Gowan Weist Peach Orchard – Model Farm
A 1911 photograph of the Gowan Weist‘s peach trees on what was described as a model Lykens Valley farm in a article that appeared in the Harrisburg Telegraph, 16 March […]
Helen [Hoffman] Dietrich and Her Horse
An undated photograph of Helen [Hoffman] Dietrich (1895-1977) and her horse. The photo was taken on the Riegle-Dietrich homestead in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The house in the […]
Lykens Valley Development Company,1911
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad Prospectus, 1911
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]
Halifax Township – Armstrong Family Barn, 1769
An undated photograph of the Armstrong Family Barn, Halifax Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is believed that this barn dates to about 1769. _______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be […]
Midland Pennsylvania Railroad To Open Lykens Valley to Commerce, 1911
The Midland Pennsylvania Railroad, begun in 1910, with plans to connect Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, turned out to be a colossal failure. In addition to […]
Lykens Valley Vocational School – Report Card, 1933
Both sides of a student report card for the Lykens Valley Vocational School, Berrysburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for the school year 1932-1933. The student was Harold W. Dietrich, son of […]
Uncle Harold and the Jack O’Lantern, 1946
Four photographs taken some time in the fall of 1946, probably between Halloween and Thanksgiving, of a large pumpkin made into a Jack O’Lantern by Harold Dietrich (1919-1988), who was […]