Santa Arrives by Helicopter, 1949
In 1949, the Merchants Bureau of the Pottsville Chamber of Commerce sponsored the arrival of Santa Claus, by helicopter, at the Pottsville Bus Terminal. This was announced in a full […]
Reading Railroad’s Susquehanna River Bridge, 1926
A striking, panoramic or birds-eye view from 1926 of the Pennsylvania and Reading Railroad Bridge over the Susquehanna River at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photo appeared in the Reading […]
Tower City High School, 1922 – 50th Reunion, 1972
TOWER CITY HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF ’22 HOLDS REUNION Tower City High School class of 1922 has met every five years and frequently in intervening years. The golden anniversary was […]
John Edward Scheidler – Halifax High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of John Edward Scheidler, a member of the senior class of Halifax High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _________________________________ From the 1962 yearbook, Hal-Wayne-Son, of the Halifax High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Available […]
Paul Edward Koppenhaver – Upper Dauphin High School, 1962
A 1962 portrait photograph of Paul Edward Koppenhaver, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1962 yearbook, La Memoria, of the […]
The Last Train to Pottsville, 1981
On June 30, 1981, at 8:10 p. m., the last regularly scheduled passenger train arrived at the Pottsville Railroad Station, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania from Philadelphia, The train, a diesel-driven […]
Tower City Resident is Relative of President-Elect Kennedy, 1960
An article appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, that declared that a resident of Tower City was a close cousin of then President-Elect John Fitzgerald […]
Lykens-Wiconisco – Fire Destroys Briquet Plant, 1923
On May 7, 1923, a fire totally destroyed the American Briquet Company’s operation at Lykens and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The story of the fire appeared in regional and local […]