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Millersburg – Shippen’s Dam, 1917

A photo post card view of Shippen’s Dam, north of Millersburg in Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This card was mailed from the Millersburg Post Office on August 24, […]

July 29, 2020
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Harrisburg – Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Station (6)

An undated photograph of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Station at Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.

July 29, 2020
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Tremont High School – Basketball Team, 1950

A 1950 newspaper photograph of the boys’ basketball team of the Pine Grove High School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Members of the team pictured: Front Row:  Jack Ernst; Clifford […]

July 28, 2020
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Pine Grove High School – Basketball Team, 1950

A 1950 newspaper photograph of the boys’ basketball team of the Pine Grove High School, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Members of the team pictured: Front Row:  Jackson Pepe; Paul […]

July 28, 2020
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Pine Grove Community League Basketball Champs, 1950

A 1950 photograph of the championship basketball team of the Pine Grove Community League, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The caption for this photo reads: The Fox-Knapp basketball team, pictured […]

July 28, 2020
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East Brookside Mine Explosion Kills 20 in 1913

An undated photo post card view of the East Brookside coal mine shaft in Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. In March 1977, at the time miners were trapped and killed […]

July 28, 2020
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“Lykens Standard” Supported Racist Attitudes Toward Filipinos, 1917

Charles M. Coles, editor and publisher of the Lykens Standard, in the September 14, 1917, reprinted an offensive commentary from the Christian Herald which supported negative stereotypes about Filipinos. The […]

July 28, 2020
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Klingerstown – Klinger Farms, 1985

A 1985 advertisement for Klinger Farms, Klingerstown R.D. #1, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. “Drink more milk and eat more port.” _______________________________________ From the 1985 Yearbook, the Eagle, of the Line Mountain […]

July 28, 2020

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