Three poster images advertising films that were playing at the end of September into October 1930 at the Lyric Theatre, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. An advertisement for the showings appeared […]
A newspaper photo of Connie Mack, manager of the Philadelphia Athletics Baseball Club (American League). Mack appeared as an invited speaker at the Williamstown Rotary Club, WIlliamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, […]
“Doodlebug” was the nickname given to gas-electric self-propelled rail cars that had a passenger seating area, a baggage or freight area, and engineer controls at the motor end. The car […]
East-west passenger rail service in the Lykens Valley officially ended on October 30, 1937. The schedule formerly maintained by the old Lykens Valley Railroad and operated by the Pennsylvania Railroad, […]
William H. “Bill” Byerly was a widely-known, highly-talented baseball player in the Lykens Valley area in the decade of the 1930s and into the early 1940s. In 1932, he was […]
In February 1943, on a return trip to the Lykens Valley from the Middletown Air Depot, a bus operated by the Williams Valley Transportation crashed into a bridge north of […]
An undated photo post card view of Market Street in Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the post office at left, the trolley tracks and overhead wire in the center, and […]
Flooding has always been a problem in the Lykens Valley area, particularly after a period of heavy rains. This episode was reported in the West Schuylkill Herald of October 3, […]