Vintage Johnstown

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Hayes Winner Of Promotion - John T. Hayes - Nanty Glo

Wednesday, November 4, 2026

March 15, 1907 - WOODVALE'S STABBING NOW IS MURDER

Joe Bokush

March 15, 1907 - Court Hearing - Hotel Hanky Panky (Fountain Hotel) - Roxbury - Just Plain Scandalous from Orgies to Drunks - Printed in the Paper

Court case against Michael Karl owner of the Fountain Hotel at 1210 Franklin Street. Charges from serving minors to hosting orgies in the rooms.VERY INTERESTING READ - Court Hearing - Hotel Hanky Panky (Fountain Hotel) - Roxbury - Just Plain Scandalous from Orgies to Drunks - Printed in the Paper! I am surprised just how much detail they put in the paper - even if they buried it on page 5. The hotel was located at 1210 Franklin Street - long gone - a regular house is located there now.

Virginia Avenue Kids about 1913

My grandfather is the kid with the bike and my aunt is in the middle picture - right hand side. The other kids were from the neighborhood. This would have been taken on the lower end of Virginia Avenue - the brick house across the alley from St. Paul Church. The family built the house in 1905.

Interesting what AI did to the colorized version. I beleive this was taken before the railroad moved all the tracks from ground level and constructed the sets of underpasses because of years of countless accidents all along the line. What I find interesting is - in the third picture - you can see part of the Ten Acre Bridge between the houses - which you can no longer see because of the relocated tracks in this day and age. That bit came out clearer in AI than in black and white. You can also see the little kid better next to my grandfather in AI along with what looks like what could be possible houses on Broad Street thru the trees.