Photos of the Month

March 10, 1904. Picture showing the flooding on 9th Street in Bloomsburg. The flood was caused by an ice jam on the Susquehanna River. The ice jam was broken up by using dynamite to blow up the ice. 16-0038.

Here is a listing of the Civil War Veterans shown in last month's Photo of the Month.
1. Thomas Ferguson, 2. Albert Hervine, 3. U. H. Ent, 4. William Kern, Co. "A", 5. M. V. B. Kostenbauder, Co. "A", 6. O. F. Benson, Co. "F", 7. W. W. Johnson, 8. O. D. Lyon, 9. Unknown, 10. William Kellow "C", 11. G. A. Buckingham, 12. G. M. Blaker, 13. J. B. Robison, 14. Wm E. Coffman "A", 15. B. F. Sharpless "A", 16. A. B. Jamison "A", 17. W. H. H. Gore, 18. C. S. Fornwald "A", 19. James Bowman "B", 20. Thomas McKane "C", 21. Milton McFarland, 22. Halsey Lathrop "C", 23. C. B. Brockway "A", 24. Daniel Ely "I", 25. John K. Beltz "A", 26. John Horn "E", 27. H. J. Conner "A", 28. Charles F. Wood Sutter, 29. Thomas Griffith "A", 30. Samuel Knorr "A", 31. Henry Kern "A", 32. Randolph Hayman "A", 33. George Watters "A", 34. William Hollingshead "A", 35. Daniel Bradbury "F", 36. Flemons Jacoby "A", 37. H. C. Bowman "A", 38. H. B. McKean, 39. I. H. Seesholtz "A", 40. George W. Mears "A", 41. C. S. Furman "A", 42. Sylvester Hower "A", 43. Alonzo Jacoby "A", 44. George Whitesides "A", 45. Hiram Lewis "A"

This photo is from approximately 1865. The Columbia County Historical and Genealogical Society has the names of the men, pictured, at the Society.

The first Post Office in Slabtown consisted of a box with a sliding lid on a post. John Yeager was Post Master. The box and post was removed in 1847. In 1855 the Roaring Creek Post Office was established, and operated in conjunction with a general store. The Post Office burned down January 22, 1954. Submitted by John Burba. Researched by Bob Visnosky.

Photo of children waiting to get into the Columbia Theater on Centre Street, Bloomsburg, for the Christmas season Saturday morning Toy Matinee, sponsored by the Bloomsburg American Legion, December 6, 1952.

Correction: This photo was taken at the Berwick Road trolley barn in August 1918, after a head-on collision that occurred between Bloomsburg and Danville. Thank you, Bob Dunkelberger, for the clarification.

An invitation for the party describes it thus:
Come at the witching hour - not late
And let the fairies read your fate.
Reveal to none this secret plot,
Or woe - not luck - will be your lot.
Time: Half after seven
Place: B. H. S.
Dress: A costume to your taste
Alice P. Sterner, Sec'y Class of '18
RSVP Oct. 26, 1917

This photo is from our post card collection and is a fairly good picture of the Bloomsburg Fair in October of 1910.

WWI Welcome Home Parade, Main Street, Bloomsburg, August 8, 1919.

This photo of a Lackawanna Engine was taken on the 4th of July in Bloomsburg.