Lykens – Budd Theatre Features “The Sound of Music,” 1969
The theatre poster for The Sound of Music, a film that won the Academy Award for Best Picture in 1965 and which had by 1969 achieved the record for the […]
John Workman – Killed in the Mines, 1871
The following article appeared in the Upper Dauphin Register in August 1871, and was reprinted in the Harrisburg Telegraph of August 14, 1871: UPPER END AFFAIRS — The Upper Dauphin […]
Lykens – Dismantling a Historic Log House, 1969
On August 7, 1969, in his nostalgia column in the Lykens Standard, C. L. Peters described the dismantling of an old log house in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and gave […]
Susquehanna Colliery -Short Mountain Coal Breaker
An undated newspaper photograph of the coal breaker of the Susquehanna Collieries at Short Mountain, Bear Gap, Wiconisco and Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the tracks going under the breaker […]
Wiconisco Skating Rink Worker Assaulted, Died 2 Years Later of Injuries
Two similar articles with different headers describing an assault that took place at the Wiconisco Roller Skating Rink, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and the punishment given to the perpetrator. The […]
Wiconisco High School Class of 1959 – 10th Reunion, 1969
A newspaper photograph of the attendees at the 10th Annual Reunion of the Wiconisco High School Class of 1959, held in September 1969, at the Moose Lodge in Millersburg, Dauphin […]
Lykens – The Destructive Fire of 1878
LARGE FIRE AT LYKENS From the Lykens Register we take full particulars of the fire which lately occurred in that town: Lykens was visited on Monday evening last by the […]
Wiconisco – Short Mountain Slope
A newspaper photo of an undated post card view of Short Mountain Slope, at Bear Gap, near Lykens and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This image appeared in the Lykens Standard, […]