Reader Robert Schneider sent in more Thorofare information. This is the cover sheet for the Annual Report - 1969.
Friday, October 7, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Stuver's - Richland Township
On this beautiful fall day - meet all of you at Stuver's - my treat - Richland Township. I'll be coming up in a Plymouth Station Wagon with fake wood grain on the side - best car we ever had - it even survived the flood. Double click to enlarge.
Joseph John Farm - Davidsville
View of the Johns Farm Near Davidsville - taken from a Johnstown History Book written in German.
Figs - Nature's Pleasant Laxative
This scrap of an ad - Syrup of Figs - I found in a box of old pictures. I just think this is beautiful. Anyway, my grandfather John Cacicia had a fig tree in the yard at our house for years. And during the winter - the house may have been cold - but that tree stayed toasty and warm - he enclosed it in a kind of tent-like thing and even threw a heater in there. Pretty high tech for 1940's - Morrellville.
Wednesday, October 5, 2011
1889 Flood - Stone Bridge
This is another shot from the 1889 flood - an actual photograph I found in a box of pictures. This is a rare look at the Stone Bridge standing on Iron Street looking towards Brownstown Hill and what is now Roosevelt Blvd. They just finished a light-up project on the Stone Bridge. I'll be posting pictures of that soon. I just haven't had a chance to take any pictures yet.
Going to the Prom - 1960's Style
Reader Jake Trexel sent in this picture of him and his date going to the Richland High School Prom in the 1960's.
Tuesday, October 4, 2011
Breezedale - Indiana County
Reader Rick M. sent in this vintage postcard of "Breezedale" - Residence of Hon. John P. Elkin of Indiana County.
Somewhere Around the Area - 1920's
This is a family photo on my Hanzel side. This is one of my relatives on a road trip somewhere around the area. The big building in the back looks familiar to me - but I just can't place it. Sometime in the 1920's - I just love the old gas pump.
Monday, October 3, 2011
Coal Mining - Conemaugh Gap - about 1910
Coal Mining Operation - Conemaugh Gap - about 1910 - to me at least - this looks like the Haw Pike Side
Railroad Tunnel - Richland Township
Handwritten on the back of this photo - "Railroad Tunnel - Richland Township" - construction keystone lists the date as 1824. I'm not sure of the present day location.
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