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*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.
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*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.

  • 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.
  • (Dec. 1955) Lincoln Street in Shamokin.
  • (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.
  • (10.01.1898) People march on Sunbury Street in a parade held prior to the unveiling of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument on Lincoln St. Students of the former Washington Grade School are in their Sunday best to watch the event.
  • (04.10.1952) Lincoln Street, looking east.
  • (1958) Lincoln Street near Eighth.
  • Eighth Street, Shamokin, in the snow.
  • (1961) City Hall.
  • (1964) City Hall.
  • (1964) City Hall.
  • (1964) City Hall.
  • (1959) Laying down tracks near Shamokin City Hall for a mine display.
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