“Agony Quartet” – Girls in Black-Face Perform at Women’s Club, 1952
A photograph that appeared in the West Schuylkill Press & Pine Grove Herald, April 25, 1952, featured four Tremont High School girls who performed at the Tremont Women’s Club at […]
Upper Paxton Township – Lenkerville School, 1927
A photograph of the teacher and pupils of the Lenkerville School, a schoolhouse in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, taken in 1927. The teacher was Charlotte Witmer, standing at […]
Doris [Hoover] Troutman (1929-2020) – Gratz Drive-In Theatre Owner
Doris [Hoover] Troutman MILLERSBURG– Doris Hoover Troutman passed away from heart failure October 3, 2020. As was her wish, she spent her last days in the comfort of her home […]
Upper Paxton Township – Rife School, 1905
A 1905 photograph of the teacher and pupils of the Rife School, a one-room schoolhouse in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. Identified are: Front Row: George Spotts; Warren Koppehaver; […]
Trevorton High School – Football, 1954
A 1954 photograph of the football team of Trevorton High School, Trevorton, Zerbe Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Team members pictured: Front Row: A. Schoch; M. Strohecker; S. Rhoads; R. Kaminskie; […]
Black-Face at the Tremont Rotary Club, 1942
A photograph that appeared in the West Schuylkill Press & Pine Grove Herald‘s “Down Memory Lane” feature on April 26, 1962, featured two unidentified men in black-face. The photo was […]
Lois I. [Miller] Welsh (1925-2020) – Founder of Historical Society
LOIS I. MILLER WELSH Lois I. [Miller] Welsh, 95, a lifelong resident of Williamstown, passed away Wednesday, November 11, 2020 at Lehigh Valley Medical Center, Pottsville. Born in Williamstown, May 31, […]
Erma M. Wolfgang of Shamokin, 1942
A 1942 portrait photograph of Erma M. Wolfgang of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Obiter, the 1942 yearbook of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Columbia […]