Ethel Matter Row of Wiconisco, 1937
A 1937 portrait photograph of Ethel Matter Row, of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Serpentine, the 1937 yearbook of the West Chester State Teachers College, West […]
Williams Valley High School, 1970
A 1970 composite photograph of the graduates of Williams Valley High School, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Members of the class — Top Row: Ira Antes; Bradley Artz; Jill Parkus; […]
Lykens – Market Street Bridge to Wiconisco
An undated photo post card view of Market Street and the Market Street Bridge, Lykens, leading to Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
Joseph Stine – Killed at Wiconisco Mine
WICONISCO MINER DIES OF INJURIES IN CULM SLIDE Joseph Stine, Father of Three Children, Killed in Mine Joseph Stine, 45, Wiconisco miner who was enveloped by a slide of culm […]
The Great Pillow Fire of 1926 (3)
The following news article is from the Lykens Standard, April 23, 1926, via Newspapers.com. _______________________________________ $5,000 DAMAGE DONE IN FIRE WHICH THREATENED HEART OF PILLOW BORO; 5 COMPANIES FIGHT BLAZE […]
The Great Pillow Fire of 1926 (2)
The following news article is from the Elizabethville Echo, April 22, 1926, via Newspapers.com. _______________________________________ FIRE THREATENED TOWN OF PILLOW ESTIMATE $10,000 LOSS IN BLAZE THAT SWEEPS SEVEN PROPERTIES FIVE […]
The Great Pillow Fire of 1926 (1)
The following news article is from the Harrisburg Evening News, April 21, 1926, via Newspapers.com. _______________________________________ FIREMEN FROM FIVE TOWNS HELP FIGHT BIG FIRE AT PILLOW PILLOW, April 21 [1926] […]
Lykens-Williams Valley Picnic Featured a Cake Walk and Black-Face, 1929
In 1929, at the annual rally and picnic for the Lykens-Williams Valley, the program included aviators and parachute jumps, a young lady doing black-face comedy, and an “old fashioned cake […]