Reed Lebo – Sweigard’s World War II Photos
Photographs of Reed L. Lebo in his World War II uniform. The photo is from the Sweigard General Store World War II Collection, Matamoras, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Lebo was born September 17, 1923, […]
Sarah Irene [Lebo] Shott (1891-1982) – One-Room Schoolhouse Teacher
An undated early portrait of Sarah Irene [Lebo] Shott (1891-1982), a one-room schoolhouse teacher of the first half of the 20th century. Irene Shott was the subject of a feature […]
Dr. Carleton Rowe (1928-2021) – Chief Jailor During War Crime Trials
A 1945 photograph of Sugamo Prison in the Ikerbukuro District, now part of the Toshima Ward of Tokyo, Japan, where Japanese prisoners were held awaiting and during war crime trials, […]
Dauphin County Klan Marches at Harrisburg, 1925
On Labor Day weekend 1925, the Ku Klux Klan of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, held a huge demonstration in Harrisburg, the county seat and capital city of the state. Large crowds […]
Waynesville Man Killed in Auto-Bus Collision, 1958
RUFUS D. PAUL Rufus D. Paul, age 51 years, was killed in the collision of a bus and station wagon on the Hershey Road, Wednesday. Mr. Paul was a passenger […]
Motorcycle Hits Family, Kills One & Injures Three, 1932
ONE DEAD, THREE INJURED AS CYCLE STRIKES FAMILY GROUP SUNDAY EVE. A three year old child, Luther Bollinger, is dead, his mother, Mrs. Alice Bollinger of Steelton, Charles Cooper, Wiconisco, […]
The Halifax Schools
A 215-page-book, A Dream Fulfilled: Boyer Memorial School and a History of Other Halifax Schools Throughout the Centuries, 1794 Forward, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2014 by the […]
Wayne Township & Western Jackson Township – Topographical Map
An undated topographical map of Wayne Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and the western part of Jackson Township, Dauphin County produced by the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey. The communities […]