The Great Gratz Fire of 1924
Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the […]
Williamstown High School – Football, 1949
A 1949 photograph of the football team of Williamstown High School, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of those pictured are identified. However, the opponents for the season are named along […]
Tower City – Zion Evangelical Church, 1922-1943
An undated colorized photograph of the Zion Evangelical Church, northwest corner of Grand Avenue and Fourth Street, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This brick building was built on the site […]
Tyler Herb – Minor League Baseball Player from Wiconisco
Tyler Herb of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was a 2010 graduate of Williams Valley High School, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. He played for four years in the Big South […]
Elizabethville – Lykens Valley Bank, 1906
The construction of the Lykens Valley Bank at the southeast corner of Main Street and Market Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, marked a turning point in the history of the […]
Early Railroads Near Tower City
A colorized photograph of the Williams Valley Railroad station at Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, built after 1892 when a rail line was extended to Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According […]
Wiconisco Trolley Bridge
An undated photo post card view (colorized recently) of the trolley bridge over the railroad tracks at Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The trolley has the marking of the traction company […]
Election of 1928 – Lykens Valley Results
A colorized photograph of Charles Curtis and Herbert Hoover, taken after they received the nomination of the Republican Party for Vice President and President in the Election of 1928. (Original […]