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“The Miniature Train at Hershey Park” – Hershey, PA (circa 1950)

November 18, 2024 No Comments

The town of Hershey was developed between 1903 and 1905 in Dauphin County of central Pennsylvania. This “company town” was built amid rich pastureland that

“Fat Man’s Misery” at Highland Park – York, PA (1916)

October 9, 2024 No Comments

What a wonderfully descriptive name for the long flights of stairs at Highland Park in York, PA! The city of York is the county seat

“Lottie Sends the Movie House” – York, PA (1910)

October 8, 2024 No Comments

Miss Mary Graybill lived in Hanover, a charming borough and center of shoe-manufacturing in south-central Pennsylvania. (Today, the shoe industry is gone but Hanover is