William Henry Clay Keen (1860-1921) was a state legislator and hosiery manufacturer in Lykens. He died on January 30, 1921, in Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ________________________________________ From the West Schuylkill […]
A 1940 photograph of the first ambulance purchased by the Good Will Fire Company, Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the Pottsville Republican & Herald, November 7, 2010 in […]
A newspaper photograph of an undated post card view of Main Street, looking west from the railroad, Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the Pine Grove Press-Herald, April 1, 1971 […]
A grave marker for Simon H. Clauser at the Frieden’s Lutheran Church Cemetery, Branchdale, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, indicates that he was “assassinated September 5, 1874, in the borough of Hazleton.” […]
On July 20, 1899, the Lykens Register published a line-drawing portrait and brief biography of Jacob J. Buffington, who at the time was running for Dauphin County Commissioner as a […]
A political ad that appeared in the Pine Grove Press Herald, October 26, 1972, with the caption, “If you work for a living, how in hell can you vote for […]
A line-drawn portrait of John S. Reiff, Sheriff-Elect of Dauphin County, as presented in the Lykens Register, November 9, 1899. The results of the election, by communities, were also published […]
The Lykens Register of November 9, 1899, presented this drawn portrait of the new Treasurer-Elect of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, with the following comment: We present herewith the picture of Mr. […]