An undated, black & white photograph (colorized) of the Muir Evangelical Congregational Church, 107 Wisconsin Street, Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The church building was built in 1895 and still stands […]
An undated photo post card view (colorized recently) of the trolley bridge over the railroad tracks at Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The trolley has the marking of the traction company […]
BOSS TAKES PLANT WORKERS ON CARIBBEAN TOUR Seventy employees of Mason Wear Inc., Tower City, who took a nine-day Caribbean holiday at the expense of their boss the second week […]
Mrs. Elsie Zimmerman, of Tower City, a notorious abortionist with no known medical training, admitted to performing an abortion on Elsie Drumm, which resulted in her death in 1938. Mrs. […]
Russell Burton “Russ” Hand was born on July 21, 1920 in Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, the son of Simon Edward Hand (1896-1973) and Bertha Estella [Ressler] Hand (1899-1968). The above […]
On November 11, 1949, the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City published an article on the relatively-new apparel factory, Phillips-Jones Corporation, at Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The article focused more […]
A topographical map of Tremont Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, showing the configuration of three mountains – Broad Mountain, Sharp Mountain, and Second Mountain. Tremont Borough is in the northernmost part […]
A 1912 photograph of a group of young girls at the Muir Picnic Grove, Muir, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo was supposedly taken by James Walker, but the occasion for […]