Photos of the Month

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.

The Ferry was at the same place as the River Bridge is today. The horses came from Buckalew's Livery. People on the Ferry were staying at the Exchange Hotel. Photo circa 1885.

Photo of the first organized Little League Baseball game at Athletic Park, Bloomsburg. The tall building in the background is Bloomsburg Builders Supply. Circa 1948.

Here is the large crowd at Shaffer's Horse Auction. February 22, 1937 in Briar Creek.

Winter scene of children sledding on Wood Street in Bloomsburg, circa 1950.