Williamstown – Mine Mules
An undated photo post card view of two mules and their handler coming out of a coal mine. The caption on the card is: “Out Into the Daylight.” Cards with […]
Williamstown – Films at the Lyric Theatre, 1930 (1)
Three poster images advertising films that were playing at the end of September into October 1930 at the Lyric Theatre, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. An advertisement for the showings appeared […]
Connie Mack at the Williamstown Rotary Club, 1933
A newspaper photo of Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics Baseball Club (American League). Mack appeared as an invited speaker at the Williamstown Rotary Club, WIlliamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, […]
The “Doodlebug” Experiment on the Lykens Valley Railroad, 1928
“Doodlebug” was the nickname given to gas-electric self-propelled rail cars that had a passenger seating area, a baggage or freight area, and engineer controls at the motor end. The car […]
Some Stories About the Williams Valley Transportation Company, 1937-1945
East-west passenger rail service in the Lykens Valley officially ended on October 30, 1937. The schedule formerly maintained by the old Lykens Valley Railroad and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, […]
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 […]
Five Injured in Bus Crash North of Halifax, 1943
In February 1943, on a return trip to the Lykens Valley from the Middletown Air Depot, a bus operated by the Williams Valley Transportation crashed into a bridge north of […]
Williamstown – Market Street & Post Office
An undated photo post card view of Market Street in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the post office at left, the trolley tracks and overhead wire in the center, and […]