The front cover of the first telephone directory of the Wiconisco Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1936-1937. Beginning in May 1936, the company required that the operator be given the number […]
“Hop” Evans, was run down and killed on the Williams Valley Railroad Friday evening by the train reaching there at 7:42 o’clock.… the man’s body was frightfully mangled. His legs […]
A photograph taken around 1976 of the John Edgar Moss Grocery Store, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. A profile of him appeared in the 1976 Sesquicentennial Book: John Edgar Moss was […]
From the Lykens Standard, July 20, 1906: FORGER’S TRICK DIDN’T WORK AT RUDISILL’S Yesterday morning about 8 o’clock, a tall, thin man, wearing a black sateen shirt, no necktie, upper […]
A photograph taken around 1976 of the Blanning Hardware Store, Williamstown, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania. The following biographical sketch appeared in a 1976 Williamstown history: Roy “Scratch” Blanning was born in […]
A photograph taken about 1976 of “Sonny” Wiscount’s Arco Service Station, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The station was built by L. Sol Bendigo in 1958. In 1959-1960, it was leased […]
An undated photograph (later colorized) of the Vine Street School, Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to information supplied with the photo, this school was built between 1884 and 1886, and […]
A 1921 booklet with the schedule for “Twin County League Base Ball.” This was issued as an advertising item for Charles C. Baker, a furniture dealer and funeral director of […]