Photos of the Month

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.

Edwin Barton receiving Columbia County Sesquicentennial Certificate during celebration, June 22, 1963.

Old Time Carnival on Main Street, Bloomsburg, showing the Gelb & Mayer, Trolley Tracks, Paver Road, Billboard Sign, and Yama Yama Girls. Circa 1895.