Tower City – Commercial Hotel
An undated photograph of the Commercial Hotel, located on the south side of Grand Avenue between Bellas Street and Hand Street, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The hotel was erected […]
Gratz – American Legion Post 399
An undated, unknown veteran cap from the American Legion Post No. 399 (Shade Post), Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this […]
Halifax – Royal Theatre, 1913
A 1913 photograph of the Royal Theatre, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The posters advertise the showing of “Vitagraphs,” produced by an early motion picture studio. The boys sitting on the […]
Ashland State Hospital
An undated photo post card view of the State Hospital at Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, also known as the Miners Hospital. __________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
Shamokin – Neighborhood Boys of the 1930s
A photograph from the 1930s of a group of neighborhood boys, in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, who by the 1940s would all end up serving in the military. In front […]
Tower City – Knecht Store & Post Office, 1880s
A photograph from the 1880s of the Charles Knecht Store and Tower City Post Office, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Charles Knecht (1841-1915) is standing in the doorway of the […]
Williamstown – Trains at the Reading Depot
An undated black & white photograph (later colorized) showing trains on tracks on either side of the Williamstown Reading Railroad Depot, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________________ For additional information about […]
Lorraine Stanton (1926-2019) – Historian of Frackville
LORRAINE A. STANTON Lorraine A. Stanton, local historian, author, and lifelong resident of Frackville, passed away unexpectedly on January 8, 2019, at the age of 92. She was born on April […]