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“It would have been better if Mr. Ryan had not seized the pistol….”

On 14 March 1901, a Civil War veteran, Charles W. Ryan was shot and killed during a robbery at the Halifax National Bank in Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, by one of the two men committing […]

February 24, 2024
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Lykens Church Gets New Pipe Organ, 1906

From the Lykens Standard, September 7, 1906: THE NEW LUTHERAN PIPE ORGAN August Bauer, of the Barckhoff Church Organ Company, of Pomeroy, Ohio, completed the erection of the pipe organ […]

February 24, 2024
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The McKinley Funeral Train at Harrisburg, 1901

A photograph taken on September 16, 1901, of the Funeral Train of President William McKinley as it slowly passed North Street, Harrisburg, on its way to the depot. Elaborate preparations […]

February 24, 2024
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Georgetown (Dalmatia) Pennsylvania Railroad Station

A undated post card view of the Pennsylvania Railroad Station at Georgetown, later known as Dalmatia, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. _________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.

February 23, 2024
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Man Gets 2 Years for 1905 Attempted Train Wreck

“William Lenhart, of Dauphin, was on Tuesday sentenced by Judge Kunkel to two years’ solitary confinement at hard labor in the Eastern Penitentiary, at Philadelphia, and to pay costs and […]

February 23, 2024
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Upper Paxton Township – Neagley’s School

An undated photograph of the teacher and students of Neagley’s School, Upper Paxton Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The teacher is Jennie Bair. The students who attended Neagley’s School in the year […]

February 23, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Dorothy Ann Miller, 1964

A 1964 colorized portrait photograph of Dorothy Ann Miller, a member of the senior class of the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ From the 1964 yearbook, La Memoria, of […]

February 23, 2024
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Millersburg – Hotel Koppenhaver Lobby, 1910

A photograph taken around 1910 (and recently colorized) of the lobby of the Hotel Koppenhaver, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The two men in the photo are not identified, but the […]

February 22, 2024

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Norman Gasbarro, Ed.D., is a genealogical/historical researcher and writer living in Philadelphia, PA. Norm taught history for over twenty-five years. He is a graduate of Muhlenberg College with a major in history and holds advanced degrees from Rowan University (NJ) and Columbia University (NY). Contact

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