Halifax – Boyer Memorial High School Baseball, 1943
A 1943 photograph of the baseball team of the Boyer Memorial High School, Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This was the only sports team fielded by the school in 1943, and […]
Dr. Robert Harris Awl (1819-1905) – Halifax & Gratz Physician, Historian
Dr. Robert Harris Awl died on 13 March 1905 and is buried at Pomfret Manor Cemetery, Sunbury, Northumberland County. At one time he was a physician and surgeon in Gratz […]
Mark L. Sheesley (1909-1951) – Died of Carbon Monoxide Poisoning
MARK L. SHEESLEY Services for Mark L. Shesley, 42, of Harrisburg, were held from the Charles C. Baker Funeral Home, Third and Maclay Streets, Harrisburg, at 10:30 this Thursday morning, […]
Halifax – Sanborn Fire Insurance Map, November 1884 (1 of 1)
A map created by the Sanborn Fire Insurance Company, Sanborn Map Company, November 1884, for Halifax Borough, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. For further information about the availability of this map, including […]
Josiah Paul & Magdalena [Baker] Paul
An undated photograph identified only as Josiah Paul and Magdalena [Baker] Paul. Additional information is sought about this couple. According to Ancestry.com records, they had a son, Leander A. Paul […]
“Silas Smidge from Turnip Ridge” – Performed in 1935 in Lykens Valley
An undated photograph of the cast of the play, “Silas Smidge from Turnip Ridge,” which was performed at the I. O. O. F. Building in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. From […]
Harvey E. Miller (1871-1944) – Businessman & Gratz Fair President
HARVEY ELLSWORTH MILLER GRATZ BUSINESS MAN SUCCUMBS Harvey Ellsworth Miller, son of the late Emanuel Miller and his wife Carolina Miller (nee Klinger), died on Saturday morning, 26 August. He […]
Halifax – Drive-In Porn Theatre, 1973
The above advertisement for porn films appeared in a Lykens Valley newspaper in June 1973. The films,Superchick, and The Stepmother, were shown at the Halifax Drive-In Theatre in Halifax, Dauphin […]