Gratz Fire Company Helmet
An undated helmet (#2) from the Gratz Fire Company, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The company was established shortly after the Great Fire of 1924 and exists today as the Gratz […]
Porter Tunnel Mine Disaster Photos (2b)
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. The […]
Rev. Jacob Brewer Kerschner – Reformed Minister of the Lykens Valley
Rev. Jacob Brewer Kerschner served as minister of David’s Church, Killinger, Dauphin County, from 1875 to 1887. ________________________________ Jacob Brewer Kerschner was born January 25, 1838. The writer was unable […]
Dalmatia – Hoover Funeral Home, 1967
A 1967 advertising calendar for the Edwin Hoover Funeral Home, Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Our Pledge to Put Service Before Price & Profits, and Always to Serve in the Best […]
Elizabethville Post Office, 1910
A hand cancel dated September 26, 1910, 5 P. M., on a penny post card mailed at Elizabethville Post Office, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]
Gratz – Guy E. Snyder Gazebo, 2010
A photograph taken in August 2010 of the Guy E. Snyder Gazebo and surrounding park next door to the Gratz National Bank, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Only a few years […]
Miners at a Schuylkill County Colliery
An undated photograph of a group of miners at an unknown anthracite colliery in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________________ From “Old Time Photos,” West Schuylkill Herald, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, 1950-1951, […]
Herndon – Railroad Station, 1906
A photo post card, probably from around 1906 of a railroad station at Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Herndon was served by both the Pennsylvania Railroad and the Philadelphia and Reading […]