Feeding the victims of the 1977 Flood
Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Riding an Indian
The gentleman on the left is my cousins father - otherwise I have no idea who anyone else is. I'm no expert - but I believe they are sitting on Indian motorcycles somewhere around the Cambria County area - most likely somewhere in Nanty Glo.
Stone Bridge Refab - 1929
This is a neat shot of construction crews working on the Stone Bridge in 1929 - with the cranes setting in the first concrete slab on top - off in the distance is Iron street and the mills and the large bridge that used to cross the Conemaugh.
Monday, April 29, 2013
Hammond School of Beauty Culture
Hammond School of Beauty Culture - Ardell Beauty Salon - Downtown Johnstown
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: Huckster
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: No person shall on the regular market days be permitted in or at the said market house to huckster or sell at second hand, or to purchase for the purpose of retailing, any articles before nine o'clock, A.M., under the penalty of five dollars.
Sunday, April 28, 2013
Bonus Army - Ideal Park
Picture postcard of the Bonus Army (Bonus Expedinary Force) leaving Ideal Park - Johnstown.
| In the fall of 1931, hundreds of veterans and their families camped near Johnstown on their way to Washington D.C. The next summer, more than 20,000 Bonus Marchers converged on Washington to demand immediate payment of the Soldiers" bonus promised to men who had served in the armed forces during World War I. |
Driven out of the nation's capital at bayonet point, more than 4,000 broke and disheartened Bonus Army marchers spent the better part of two weeks in a makeshift encampment near Ideal Park before returning to their homes. |
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: Meat Market Rules
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: No person shall be permitted to slaughter or dress any animal in said market house, or on the public ground adjoining thereto, or leave or throw any garbage or offal of any kind within said limits, or cause the same to be done, under penalty of five dollars.
NOTE to the term offal: refers to the internal organs and entrails of a butchered animal.
Friday, April 26, 2013
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: You Go No Boom Law
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: No person shall haul through or on the streets of the borough more than five hundred pounds of gun or blasting powder, nitro-glycerine, or other similar explosive substances, on one and the same vehicle, and the kegs, casks, or cans containing powder or other like explosive substances, hauled through the streets, shall be perfectly secure and tight, so as to prevent any powder or other substances whatever from escaping there-from, nor shall any team attached to any vehicle hauling powder, be driven at a faster rate than a walk, nor shall any driver, while driving such team, use a lighted match, cigar, or pipe, and any person violating any of the provisions of this section shall, on conviction, be fined not less than five dollars nor more than twenty-five dollars.
Wednesday, April 24, 2013
Robbed on Highway - 1907
Robbed on Highway - Ebensburg - 1907 - Prisoners Accused - James Gibson, William Williams, Thomas Conners and Paddy Scanlon
The Circus Comes to Town
The Big Tops are sitting on the current location of Point Stadium in Downtown Johnstown. I have no idea what year this is - except it was before the Point was built.
First Girl - Picture Operator - 1943
Meet Miss Angeline Dino from Nanty Glo, Cambria County - the first licensed woman picture operator in Pennsylvania. She works at the Capitol Theatre in Nanty Glo.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: Meat in the Market
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: Butchers and others occupying any part of said market house, shall find their own blocks, benches, and locks, and the blocks and benches shall not extend into the passage-way, between the stalls, more than four feet, under the penalty of a fine of three dollars, and being compelled to remove the same.
Monday, April 22, 2013
For Sale - 1926 Essex Coach
1926 Essex Coach - $495 - Overland Gougeon Co. - Main and Walnut - Phone 57-69
Conemaugh-Franklin Bridge
This a picture during the construction of the Conemaugh-Franklin Bridge sent in by reader Helen S.
Unknown School
Not sure of where exactly this was taken - I know it was Johnstown - but as to which school...I am not sure - could possibly be the old school in Oakland.
Sunday, April 21, 2013
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - No Permit Needed
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: That for lectures on scientific or literary subjects, exhibitions of fairs, exhibitions of paintings or statuary given or made by citizens of the borough, musical parties or concerts for benevolent or charitable purposes, no license or permit shall be required.
Mercy Hospital Nurses - 1927
Graduation Class of Mercy Hospital - Johnstown - 1927 - sorry no names.
Grab a Chicken for a Good Time - 1907
Drive to Hooversville - August 9, 1907 - Dale and Walnut Grive Ladies Found Chicken and a Good Time. Lots of names listed in this cute little article.
Friday, April 19, 2013
Nanty Glo - Cambria County
This is taken from an old picture postcard that shows an unknown couple and their home in Nanty Glo, Cambria County.
Steeples Membership Party - Tonight in Cambria City
(Photo - Courtesy of The Grand Halle of Broad Street) - CLICK HERE for more on their Facebook Page
From 6 to 9 p.m., Tonight, a Friends of The Steeples Project Charter Membership Party will take place at The Grand Halle, 306 Broad Street, Cambria City. Twenty bucks gets you a one-year membership, food, beer or wine, and an evening of socializing & dancing to the music of DJ Brent Labarko.
And because the Friends have not had official "members" until now, you will become a Charter Member of this dynamic group. You can have a good time and help out a worthy cause -- all for $20!
Thursday, April 18, 2013
The Garfieldian - October 20, 1939
Far too many names to list - which means if you know someone that went to Garfield in 1939 - double click on the picture to enlarge.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: Privy Time
Codified Ordinance - Johnstown Borough - 1861: Every privy within the borough shall be walled or substantially planked so as effectually to prevent it from caving in on the line of the adjoining property; it shall be kept from nauseous and offensive smells to the neighborhood.
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Beulah Church
Vintage postcard of Beulah Evangelical United Brethan Church - Bedford Street at Von Lunen Road.
The Bank Corner
A reader sent in this picture of the Bank Corner - Main and Franklin Streets - Downtown Johnstown.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Porch Bros. - Music House
Porch Bros. - Music House - Pianos & Organs - White Sewing Machines - Downtown Johnstown