Merry Christmas
An old Currier & Ives print, “Ameican Homestead Winter,” with a scene reminiscent of the Lykens Valley in days gone by. Merry Christmas!
Riegle Family Reunion, 1950
A photograph taken about 1950 of many of the surviving descendants of Harrison Riegle (1840-1899) and Hanna Louisa [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919), taken at the Riegle-Dietrich homestead in Specktown, Lykens Township, […]
Ku Klux Klan Rally at Gratz Fairgrounds, 1924
An advertisement that appeared in the Lykens Standard, 3 October 1924, for the Ku Klux Klan rally that was to be the concluding event of the 1924 Gratz Fair. K. K. […]
Grandchildren Visit Specktown, 1944
Three photographs taken in the late summer of 1944 at the Reigle-Dietrich homestead on Specktown Road, Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The above photo was taken looking southeast with […]
Reunion of Descendants of Norman Riegle, 1950
A photograph taken about 1950 of the descendants of Norman Riegle (1886-1942) and Lydia [Helt] Riegle (1883-1942), taken at a reunion at the Riegle-Dietrich homestead in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin […]
Summer 1948 at the Reigle-Dietrich Homestead
These two photographs are believed to have been taken in the early summer of 1948 at the Riegle-Dietrich Homestead on Specktown Road, Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Grandchildren 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 […]
The Poison Toe Murder, 1937
A murder took place in Clarks Valley, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in late February 1937. It was committed by Clair Guy Wingert, a trapper and hunter from that area. After staying […]