Halifax – Ku Klux Klan Event at I. O. O. F. Hall, 1925
An advertisement that appeared in the Lykens Standard on April 24, 1925, for a Ku Klux Klan event that was to take place at the Odd Fellows Hall, Halifax, Dauphin […]
Lykens – Hensel Ad Mentions Black-Face Comedians, 1909
Part of a poster advertising the musical show, Ham Tree, with black-face actors James McIntylre and Thomas Kurton Heath. These individuals were named in an ad for Thomas L. Hensel, […]
More Early Stories of the Lykens Valley Railroad, 1833-1933
A photograph believed to have been taken about 1916 of the railroad station at Lenkerville (Millersburg), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, showing the junction of the Lykens Valley Railroad line (freight cars […]
Reiff & Helt Sold “Black-Face” Eddie Ross’ Records, 1921
Reiff and Helt was a furniture dealer and funeral director in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1921. The business was the leading distributor of the RCA Victor machines in the […]
Railroad Service in Lykens Valley Ends, 1981
An undated photograph of a diesel engine pulling a freight train at the Elizabethville Railroad Station, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The movement of freight on portions of the Lykens Valley […]
The Meaning of the Swastika Symbol
On July 20, 1920, an appeared in the Lykens Standard for the Lykens Tire and Repair Shop, Paul Shulz, proprietor, 515 Market Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in which the […]
Lykens – American Legion Building, 2018
A series of four photographs from GoogleMaps, street view, of the American Legion Building in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photographs were taken in 2018, near the end of the […]
Some Stories About the Lykens Valley Accommodation, 1929-1934
An undated view of Market Street in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The railroad station is at far right and the tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad’s Lykens Valley Branch cross Market […]