Lykens – R & R Coal Company, 2018
A photo taken in 2018 by Google Street View of the R & R Coal Company, west of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added […]
Another Photo of a Ku Klux Klan Funeral, 1925
A photograph from the Lykens Standard, April 10, 1925, of the funeral of Jennie Kissinger, which was conducted at her grave in Penbrook Cemetery, Harrisburg. The caption reads: According to […]
Lykens – K. K. K. In Charge of Funeral of Miner, 1925
In what was probably the biggest Ku Klux Klan demonstration up to this time in the Lykens Valley area, hundreds of hooded members of that order took charge of the […]
“Colored” Minstrels Perform at Lykens Opera House, 1902
A image of the program for the December 29 and 30, 1902, performance of the Lykens and Wiconisco Minstrels, at the Lykens Opera House, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The version […]
Lykens – Moose Theatre Nears Completion, 1922
A newspaper photograph (Lykens Standard, November 17, 1922) of an artist’s rendering of the new Moose Home, then under construction and nearing completion in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building […]
Lykens – Market Street Bridge
An undated photo post card view of the Market Street Bridge, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Billy Kersands Performs at Lykens Opera House, 1906
Billy Kersands was an African American comedian and dancer, well known for performing in minstrelsy. In March, 1906, he performed at the Opera House in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The […]
Rumor of Reopening of Short Mountain Mining, 1936
In 1936, rumors began circulating in the southern anthracite coal fields that the tunnel at the Short Mountain Colliery, located at Bear Gap, north of Lykens and Wiconisco, would be […]