Lykens-Wiconisco Singing Group Performs Minstrel, 1914
On March 9, 1914, a group of men from Lykens and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, performed a minstrel show at the Lykens Opera House. The group was variously described as […]
Local Minstrels Get Ideas from Philadelphia, 1906
An undated photograph of the Dumont’s Minstrel Theatre at the corner of 9th and Arch Streets, Philadelphia, operated by Frank Dumont, nationally-known master of the minstrel. Dumont acquired the theatre […]
The Bogus Nickel Coiners of Washington Square, 1873
COINING THEIR OWN MONEY Mrs. Daniel Boyer, who lives in an old house on the road leading from Washington Square across Berry’s Mountain, near the intersection of the Powel’s Valley […]
Great Gratz Fire of 1924 As Reported by Elizabethville Echo
The story that appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of November 6, 1924 describing the Great Gratz Fire, differed only in the fact that it speculated as to how the fire […]
Wiconisco Post Office, 1907
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed from Wiconisco Post Office, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, October 21, 1907. Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to […]
Was Wiconisco Home Destroyed by Meteor or Lightning?
The Lykens Standard, published on Friday, September 10, 1926, claimed it was a meteor, and gave the most extensive coverage to the event. The Elizabethville Echo, published the day before […]
Clarence E. Prout (1880-1905) – A Tribute at His Passing
A newspaper photograph of Clarence E. Prout of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, an extraordinary musician from the coal region who passed away in 1905. The Lykens Standard on February 10, […]
Original Wiconisco Fire Company No. 1 Station (2)
An undated photograph of the original Wiconisco Fire Engine Company No. 1 Station Building, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The men and piece of equipment are not identified. Could this be […]