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Halifax High School – Millard Medal

Both sides of the Daniel Cobb Millard Medal for Merit, awarded to the student with the highest average, Halifax High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Obverse: Likeness of Daniel Cobb […]

November 9, 2020
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The Railroad Cut at Elizabethtown

A photo post card view of the tunnel cut near Elizabethtown, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Elizabethtown was on the “Main Line” of the railroad in its daily […]

November 9, 2020
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Harrisburg – Capital City Airport, 1960s

A color photo post card view from the 1960s of the Capital City Airport, on the west side of the Susquehanna River, serving Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________ Corrections and […]

November 8, 2020
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Rev. Henry S. Bassler – Reformed Minister of the Lykens Valley

Rev. Henry S. Bassler served as minister of David’s Church, Killinger, Dauphin County, from 1864 to 1865 [during the Civil War]. _____________________________________ Rev. Henry S. Bassler was born in Lower […]

November 8, 2020
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Herndon House

A picture of the Herndon House, Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, from an undated advertising card. W. O. Geist, Proprietor Newly Furnished – Warm Rooms – First Class Livery Stable Quick […]

November 8, 2020
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Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster Photos (5a)

The Porter Tunnel mine disaster occurred on March 1, 1977, near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Related photos appeared in editions of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, on subsequent dates. Ronald […]

November 8, 2020
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Rev. Franklin J. Mohr – Reformed Minister of the Lykens Valley

Rev. Franklin J. Mohr served as minister of David’s Church, Killinger, Dauphin County, from 1865 to 1868. ________________________________ Franklin J. Mohr was born November 27, 1930, in Allentown, Pennsylvania. After […]

November 7, 2020
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Herndon Post Office, 1907

The stamped corner of a penny post card with circular date stamp of the post office at Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, July 7, 1907, 9 A.M. ______________________________ Corrections and additional […]

November 7, 2020

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