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The Great Pillow Fire of 1926 (2)

The following news article is from the Elizabethville Echo, April 22, 1926, via Newspapers.com. _______________________________________ FIRE THREATENED TOWN OF PILLOW ESTIMATE $10,000 LOSS IN BLAZE THAT SWEEPS SEVEN PROPERTIES FIVE […]

September 3, 2020
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The Great Pillow Fire of 1926 (1)

The following news article is from the Harrisburg Evening News, April 21, 1926, via Newspapers.com. _______________________________________ FIREMEN FROM FIVE TOWNS HELP FIGHT BIG FIRE AT PILLOW PILLOW, April 21 [1926] […]

September 2, 2020
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Lykens-Williams Valley Picnic Featured a Cake Walk and Black-Face, 1929

In 1929, at the annual rally and picnic for the Lykens-Williams Valley, the program included aviators and parachute jumps, a young lady doing black-face comedy, and an “old fashioned cake […]

September 1, 2020
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Racist Lodge Dedicates Its New Hall in Gratz, 1873

A photograph taken around 1887 of the Odd Fellows building in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building, which was built in 1872, was formally dedicated in June 1873, with elaborate […]

August 22, 2020
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Sidney L. Shuey of Wiconisco, 1960

A 1960 portrait photograph of Sidney L. Shuey of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1960 yearbook, The Spectrum, of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, available […]

August 10, 2020
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Proposed Lykens Valley Country Club, 1929

PROPOSED COUNTRY CLUB BUILDING A special meeting of members of the Lykens Valley Country Club was held at Hotel Lykens recently. A 50-acre farm situated two miles west of Lykens […]

August 8, 2020
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Wiconisco – Trolley on Trestle

An undated photograph of the trolley trestle or bridge at Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This trolley line ran from the Lykens Valley Railroad station in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to […]

August 4, 2020
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Importance of Coal in Tower City Area, 1968

A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a story on the development of […]

August 1, 2020

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