A portrait photograph of Jean Carl, a 1940 graduate of Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Jeanne, our only “brunette” of the class, has been Drum Major for our School Band […]
An advertisement from the Lykens Register, May 3, 1900, for the Lykens Brewing Company, Wentzler Brothers, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. One Case Never Enough. One case of our Superior Beer, […]
The recovery of the bodies of two other miners killed in an independent (bootleg) mining operation near Good Spring, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, took place over several more days. News reports […]
An 1894 advertisement for the Williamstown House, Solomon Hess, proprietor, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________________ From the Premium Book for the 1894 Gratz Fair. Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
An undated photograph (probably taken before 1900), of the Shiro Family Home, at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals pictured are identified. ______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]
Anti-Mormon news articles often appeared in both the Harrisburg and Lykens Valley area newspapers. From the Lykens Register, May 31, 1900: Mormons at Pillow. The Harrisburg Telegraph of last Friday, […]
An undated post card view of a street scene in Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
The Pottsville Republican of February 10, 1939, reported on the progress of the recovery of the bodies of three men buried in a mine cave-in at Good Spring, Schuylkill County, […]
