Lykens – Forgery Attempt at Rudisill’s Store, 1906
From the Lykens Standard, July 20, 1906: FORGER’S TRICK DIDN’T WORK AT RUDISILL’S Yesterday morning about 8 o’clock, a tall, thin man, wearing a black sateen shirt, no necktie, upper […]
Williamstown – Blanning Hardware, 1976
A photograph taken around 1976 of the Blanning Hardware Store, Williamstown, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. The following biographical sketch appeared in a 1976 Williamstown history: Roy “Scratch” Blanning was born in […]
Williamstown – Wiscount Arco Service Station, 1976
A photograph taken about 1976 of “Sonny” Wiscount’s Arco Service Station, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The station was built by L. Sol Bendigo in 1958. In 1959-1960, it was leased […]
Williamstown – Vine Street School
An undated photograph (later colorized) of the Vine Street School, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to information supplied with the photo, this school was built between 1884 and 1886, and […]
Twin County Baseball Schedule, 1921
A 1921 booklet with the schedule for “Twin County League Base Ball.” This was issued as an advertising item for Charles C. Baker, a furniture dealer and funeral director of […]
Gratz Airport – Fatal Crash, June 1949
“A light plane which took off from the Gratz Airport Sunday at 2:50 p. m., went into a nose dive and crashed into Sharp Mountain one mile west of Lykens, […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1946-1950
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
J. F. Adams – Endorsement of an Educator, 1908
The Lykens Standard, April 24, 1908, printed endorsements by two Millersburg newspapers for the candidacy of J. F. Adams for the Superintendency of the Public Schools of Dauphin County. By […]