On this anniversary of the 1889 Flood - thought you would enjoy seeing some early film of the Flood Memorial up at Grandview.
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Friday, May 31, 2013
Flood Memorial
On this anniversary of the 1889 Flood - thought you would enjoy seeing some early film of the Flood Memorial up at Grandview.
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1889 Flood,
Film
Thursday, May 30, 2013
Main and Clinton
Duncan Lumber Company
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Somerset County,
Train
Ann's Place
Wednesday, May 29, 2013
Joe Johns
South Fork
Armistice Day - 1918 - Part 2
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Bridge,
World War I
Armistice Day - 1918 - Part 1
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Bridge,
Fire Gear,
World War I
Special Shout Out!
Two weeks ago I ordered a new Vupoint scanner. I'd just about wore my old one out. I also ordered the scanner docking station - all you have to do is feed the pictures thru. Well as luck would have it - the Vupoint dock ended up in Somerset instead of Johnstown - I don't have a clue how because our addresses aren't even close.
Leslie from Geochemical Testing in Somerset - kindly repackaged the docking station and sent in on to me. Now I have to say - that was very nice of them and I'd like to just send them out a big Thank You for being so nice and going above and beyond the call of duty!
Tuesday, May 28, 2013
Model T-Time
Cars for Sale
Bank Expansion - 1972
Market and Vine
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Downtown,
Drug Stores,
Stores
Monday, May 27, 2013
Geistown-Windber Road - 1894
First Lutheran Church Fire - 1918
Saving a Cemetery
Now that I have the ability of riding up to Browns (Laurel Hill Cemetery) whenever I want. I have been working on my project to save the cemetery and bring it back to life. Here is John Smith.
And here is John Brown.
Set up some flower boxes and put flowers on some the graves.
Along with some bunting and ribbons on posts.
Lots of grass to cut, weeds to pull along with tons of birch and oak saplings trying to take over the place.
I would like to take the time out to thank a few people who - without their help - this project wouldn't have been able to get off the ground: Roger and Kelly Edwards, Elaine Adams and Joann Mock. Thank you really doesn't even cover how grateful I am to all of them - they have helped my vision of restoring this cemetery come true.
All that is left to do - is keep up on the grass cutting and weed whacking. We also found more graves underneath all the weeds and saplings.
The cemetery hasn't looked this good in years...
I also put up a flag - I just hope that the party crowd leaves everything alone and respects the fact that this is indeed a cemetery and not a place to party.
Old Glory standing guard over Laurel Hill Cemetery.
Sunday, May 26, 2013
Mill Gate around 1953
Mill Gate around 1953 or so.
Bethlehem around 1953
Bethlehem Steel around 1953 or so.
Saturday, May 25, 2013
Goodyear Mute Train
The Goodyear Mute Train at the Johnstown Train Station - Goodyear would go from town to town - looking for deaf workers for their tire plants in Ohio. My grandfathers deaf brother Albert is standing just below the X. Goodyear employed thousands of deaf people to work in the noisiest sections of their plant. They must have gotten decent wages - since alot of them worked for Goodyear for years and were able to retire with a great pension plan. Besides Albert, my grandfathers sister Lena (Lenz) Pittman and her husband also worked for Goodyear in Ohio.
Buzz Wagner
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Buzz Wagner,
World War II
Train Cuts off Head
Friday, May 24, 2013
Pine Box Derby - 1950's
Pine Box Derby - Southmont - most likely around 1953 or so.
Thursday, May 23, 2013
The Death Roll - L.R. Brallier - 1907
Johnstown High - 1931
Gallitzin Church Has Fine Organ - 1907
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Cambria County,
Clipping
Wednesday, May 22, 2013
Gee Bee Ad - 1967
Walnut Grove - Geistown - Johnstown Passenger Railway - 1907
Roxbury School
Johnstown Tintypes
Tuesday, May 21, 2013
Early Settlers Die - 1907
Morrellville - 1940's
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Cacicia,
Morrellville
Clinton Street
Monday, May 20, 2013
Rescued Babe from Fire - Morrellville - 1907
Every old house has a story to tell. If only you can figure it out. I ran across this clipping from The Johnstown Leader by accident. I was just scanning anything interesting I could find and this is one of them. This happened August 9, 1907 - at 1139 Virginia Avenue - Morrellville at the home of Rollo Herdman. The house next door - owned by James McCloskey also suffered damage.
This 1139 Virginia Avenue now - and as you can tell - this home was rebuilt soon after the blaze.
Ann's Place - Bedford Street
Franklin Street
Saving a Cemetery - Browns Farm
Now that I finally have the means to haul a lawn mower up to Browns - I can finally begin to bring Laurel Hill Cemetery back to life. A project I have been dreaming about for years.
Cut the grass as best I could considering there are a lot of smaller stones hidden under decades of growth.
What you see behind the stones are birch saplings trying to take over the cemetery.
More saplings and not grass...wish it was grass - would be alot easier to deal with.
And even more saplings behind John Brown. Eventually this saplings will become trees and erase most of the features of this sacred spot. But not if I can help it!
Cut a path up from the cemetery.
Had my nephew with me - he helped for a while - then went over to the pond to catch salamanders.
And catch them he did - we brought ten home and he made a spot for them by the crick to see if they take.
Beauty like this just melts my heart - looking up at the remains of the old Harshberger Grove from the cemetery and the 150+ old apple trees - I call "the three sisters". I will keep you posted on the progress I am making on bringing this cemetery back to life.
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