Negro League Baseball in Elizabethville, 1930
Some brief articles appeared in the Elizabethville Echo in 1930 announcing that the Edgemont Colored Stars of Harrisburg would be playing a baseball game against the Elizabethville team at the […]
Elizabethville – Deibler’s Drug Store
A representation of Deibler’s Drug Store, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, produced on a wood block by Hometowne Collectibles. On the back of the block is the following description: DEIBLER’S DRUG STORE […]
Elizabethville – Trinity United Methodist Church
A representation of the Trinity United Methodist Church, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, produced on a wood block by Hometowne Collectibles. On the back of the block is the following description: TRINITY UNITED […]
Murder at the Valley View Water Works, 1910
In 1910, at the conclusion of the construction of the Hegins Water Works at Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, a fight took place at the quarters of the Italian workers. […]
Halifax High School – 55th Reunion of Class of 1963
A newspaper photograph of the 55th Reunion of the Halifax High School Class of 1963, held in 2018 at Villa Schiano’s in Elizabethville (Washington Township), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pictured: Front […]
Isaac Jacob Matter (1794-1866) & Hannah [Lenker] Matter (1806-1884)
Colorized portraits of Isaac Jacob Matter (1794-1866) and his second wife, Hannah Lenker (1806-1884). The photographs were taken about 1860. Issac’s first wife was Anna Maria [Umholtz] Lenker (1801-1825). She […]
History of the Lykens G. A. R. Building, 1852-1987
An August 4, 1987, article by Dave Caroll, staff writer for the Pottsville Republican, gave a brief history of the Lykens G. A. R. Building, located in the 600 Block […]
“Race Suicide” Film Shown in Elizabethville, 1938
A poster for an anti-abortion film, Race Suicide, that was released and shown around the United States in 1938. The film’s title appropriated a 1900 term from eugenics, which defines […]