Photos of the Month

October 30, 1959 Halloween Parade at Bloomsburg Memorial Elementary School. Photo #01-2111

In early September, 2011, Tropical Storm Lee dumped inches upon inches of rain on the Susquehanna Valley. In the photo below, you can see Magee Carpet Company (now Autoneum) in the left center, with the Fairgrounds across Fifth Street to the left, all under water. The Susquehanna River is at the far right. That storm holds the record for the high water mark at those locations.

August 7th is National Purple Heart Day. Today we honor all veterans killed and wounded from all wars. This is a photo of the Viet Nam Memorial in Washington, DC.

In honor of how beautiful our new building looks with its flowers, flags and bunting, we give you a peek back at the same location (not the same building) from 1915 and a parade down Main Street in Bloomsburg. #25-0130.

Parade of Railway Brotherhoods, Catawissa, on Memorial Sunday, June 14, 1914. #06-0038.

Perry Crossley, Hurley W. Karschner, and Charles McHenry with wagons and team at a Columbia County lumber mill. There is also another name along the side of the photo, Sam Rhoads, but only three people in the photo. Exact location and date unknown. #57-0025

The May Day celebration in 1913 was held on the lawn of Science Hall at the State Normal School.

April, 1940. Stillwater Papermill, or what's left of it. Appears to have been defunct for quite a while. I bet a lot of people didn't know Stillwater had a papermill at one time. #01-1011

Marching, Band, people on horseback, old cars, Midway Theater, Moyer Building, and trolley tracks in a photo of the Bloomsburg Homecoming Parade. August, 1919. #01-0615

February 10th, 1957. Peacock Corners showing a Muntjac buck and doe. They were also known as Barking Deer. Peacock Corners was a small animal farm in Columbia County. #01-2927.