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The Prudential View of West Point – Highspire, PA (circa 1910)

July 31, 2026 No Comments

Mr. Albert Ehrhart lived in Highspire, a borough on the Susquehanna River in Dauphin County of south-central Pennsylvania. Platted by two German immigrants in 1814,

“A Beautiful Sale of Insurance” – Orefield, PA (circa 1909)

November 26, 2024 No Comments

Master John Schuler was a boy growing up in Orefield, PA. Orefield is a small, unincorporated community that was named for iron deposits that were

Postcard Painting of Lake George – Prudential Company (circa 1905)

September 7, 2022 No Comments

Lake George lies on the eastern border of New York State; it is a long ribbon of water that is now within the enormous Adirondack