Photos of the Month

George Holden leading Nick Giannakopolus and Don Jamieson nearing the top of Summerhill in the 1914 Berwick Marathon, the original name for the Thanksgiving Day event, The Run for the Diamonds. Holden went on to win the event.

This photo from 1958 shows one of the sideshow attractions at the Bloomsburg Fair, including the description in the program: One of the most entertaining novelty attractions that will be seen at the Bloomsburg Fair is NATAL--the monkey man. Like most any "real monkey," this man-made animal, through the use of an authentic costume, gestures, and actions displays agility and amazing speed with a variety of thrilling stunts. Audiences will actually participate in the comedy antics of NATAL as he leaps among the audience.

It's Labor Day in Berwick in 1907. #03-0069

On August 8, 1919 Bloomsburg welcomed home its WWI soldiers with a parade down Main Street. Notice what the buildings looked like over 100 years ago. #04-0113.

We're busy celebrating America's 250th birthday this July. We've come a long way since Jamison City's Independence Day parade, July 4th, 1904.

In June of 1935, the Streamline Train made its test run from Berwick to Bloomsburg. Thousands turned out to see it along the way. It was manufactured at the AC&F in Berwick. Its run began in Plymouth and will end on the D.L.&W. tracks in Bloomsburg. This view is from Market Street, looking down the tracks at 7th Street; you can see the water tower for Bloom Silk Mill on the right.

May 24, 1952. Notice Acme Markets on the left and the automobiles in single lanes and front-in curbside parking on Main Street (facing east) in Bloomsburg in 1952 (the year of Bloomsburg's Sesquicentennial). #01-2636

An Easter postcard sent to the Redline family of town in the 1920s.

Girls sweeping the steps at the main building/cabin of Girl Scout Camp Creasy. Located between Bloomsburg and Lightstreet in Mt. Pleasant Township, Camp Creasy was created in the 1930s. It served as a summer Girl Scout daycamp until the early 1960s. After Camp Louise was built, Camp Creasy was sold in 1963 to the Calvary Baptist Church and used as a summer cottage. It burned down by arson in 1970. #22-1117.

The town fountain in February of 1934.