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Williams Valley – World Record for Longest Basketball Game, 1975

Pictured above are the ten Williams Valley High School Students, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who in 1975, set a new world record for the longest basketball game ever played, […]

April 11, 2023
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Wiconisco – First Baptist Church, 1908

A colorized version of a 1908 photo of the First Baptist Church, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The caption indicated that the building was built of concrete blocks that were manufactured […]

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Coal Castles – Thomaston Colliery (1855-1899)

A mine shaft worker is pictured a work at the Thomaston Colliery about 1900. From a series of articles that appeared in the Pottsville Republican and Herald in 1997: The Thomaston Colliery […]

April 11, 2023
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Pine Grove High School – Carol A. Schneck, 1963

A 1963 colorized portrait photograph of Carol A. Schneck, 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 […]

April 11, 2023
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The Suicide of Charles Harman, 1932

CHARLES HARMAN – A SUICIDE AT WILLIAMSTOWN Charles Harman, 52, a former resident of this place [Lykens], but who resided for a number of years in Williamstown, committed suicide yesterday […]

April 10, 2023
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Wiconisco – Shipley Plumbing & Heating, 1908

V. O. SHIPLEY & COMPANY – Roofing, Plumbing and Heating The above-named firm is one of the more recent additions to the commercial circles of Wiconisco, having been in existence […]

April 10, 2023
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Coal Castles – New Locust Gap Colliery (4 of 4)

Loaded cars are shown ascending the car haul as empty cars return in this photograph of the new Locust Gap cleaning plant. Cleaned coal was shipped to the Locust Summit […]

April 10, 2023
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Pine Grove High School – Larue Ann Schaeffer, 1963

A 1963 colorized portrait photograph of Larue Ann Schaeffer, 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 […]

April 10, 2023

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