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Riegle Women – Four Generations, 1917

A colorized view of a real-photo post card portrait photograph of four generations of the Hannah [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919) family of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Seated are Hannah […]

January 27, 2024
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Edward Dietrich Family – Four Generations, 1946

A snapshot photograph taken in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with four generations of the Edward Dietrich (1874-1948) and Jennie [Keiper] Dietrich (1876-1867) family. Standing are William Dietrich (1895-1977) and Kathryn […]

January 27, 2024
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Specktown Descendant Celebrates Birthday, 2024

Today, this young lad, a direct descendant of five generations of residents of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is celebrating his 80th birthday. _____________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]

January 27, 2024
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Upper Dauphin High School – George Edward Gallagher, 1964

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

January 26, 2024
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Fires Near Lenker Station

Lenker Station was a flag stop on the Lykens Valley Railroad. It was located between Elizabethville and Millersburg. The area around the station was heavily wooded and fires often broke […]

January 26, 2024
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Fire at Snyder Lumber Mill Near Woodside, 1928

From the Elizabethville Echo, April 26, 1928, a news story about a fire which started in a grass field near a saw mill between Woodside Station and Millersburg and spread […]

January 26, 2024
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Lykens Township – The Cyclone of 1910

In June 1910, a cyclone or tornado struck the Lykens Valley area doing a great amount of damage in the Halifax area, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The above photo, originally from […]

January 26, 2024
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Harrisburg – House Chamber at Capitol

An undated colorized post card view of the chamber of the House of Representatives, State Capitol, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments […]

January 25, 2024

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