Edward Dietrich Extended Family, 1936
This spring 1936 photograph of the Edward Dietrich family ofSpecktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was taken on the occasion of the 40th wedding anniversary of the marriage of Edward […]
This spring 1936 photograph of the Edward Dietrich family ofSpecktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was taken on the occasion of the 40th wedding anniversary of the marriage of Edward […]
A photograph of Isaac C. Troutman (1875-1960) and Mary Margaret [Hoffman] Troutman, of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken on the day of their wedding in 1896. According to family […]
A photograph of Jonathan Zerbe and three of his children, taken after the death of his wife,Julia [Messner], Zerbe. According to the Elizabethville Echo, 8 April 1897, Julia died on […]
An undated photograph of an engine of the Pennsylvania Railroad Coal and Iron Company, probably taken at or near Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The man standing next to the […]
A photograph of The Pioneer of the Lykens Valley Coal Company, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken about 1887. This was the first motorized coal car in the United States. __________________________________ […]
Solomon Hess Jr., wholesale bottler and late proprietor of the Williamstown Hotel, was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 31 March 1846. He is a son of Solomon Hess […]
A portrait of William H. Hechler, born March 1870 in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Johann Wilhelm Hechler (1835-1911), an immigrant from Germany, and Caroline [Kopp] Hechler (1838-1891). […]
Believed to be a portrait of Andrew Lycans, or Lykens (1701-1756), for whom Lykens Valley, Lykens Borough, and Lykens Township are named. The following story is adapted/edited from pages 55-56 […]