Solomon Rettinger was born 28 October 1834 in Lykens Township, probably in Specktown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, the son of Jacob Rettinger (1813-1890) and Catherine [Hoover] Rettinger (1812-1883). On 24 […]
There is an interesting provenance to this photograph of the Harrison and Hannah Riegle family of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. And, this is another story about how family […]
Tintype photography achieved its greatest popularity in the 1860s and 1870s when practitioners of this art traveled to country fairs and set up temporary studios, where for a small fee, […]
MARTIN RICKERT was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 17 September 1804, the son of JOHANN HARTMAN RICKERT (1780-1828), an immigrant from Bavaria, and CATHERINE [LUBOLD] RICKERT […]
NORMAN LESTER RIEGLE was born on 4 October 1886, in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. He was the youngest son of HARRISON RIEGLE (1840-1899) and HANNAH [RICKERT] RIEGLE (1847-1919). […]
A portion of a Lykens Township map from 1875 shows the location of the Geise School. The road going south and west from the school is currently named Specktown Road. […]
A portrait photograph of Charles Tobias Phillips (1860-1928) and his son Charles Ralph “Charlie” Phillips (1895-1976) taken about 1900. Charles T. Phillips was a farmer in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin […]
A photograph believed to have been taken in the early 20th century of Oscar Howard Phillips (1893-1966) and his brother Charles Ralph Phillips (1895-1976), sons of Charles Tobias Phillips (1860-1928) […]