A 250-page-book, Post Cards of Hallifax Community, Its Borough and Three Rural Valleys: Post Card Treasures of Historical Moments, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2018 by the Halifax Area Historical Society, P.O. Box 562, Halifax, Pennsylvania 17032. The cover of the book is pictured above.
The book includes the following:
- Introduction: Halifax History in Post Cards
- Table of Contents
- History of Post Cards
- Methodist Episcopal (M. E.) Church, 1850
- Michael Enterline – Enterline Store
- Carsonville Mail – Rural Free Delivery (R. F. D.)
- International Organization of Odd Fellows (I. O. O. F.)
- William Nace Drug Store
- Houses and Street Scenes
- Adam H. Prenzel Family and House
- Civil War Veterans
- Tourist Park Resort
- Bridges of Halifax
- Heisler’s Cash & Carry Store Next to U. S. Post Office
- Susquehanna River Flood at Halifax, March 1936
- Halifax Fire Company Trucks and Volunteer Firemen
- Weiser Forest District
- Aerial View of Enterline Store, Church and Bowerman Farm
- William Harris Boyer, Philanthropist
- World War I
- World War II
- Halifax Shoe Factories
- Fisherville Scenes
- Rural Post Card Scenes
- Wiconisco Canal
- Susquehanna River Scenes
- Halifax Baseball Teams
- Halifax Businesses
- George Fetterhoff Hotel
- June 18, 1901 Tornado
- Physician, Dr. Myron Todd
- Taylor’s School – Matamoras Road
- Christmas – Belsnickle Parade
- Peter’s Mountain Road and Water Access
- Panoramic View of Boro
- Street Scenes
- C. C. Baker Funeral Home
- Streets and Houses in Halifax
- Churches in Halifax Area
- Winter and Summer Post Card Scenes
- United Methodist Cemetery
- Farming and Harvest
- Halifax Bands
- Halifax Villages
- Matamoras Scenes
- Halifax Peter’s Mountain Scenes
- Modes of Mobility
- State Road Being Built in Halifax Area
- Triangle Restaurant and Service Station
- Finney House at Village of McClellan
- McClellan Storage Yard
- Thomas L. Fairchilds Store and Gas Station
- Halifax Stone Quarry, 1909-1913
- Northern Central Railroad Opened in 1858
- Halifax National Bank
- Chromecolor Post Cards
- Post Card Advertisements
- Schools
- Halifax Families
- Chubb, Hoffman, Lyter Families
- Snyder, Caslow Families
- Warfel, Radel, Jury, Enders, Killinger Families
- Jury Family
- Enders Family
- Killinger Family
- Bower Family
- Girty’s Notch
- Post Cards by Jim Wheeler
- Camp Hebron Post Cards
- Fort Halifax Site Marker
- Tropical Treat Ice Cream Stand and Restaurant
- Post Cards of Interest
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For information on the availability of this book, contact the Halifax Area Historical Society through their Facebook Page, or write to the address in the first paragraph of this blog post.
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