Coal Township High School – Orchestra, 1936
A 1936 photograph of the orchestra of the Coal Township High School, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The director (far right) was Victor Marietta Jr. None of the members are identified. […]
Gratz – Slaying Mars Early Years of Historical Society, 1979
Previously on this blog, newspaper articles from the Pottsville Republican on the murder of Helen E. Horn, a founding member and treasurer of the Gratz Historical Society, were presented here. […]
Pitman – Black-Face Parade, 1900 (7)
A photograph taken around 1900 of a parade “float” in Pitman, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Note that the occupants of the floatare in “black-face.” None of those pictured are identified and […]
Enders Family Civil War Veterans
One family with Dauphin County origins had a sure heads up on identifying and honoring its Civil War veterans for the Civil War Sesquicentennial. In 1764, Capt. Philip Christian Enders […]
Herndon – World War II Patriotic Cover, 1945 (2)
A World War II patriotic cover machine canceled at Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, on August 11, 1945. “We’ll Be There By the Tune of Yankee Doodle” _______________________________________ Corrections and additional […]
Dr. Luther Havice & Bertha [Romberger] Havice
Two undated studio portrait photographs of Dr. Luther Havice and his wife Bertha [Romberger] Havice of the Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania area. Dr. Havice was a “country doctor” who practiced […]
Valley View – Henry Cohen & Amy Sportswear
Henry S. Cohen, age 75, died in February 1984, at a hospital in Providence, Rhode Island. He was formerly the manager and operator of Amy Sportswear in Valley View, Schuylkill […]
Wiconisco – Trolley on Trestle
An undated photograph of the trolley trestle or bridge at Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This trolley line ran from the Lykens Valley Railroad station in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to […]