Lykens – Patriotic Parade Float
An undated photograph of what appears to be a float in a patriotic parade. The photo was probably taken in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.. A horse is hitched to a […]
Gratz Fair Hot Dog Stand Raided for Selling Alcohol, 1932
Gratz Fair “Hot Dog” Stand Raided; Nab Two A raid by State Police last night at a “hot dog” stand at the Gratz Fair resulted in the arrest of two […]
Stunt Driver Hurt at Gratz Fair, 1949
GRATZ FAIR STUNT DRIVER HURT AS SAFETY BELT FAILS A safety belt which was not so safe after all proved the undoing of John Filipick, 27, stunt man for Ward […]
First Summer in Specktown, 1944
A summer 1944 photograph documenting an early visit of the oldest grandchild of William E. “Bill” Dietrich and Helen [Hoffman] Dietrich (1895-1977) to Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The […]
Paul E. Weaver (1937-1953) – Drowned in Susquehanna River
TOWNSHIP YOUTH DROWNING VICTIM Paul Weaver, 16, of Jackson Township, drowned in the Susquehanna River, south of Liverpool on Sunday, while fishing with his father, Clarence Weaver, and two companions. […]
Specktown – The Sulky Revisited, 1946 (1)
A photograph of the first three great-great-grandchildren of Hannah L. [Rickert] Riegle (1947-1919) of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in a sulky purchased by her for her first great-grandchild, […]
Specktown – The Sulky Revisited, 1946 (2)
A photograph of a great-great-grandchild of Hannah L. [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919) sitting in a sulky which was purchased for her first great-grandchild, Kathryn E. Dietrich in 1915. The above photo […]
Simon Girty Jr. – The White Savage
A etching that appeared in a book about Simon Girty Jr., The White Savage, published in 1928, and re-published on Wikipedia. The following story about Simon Girty Jr. appeared in […]