Miss America Pageant Parade, 1936
A snapshot photo dated September 11, 1936, of a passing float in the Miss America Pageant Parade, Atlantic City, New Jersey. On the float, just to the right of center […]
Lykens – Dot’s Tea Room, 1936
A newspaper advertisement for the Grand Opening of the newly built Dot’s Tea Room, near West Borough Park and the Municipal Swimming Pool, Edward Street, West Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. […]
County Fire Convention in Lykens, 1936
A newspaper photo of a 1936 fire engine published in the Lykens Standard, May 1, 1936, with an article on the upcoming County Fire Convention planned for Lykens in June. […]
When Did the Phone Company Start Using Phone Numbers?
While this blog post does not answer when the phone company started using telephone numbers instead of names, it does answer when the major phone company in the Lykens Valley […]
Gerald Dieter of Lykens- Editor of Swastika Yearbook, 1935
A 1934 portrait photograph of Gerald Wayne Dieter of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the Swastika, the 1934 yearbook of the Catawba College, Salisbury, North Carolina, available […]
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of White residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, some deputized by city authorities, descended on the Black neighborhood of Greenwood, also known as Black […]
Jean M. Witmer of Lykens, 1956
A 1956 portrait photograph of Jean M. Witmer, of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Serpentine, the 1957 yearbook of the West Chester State Teachers College, West […]
Fred P. Margerum (1879-1950) – President of Swab Wagon Company
Fred P. Margerum of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, president of the Swab Wagon Company, and a realtor in California, died on January 23, 1950. Only one obituary, the one from […]