Lykens – Early Postmasters, 1857-1957
A page from the official register, U. S. Appointments of Postmasters, showing some of the appointments of postmasters in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The bottom line indicates that Josiah Bowman Jr. […]
Lykens – History of the Post Office, 1857-1932
The first post office in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was established in 1857 on Main Street, in a building known as “ten pin alley,” which was located just to the […]
Berrysburg Post Office, 1915
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed from the Berrysburg Post Office, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania at 12 P. M. on December 27, 1915. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be […]
Millersburg Post Office, 1906
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed on August 18, 1906, from Millersburg Post Office, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, at 2 P. M. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information […]
George Bergner (1818-1874) – Editor & Proprietor of Harrisburg Telegraph
The front page of the Harrisburg Daily Telegraph, August 10, 1874. The Telegraph was one of the prominent newspapers of the State Capital of Pennsylvania. It regularly carried news of […]
Modernized Telephone Service in Tower City, 1973
MODERN IDENTIFICATION FOR TOWER CITY PHONES Effective Monday at 12:01 a.m., new telephone equipment will be placed in service for Tower City customers, which will automatically identify telephone numbers, according […]
Excerpts from “The Independent Monthly,” 1879
A letter from Thomas J. Hoffman, of Enders, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and printed in the Elizabethville Echo of June 17, 1943, provided a glimpse of an old issue of The Independent Monthly, published on […]
Tower City – United States Post Office, 2021
An August 2021 GoogleMaps street view photograph of the United States Post Office, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Construction on this building began with the groundbreaking in November 1960. The […]