Lykens Motor Car Company, 1924
A advertisement that appeared in the Lykens Standard, February 29, 1924, for the Lykens Motor Car Company, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, featuring the Jewett Six, a five-seat sedan. “Comfort and […]
Millersburg – Two Men Poisoned at Freeland House, 1896
In September 1896, Isaac Koppenhaver (1849-1900), then proprietor of the Freeland House, southwest corner of the central square in Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, had dinner with a guest, and consumed […]
Millersburg – Kocker’s Coal
An undated advertising item from Kocker’s Coal, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This item is a small musical instrument in the shape of a boat on which simple tunes can be […]
Lykens Hosiery Mills
Both sides of an undated matchbook cover for the Lykens Hosiery Mills, Inc., Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Advertising slogans, etc., include: LOOK BUY LYKENS SOCKS PAIRS GUARANTEED TO WEAR MONTHS […]
Elizabethville Man Serves As Court Interpreter, 1924
From the Lykens Standard of February 29, 1924, we learn the following about Elizabethville resident David P. Baker: COURT INTERPRETER A CITIZEN OF ELIZABETHVILLE Mr. David P. Baker, proprietor of […]
Lykens – Northwest Corner of Main & Market Streets, 1860s
A recently colorized photograph from the 1860s of the building on the northwest corner of Main and Market Streets, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________________________ For a photograph of this building […]
Lykens – Bressler’s Central Livery, 1898
An envelope or cover dated July 8, 1898, postmarked at the Lykens Post Office, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, at 7 A. M. The corner card is for H. A. Bressler, […]
Lykens – Uhler Drug Store Fire Was Costly, 1924
UHLER DRUG STORE FIRE ESTIMATED $2,000 The fire which occurred at the Uhler Drug Store, Main and Market Streets, Saturday morning, October 25 [1924], caused a loss estimated at about […]