Lykens Township – Kessler School, 2012
A photograph take in 2012 of the exterior of the Kessler School in Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The school was also known as the Erdman School and was […]
Lykens Township – Kessler School, 1938
This photograph was taken during the 1937-1938 school year of the pupils of the Kessler School in Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The school was also known as the […]
Melvin E. Lettich (1916-1942) – Loses Life in Mine Accident
LOSES LIFE IN MINE ACCIDENT Melvin Lettich, 25, of Fearnot, Schuylkill County, was killed when caught beneath a fall of coal at an independent mine operation near Ashland, Friday afternoon. […]
Gratz American Legion
The following history of the Gratz American Legion, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was written by C. H. Willier and appeared in the souvenir book, Gratz Sesquicentennial, July 2-4, 1955: The […]
Boiler Explosion at Erdman Kills Elmer Artz, 1907
A 1907 photograph of some of the destruction that occurred when a boiler used to mill and press apples for cider, exploded killing one man and scalding another. The Elizabethville […]
William D. Erdman (1863-1941)
WILLIAM D. ERDMAN William D. Erdman, age 77 years, died at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Howard Klock, at Erdman, Thursday afternoon [24 April 1941]. He was a retired […]
William David Davis Family
A photograph of the William David Davis family of Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, and Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken about 1918. Pictured are: Front row (seated): William David Davis (1856-1931), […]
Lykens Township – Erdman Covered Bridge, 1952
A copy of a badly preserved news clipping from 1952 shows one of the last photographs taken of the covered bridge over Pine Creek, at Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, […]