Valley View – Black-Face Minstrel Show, 1925
A black-face minstrel show was presented by the Lykens & Wiconisco (L & W) Home Town Minstrels at the Midland Theatre, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, on the evening of […]
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 […]
Valley View – Tri-Valley Elementary School, 1975
A 1975 color photo post card view of the Tri-Valley Elementary School, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. _______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Valley View – 135th Anniversary of St. Andrew’s U. M. Church
A commemorative souvenir plate issued for the 135th Anniversary of St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church, 1862-1997, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The plate depicts the church as it appeared in […]
History of the Berrysburg Seminary (3)
A History of Berrysburg Seminary, from an address by D. G. Lubold at a reunion of alumni and students held at Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Thursday, August 11, 1904. Published […]
Valley View – Minnich’s Country Store
An undated advertising item (ash tray) from Minnich’s Country Store, Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Quality — Service Aunt Nellie’s Foods ________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
William H. “Bill” Byerly – Baseball Star & World War II Veteran
William H. “Bill” Byerly was a widely-known, highly-talented baseball player in the Lykens Valley area in the decade of the 1930s and into the early 1940s. In 1932, he was […]
Suicidal Millersburg Man Found in Lebanon, 1901
In 1901, much was attention was given to a missing man from Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On February 8, 1901, the Lykens Standard reported that he had been found in […]