Lykens – Trolley on Market Street
Note: See correction in comments below post. A photo from a 1990 newspaper clipping showing the old trolley line on Market Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The view is looking […]
Lightning Kills Florence Showers in Her Home, 1913
The following story appeared in the Harrisburg Patriot, 3 July 1913: LIGHTNING KILLS TOWER CITY GIRL IN HER HOME Father Stunned by Same Bolt Unable to Go To Her CHURCH […]
Isaac Mossop (1860-1931)
Isaac Mossop & Company With a reputation as solidly founded as the mines, the town’s big industry is Isaac Mossop & Company’s hosiery mills. Employment is furnished one hundred. The […]
Elizabethville – Baseball Field & Grandstand, 1921
A picture of the local baseball diamond in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This was the first field constructed primarily for baseball and was a result of the formation of the […]
Jacob Messner (1861-1943)
Jacob Messner, hotel keeper, Loyalton, Pennsylvania, was born in Lower Mahanoy Township, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, 22 March 1861, the son of Philip Messner and Anna Mary [Dockey] Messner. The father, […]
Williamstown – Bestok Underwear Company, 1922
Bestok Underwear Company, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania; also Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Established 1913 Makers of Dependable Merchandise Office: Williamstown Mill: Tower City President: S. D. Bausher Treasurer […]
Josiah Boyer (1831-1917)
Josiah Boyer, farmer, Washington Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was born in Berks County, Pennsylvania, 22 December 1832, son of Peter Boyer and Christiana [Harp] Boyer. Peter Boyer was also […]
Lykens – Late Train Arrives
An undated photograph looking north up Market Street, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The trolley has just arrived from Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and passengers await the arrival of the […]