Unidentified Photos from Lydia [Helt] Riegle Collection (79)
An undated machine photo of a young woman. Photo machines were found at places such as amusement parks and resort areas and, for a small price produced a strip of […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad – Events of 1916
News of the year 1916 of the Midland Pennsylvania Railroad is presented here as reported in area newspapers. For all previous articles on this doomed project, see: Midland Pennsylvania Railroad. […]
Unidentified Photos from Lydia [Helt] Riegle Collection (78)
An undated machine photo of a young woman. Photo machines were found at places such as amusement parks and resort areas and, for a small price produced a strip of […]
Unidentified Photos from Lydia [Helt] Riegle Collection (77)
An undated snapshot photograph of a central square with fountain and monument. The men at left appear to be soldiers. Location unknown. Lydia Alice [Helt] Riegle (1883-1942) was born in […]
Williamstown – Williams Valley Hospital, 1917-1933
An early 20th century photograph of the Williams Valley Hospital, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A brief history of this hospital was included with the above photo in the Williamstown Sesquicentennal […]
Zoo Animals Left Behind at the Gratz Fair, 1931
A photograph from 1931 of an elephant left behind at the Gratz Fair, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pictured are Erma Mae [Umholtz] Witmer holding daughter Lorraine [Witmer] Shade, an elephant […]
A 1931 Christmas Message from the “Elizabethville Echo”
In the 24 December 1931 edition of the Elizabethville Echo, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the publishers gave the following optimistic Christmas message: Christmas This should be the most successful Christmas […]
Unidentified Photos from Lydia [Helt] Riegle Collection (76)
An undated portrait of a young woman. Photographed at the Stoner Studio, Lititz, Pennsylvania. Lydia Alice [Helt] Riegle (1883-1942) was born in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and died in Robesonia, […]