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Octorara Area High School is in Atglen, Chester County, Pennsylvania. I found a few documents in my files and thought I would share. Class of 1984 Commencement Booklet This is a scan of the Twenty-eighth Commencement, Octorara Area High School Graduation Booklet, Class of 1984. Graduation took place on Sunday, June 3, 1984. Here’s a …
The 1939–40 New York World’s Fair was a world’s fair held at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York. It was attended by over 44 million people. It was the first exposition to be based on the future, with an opening slogan of “Dawn of a New Day”, and it allowed all visitors to take …
Central School, Kittanning, PA
Armstrong County is located in western Pennsylvania, near Pittsburgh. It was carved out in 1800 from sections of Allegheny, Westmoreland and Lycoming Counties and named for John Armstrong, who represented Pennsylvania in the Continental Congress and served as a major general during the Revolutionary War. Most of the postcards shown here are from the county …
High School Building, Carnegie, PA
Here are some postcards from Allegheny County, in southwest Pennsylvania. These are all in the public domain so you may use them as you wish. It is one of the state’s most populous counties, second only to Philadelphia County. The county seat is Pittsburgh.
Brandywine Raceway, The Last Race, 1989, DE Public Archives
Brandywine Raceway was a 5/8 mile Standardbred harness track in Wilmington, Delaware, that opened in September 7, 1953, and closed on December 28, 1989. The first race was won by Head Pin for a purse of $900 before 13,500 fans. Horseracing-tracks.com describes the track this way: “When Brandywine Raceway first opened it was your traditional …
Woodlawn Trustees Preserve, Cool Tree
The Woodlawn Trustees Preserve is a large area of open space located in North Wilmington, Delaware, that lies along the west side of Route 202. It’s somewhat difficult to determine when you are on Woodlawn land, since signage is minimal, but most of the fields are lined with large boulders. I mostly hike the area …
Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Spirit, Reading, PA (2)
Postcards from Reading, PA, a city in Berks County, in southern Pennsylvania. These are free to use in school projects or other works.
Gettysburg is in Adams County, Pennsylvania. These postcards are in the public domain so you may use them in any way you like.
Some Berwick, Adams County, Pennsylvania postcards. These are all in the public domain so you may use them in any way you like.
The First Residents of Jamestown
In 2015 I visited Jamestown, Virginia, and was particularly interested in the first inhabitants of the town. I found this list while I was there. At the time I was looking into Samuel Jordan, who is not on this list and turns out to be a later resident of the town, and who also turns …
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