Crash Kills Muir Man & Injures 11 Others, 1924
The Lykens Standard of September 26, 1924, reported on an accident involving two packed autos that left a coal mine with shift workers heading home to Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. […]
Reading Railroad Excursion to Philadelphia Mummers Parade, 1924
A newspaper advertisement for the Philadelphia & Reading Railway Excursion to Philadelphia for the New Year’s Day Mummers Parade, Tuesday January 1, 1924. The excursion’s round-trip rate of $3.25 applied […]
Klingerstown – Early Mahantongo Valley Grist Mill
A snapshot photograph of a portion of a limited edition print of an oil painting by Deanna Wiseman who was raised in Pillow, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The print was sold […]
Early Railroads Near Tower City
A colorized photograph of the Williams Valley Railroad station at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, built after 1892 when a rail line was extended to Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According […]
Reinerton – “Thistle Burr” Prank Results in Murder, 1947
A December 1947 newspaper photograph (colorized) of William Riskis, 58-year-old miner of Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who was held at Pottsville and charged with the murder of fellow miner, Stanley […]
Westwood Colliery – Aerial Photo
An aerial or birds-eye photograph of Westwood Colliery, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, that was published in the Pine Grove Press Herald, December 23, 1976, along with the following story: Mr. and […]
Early Colonial History
The first of four pages of the Charter issued to William Penn in 1681 for the Colony of Pennsylvania. The portrait (or cartouche) in the upper left corner is of […]
Tremont Township School – Boys’ Basketball, 1924
A colorized newspaper photograph of the 1924 boys’ basketball team of the Tremont Township School, Tremont Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo was published in the “Down Memory Lane” feature […]