Tower City Boy, 12, Kills Friend, 10 – Charged with Murder, 1931
On October 28, 1931, a 12-year old Tower City boy named Mark Norman English saw a gun on the seat of a car parked in front of his house. He […]
Shamokin – First National Bank
An undated post card view (colorized) of Sunbury Street, looking west, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. At right is the First National Bank of Shamokin, and at left, in the distance […]
Lykens – Hensel Clothing House, 1908 (2)
A 1908 photograph of the Main Street side of the Thomas A. Hensel Clothier façade, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________ From a series of stories of Lykens and Wiconisco, that appeared in the Lykens Standard as part of […]
Pine Grove High School – Lorraine K. Umbenhauer, 1963
A 1963 colorized portrait photograph of Lorraine K. Umbenhauer, a member of the senior class of Pine Grove School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania._________________________________From the 1963 yearbook, The Cardinal, of the Pine Grove High School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill […]
Gratz – Murder at the Militia Encampment, 1856
The above article describing the “fatal affair at Gratztown” appeared in the Philadelphia Public Ledger, September 27, 1856, described the death of George Hoffman Jr. at the annual military encampment at Gratz, Dauphin County, […]
Coal Castles – St. Nicholas Breaker
An undated photograph of the St. Nicholas Colliery Breaker, located between the villages of Wiggans and St. Nicholas, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville […]
Lykens – Hensel Clothing House, 1908 (1)
A 1908 photograph of the Market Street side of the Thomas A. Hensel Clothier façade, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________ From a series of stories of Lykens and Wiconisco, that appeared in the Lykens […]
Pine Grove High School – Larry J. Umbenhauer, 1963
A 1963 colorized portrait photograph of Larry J. Umbenhauer, a member of the senior class of Pine Grove School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania._________________________________From the 1963 yearbook, The Cardinal, of the Pine Grove High School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill […]