The Great Wiconisco Fire of 1930
The front page of the Lykens Standard, July 11, 1930, with banner headline, “$80,000 BLAZE IN WICONISCO JULY 4.” The story that accompanied the headline follows here: Forman Store, Dwelling […]
Donald James Heim – Mahanoy Joint High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Donald James Heim, a member of the senior class of Mahanoy Joint High School, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Also, an undated childhood photo: ____________________________________ From the 1962 Yearbook, The Bruin, […]
Richard Leland Walker – Upper Dauphin High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Richard Leland Walker, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1962 yearbook, La Memoria, of the […]
Gratz Woman Murders Ex-Lover, 2006 (1)
A photograph taken in January 2007, of the home of Elaine Pierson, of Perry County, Pennsylvania, who was reported as missing by her friends. The photo appeared in the Carlisle […]
Lykens Brush Factory, 1898-1912
In 1898, one of the most promising industries in the development of the Lykens Valley was begun in Lykens Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by George W. Sheesley and his son, […]
The Taiwan Men’s Choir, 1969
A newspaper photograph of a group known as the Taiwan Men’s Choir, who were scheduled to perform at the David United Church of Christ, Killinger, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, […]
Leonard John Heckert – Mahanoy Joint High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Leonard John Heckert, a member of the senior class of Mahanoy Joint High School, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Also, an undated childhood photo: ____________________________________ From the 1962 Yearbook, The Bruin, […]
Sue Ellen Troutman – Upper Dauphin High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Sue Ellen Troutman, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1962 yearbook, La Memoria, of the […]