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Hubley Township High School Yearbook, 1951

A complete digital copy of the 1951 Yearbook, Senior Sentinel, of the Hubley Township High School, Hubley Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, is available on Ancestry.com.  The cover is shown above. […]

November 23, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Boys’ Basketball, 1995

A 1995 photograph of the boys’ basketball team of the Upper Dauphin Area High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Members and other personnel pictured: Front Row (kneeling):  W. Wegner; C. Troutman; A, […]

November 23, 2024
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Wiconisco – Major Fire Damage at New Briquet Plant, 1919

In 1919, about one month after the American Briquet Company opened a new plant at Wiconisco, near Lykens, a fire, believed to have been caused by defective wiring, broke out […]

November 22, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Girls’ Basketball, 1995

A 1995 photograph of the girls’ basketball team of the Upper Dauphin Area High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Members and other personnel pictured: Front Row (sitting):  K. Dreibelbis; H. Leitzel; S. […]

November 22, 2024
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Williamstown – Memories of Legionnaires Disease, 1976 (2)

From the Pine Grove Herald, August 5, 1976: DISEASE FATAL TO TWO FROM WILLIAMSTOWN WILLIAMSTOWN – John Ralph and James Dolan, both Williamstown natives, died approximately 24 hours apart last […]

November 21, 2024
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Millersburg – A. W. Troutman Company, 1977

A 1977 advertisement for A. W. Troutman Company, Route 209, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Chevrolet – Oldsmobile ___________________________________ From the 1977 yearbook, La Memoria, of the Upper Dauphin Area High School, Elizabethville, […]

November 21, 2024
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Elizabethville – E. W. Snyder & Sons, 1955

A 1955 advertisement for E. W. Snyder and Sons, Elizabethville, R. D. 1, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Electric Welding – Acetylene – Repair Service – Pipe Thawing ___________________________________ From the 1955 […]

November 20, 2024
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Williamstown – Memories of Legionnaires Disease, 1976 (1)

A three-day convention of the American Legion opened in Philadelphia’s Bellevue-Stratford Hotel on July 21, 1976, coinciding with the celebrations in the city for the Bicentennial of the Signing of […]

November 19, 2024

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