Upper Dauphin Register Founded, 1865
In 1865, among the many places that the announcement of the establishment of a new Upper Dauphin newspaper appeared were the Wellsboro Gazette, Wellsboro, Pennsylvania, and the Pittsburgh Gazette, Pittsburgh, […]
Valley View – Post Office, 1914
A two-cent postal stationery envelope sold by the Post Office at Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, with specially printed town return address and space for sender’s name. This envelope was […]
Lykens – United States Post Office, 1990
A 1990 view of the United States Post Office at Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. __________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post. This photo appeared […]
Death of Marlin E. Umholtz, 1967
This envelope contained a thank you for an expression of sympathy given to Laura Umholtz, at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The card noted that “your kind expression of sympathy is […]
Lykens Standard (Newspaper), 1918
A one-year subscription by mail to the Lykens Standard newspaper of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, cost $1.50 in August 1918, as can be seen by this receipt to William Dietrich […]
Sacramento – Mourning Card, 1922
The black border around this envelope indicates that it contained a notice of death or a notice of sympathy. It was postmarked at 6 a.m. on 25 December 1922, at […]
A Post Card Sent to Lydia Helt in 1908
The front and back of a picture post card sent to (1883-1942) in Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It was mailed from Shippensburg, Pennsylvania, on 8 June 1908, and the faint […]
Gratz – Troutman’s Electronic Sales & Service, 1957
An advertisement for Troutman’s Electronic Sales and Service, Gratz (Lykens Township), Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A Completely New Kind of TV Antenna Revolutionary”Travelling Wave” design stops “snow,” “ghosts” and interference. Now […]