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Enders – Lutheran Church Damaged by Cyclone, 1910

Two photographs of the Star of Bethlehem Lutheran Church at Enders, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing damage from a cyclone or tornado that hit the area on June 18, 1910. The […]

January 29, 2024
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East of Harrisburg – Miller’s Cottages & Restaurant

An undated colorized post view of Miller’s Cottages and Restaurant, Route 22, 15 Miles East of Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This location was a popular travelers stop on Route 22 […]

January 29, 2024
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Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1941-1945

Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]

January 29, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – Jamie Elaine Gunderman, 1964

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

January 28, 2024
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Harry W. Johns (1881-1917) – Pennsylvania Railroad Brakeman

From the Altoona Times, April 6, 1917: JOHNS Harry William Johns, a Pennsy brakeman, residing at Pinecroft, died at the Altoona Hospital at 2:15 o’clock yesterday afternoon of pulmonary edema, […]

January 28, 2024
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Memories of the Jacob Ramberger Farm

By Steve E. Troutman Jacob Ramberger (1802-1854) married Catharine Klinger (1802-1871) Conversation with Paul W. Ramberger and his wife, Barbara [Klinger] Ramberger of Turkey Hill Road, Dalmatia. With additional notes […]

January 28, 2024
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Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1936-1940

Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]

January 28, 2024
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Lykens – The Great Locomotive Theft, 1909

On August 30, 1909, Elmer L. Johns of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on a dare while under the influence of alcohol, hijacked a steam locomotive from the Pennsylvania Railroad yards […]

January 27, 2024

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