Lykens – The End of the Trolley Line
An undated photograph, probably taken in the early 20th century, showing a trolley arriving at the Lykens Railroad Station, South Market Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This was the end […]
Driver Charged After Woman Leaps to her Death from Moving Car, 1925
A newspaper photograph of Anna Veronica McNellis, who died after leaping from a moving car driven by John Young from a carnival in Tower City in June 1925. Photo from […]
Short Mountain Colliery – Men in Mine Tunnel
An undated photograph said to have been taken inside the mine at Short Mountain Colliery, Lykens Valley Coal Company, Lykens (Bear Gap), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo shows a coal […]
Lykens – Panoramic View
An undated fold-out post card birds-eye view of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken from the Lykens Valley Coal Company’s mining operation at Bear Gap and looks across […]
Lykens – Birds-Eye View From Bear Gap
An rare, undated photographic view of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken from above the mining operation of the Lykens Valley Coal Company at Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Various mining […]
Lykens Valley Coal Company – Early Mining Operations at Bear Gap
An undated (possibly late 1860s) photograph of early mining operations at Bear Gap, near Lykens and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo shows several unidentified men with mules working outside […]
Melvin Witmer – Sweigard’s World War II Photos
A photograph of Melvin Glenwood Witmer in his World War II uniform. The photo is from the Sweigard General Store World War II Collection, Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Witmer was born May 30, 1917, […]
Eugene Shiley – Sweigard’s World War II Photos
A photograph of Eugene Marlin Shiley in his World War II uniform. The photo is from the Sweigard General Store World War II Collection, Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Shiley was born December 29, […]