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Lykens – School Building

An undated colorized post card view of school buildings in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.

January 1, 2022
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Reading Railroad Excursion to D.C. for K. K. K. Meeting, 1926

A news brief from the Pottsville Republican, September 11, 1926, noting that the Reading Railroad was offering a special excursion train leaving from Pottsville and points in western Schuylkill County, […]

January 1, 2022
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Pennsylvania Railroad Excursion to Klan Convocation in D. C., 1926

An advertisement from the Lykens Standard, September 10, 1926 for a special excursion train leaving the Lykens Valley for Washington, D. C., and the Ku Klux Klan conclave to be […]

January 1, 2022
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Upper Paxton Township – Assembly of God Church

A photograph from around 1967 of the Assembly of God Church, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A brief history of this church to 1967 appeared in the Bicentennial Book […]

December 31, 2021
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Protests Against Birth of a Nation, 1915 (4)

A scene from The Birth of a Nation, 1915, depicting the speaker of the South Carolina Legislature and other officers during a Reconstruction session in 1871. The scene was part […]

December 31, 2021
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Was Wiconisco Home Destroyed by Meteor or Lightning?

The Lykens Standard, published on Friday, September 10, 1926, claimed it was a meteor, and gave the most extensive coverage to the event. The Elizabethville Echo, published the day before […]

December 31, 2021
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Millersburg High School – Class Trip, 1924

A photograph taken of the Class of 1924, Millersburg High School, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on its class trip to the Gettysburg Battlefield, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. None of the students or […]

December 31, 2021
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Williamstown – World War II Dog Tag

An undated photo of an identification tag (“dog tag”) for Edward S. Jones, a World War II soldier from Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The next of kin is identified as […]

December 31, 2021

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