2. Old Photographs of the Region

Old Shamokin Views #2

This album is for general photos of Shamokin. Features Independence, Market and Lincoln streets. **Businesses have their own album...Questions, contact l_deklinski@yahoo.com.
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(1939) Miss Mary Richardson, who was crowned the Centennial Queen in 1939.
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(1939) Miss Mary Richardson, who was crowned the Centennial Queen in 1939.

  • Croninger's home that stood on the site of Brest Packing (later Kreisl Brothers Inc. and Croninger Packing Co.) on Walnut Street. The house was moved to the east side of Third Street where it stood for about 20 years.
  • *Low-Res* Terrace Avenue- A few houses were once located next to Trinity Episcopal Church, along Lincoln Street. The area is now a paved parking lot for the Rescue Fire Company and the Lawton W. Schroyer Memorial Swimming Pool.
  • (1939) Miss Mary Richardson, who was crowned the Centennial Queen in 1939.
  • (1959) Easter in Shamokin.
  • (1959) Young children strolling on Easter in Shamokin.
  • (04.05.56) Easter in Shamokin.
  • (1961) Cold weather during an Easter event in downtown Shamokin.
  • (1963) Children at Eighth and Independence streets.
  • (1963) Children at Eighth and Independence streets.
  • (April 1963) Freddy Gebert and Mary Scandle along Lincoln Street.
  • Spanish American War Memorial.
  • (03.22.1951) Construction of "New Dial Telephone Office" along Lincoln Street in Shamokin.
  • (11.01.1951) New Shamokin Telephone Central Office building along Lincoln Street.
  • Bell Telephone Co. building along Lincoln Street.
  • Bell Telephone Co. building along Lincoln Street.
  • (01.25.1951) Telephone operators on Jan. 25, 1951. Chief operator is Anna Hobson.
  • (May 1955) Scrubbing down the monuments on Lincoln Street are these members of the Shamokin High School Key Club under the direction of Joseph Curilla.
  • Soldiers and Sailors Monument- Erected in 1898 under the sponsorship of Lincoln Post 140 of the Grand Army of the Republic. It was dedicated on Sept. 5, 1898, in an impressive ceremony on Lincoln Street. Local children helped secure funds for the monument by donating $.25, which, by those days was a considerable sum. At 30 feet high, the monument stands as a living memorial to the Civil War dead.
  • *Low-Res* A view of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument from Market Street. The old Eighth Street bridge, a double-arch stone design, is seen at bottom-left.
  • (10.01.1898) The Shamokin Red Men are seen on Sunbury Street in a parade held prior to the unveiling of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Lincoln St. Thousands of people turned out for the unveiling.
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