2016
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Franklin Witmer Farm, 1875

A late 20th or early 21st century view of the 17-acre farm owned by Franklin S. Witmer in 1875.  The date of construction of the buildings in this photograph is […]

June 24, 2016
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Absalom Gottshall (1837-1917) & Isabella [Coleman] Gottshall (1838-1917)

Absalom Gottshall was born 7 October 1837 and died on 4 October 1917.  He spent his early years in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  He was the son of Adam […]

June 24, 2016
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Elizabethville – Railroad Station, 1984

A photograph of the Elizabethville railroad station (center in picture), taken in June 1984, at the time it was designated to become a museum for the Dauphin County Bicentennial Celebration […]

June 24, 2016
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Francis K. Klinger Family, 1898

A photo of the Francis K. “Frank” Klinger family, of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken around 1898. Identifications: Front Row (seated):  Harriet [Troutman] Klinger, Jennie Minerva [Klinger] Dunleavy; Francis […]

June 24, 2016
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Cornelius Kocher Family

An undated photograph of the Cornelius Kocher family, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identifications: Front Row (seated):  John G. Kocher; Cornelius Kocher, father; Sarah [Daniel] Kocher; Henry Kocher. Back Row […]

June 24, 2016

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