Labor Riots at Gratz & Elizabethville Shirt Factories, 1934
In October and November 1934, workers at two Lykens Valley shirt factories, one in Elizabethville and one in Gratz, clashed with the factory owners over the right to organize as […]
Williamstown Man Convicted in Abortion Death, 1973
Mrs. Mildred Maley, of Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, died at the Pottsville Hospital on August 17, 1971, following an illegal abortion performed on her by Wayne M. Mace of Williamstown, […]
Elizabethville – Max Miller Department Store, 1914
A July 30, 1914 advertisement for “The Department Store” operated by Max M. Miller in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The ad appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of that date. The […]
Suicide of George Yeager of Millersburg, 1941
An obituary from the Lykens Standard, January 17, 1941, of a likely suicide of a Millersburg man, George Yeager whose body was found about a week after he was reported […]
G. Floyd Buffington – 13th Birthday Photo, 1930
A newspaper photograph of G. Floyd Buffington of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken at an unknown location in Elizabethville on the occasion of his 13th birthday. G. Floyd Buffington, son […]
Back Street Hornblowers at War Bond Premier, 1944
A newspaper photograph of the Back Street Hornblowers of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from the Lykens Standard, June 16, 1944. Identified in the photo (left to right): Donald Cook; Richard […]
Elizabethville Furniture Company, 2018
A 2018 street-view photograph of the Elizabethville Furniture Company, located on South Market Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This business no longer exists. Formerly, this was known as the Weaver […]
John S. Reiff – Sheriff-Elect of Dauphin County, 1899
A line-drawn portrait of John S. Reiff, Sheriff-Elect of Dauphin County, as presented in the Lykens Register, November 9, 1899. The results of the election, by communities, were also published […]