Photos of the Month

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.

Six months old ostriches eating snow, January 13, 1912. 14 degrees below zero the hour this was taken and 30 degrees below the same morning. If ostriches in Bloomsburg is a surprise to you, check out Bob Dunkelberger’s new book about William Hile and the Great Columbia County Ostrich Experiment available on page five of our Shop/Publications tab.

Trolley work crew digging through snow and ice in 1916. #11-0103.

Dedication of Soldiers and Sailors Monument, Bloomsburg, November 19, 1908. #04-0796

Football season is in full swing. Check out the Bloomsburg High School Color Guard on the 7th Street Athletic Field where Bloomsburg played its games. Photo from October 25, 1947. #01-2513.

Bloomsburg Fair fairgrounds during Hurricane Eloise, September 28, 1975. #01-3129.