Photos of the Month
April 2023
Stillwater Papermill
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
March 2023
Bloomsburg Homecoming Parade 1919
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 2023
Peacock Corners
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.
January 2023
Good-bye First National Bank!
April, 1973: Tearing down the First National Bank Building to make way for the new PNC Bank. The closed PNC Bank branch at the corner of Market and Main Streets was sold in 2022. The Society successfully purchased the PNC Bank building on December 30th, 2022 with the help of Representative Millard and a grant from the state. It will become the new home of CCHGS in 2023. #01-2649
December 2022
1952 Toy Matinee
December 6,1952 photo of children waiting to get into the Columbia Theater on Centre Street for the Christmas season Saturday morning Toy Matinee, sponsored by the Bloomsburg American Legion. Photo #36-0089
November 2022
Veterans' Memorial Dedication
Dedication of Veterans' Memorial, Mifflinville, January 1, 1943. Men in foreground, L-R: Unknown, Milford Butts, Reed Miller, Jim Maustellar. #03-0269
October 2022
1961 Kindergarten Class Mifflinville Elementary
Mrs. Fairman's kindergarten class in 1961 at Mifflinville Elementary all decked out for Halloween. Society member Steve Smith is the cute clown front and center.
September 2022
Soapbox Derby
Soapbox Derby in Bloomsburg. Derby cars would start in front of R. D. Rhodomoyer (our member Cary Rhodomoyer's grandfather) Groceries. They would roll down East Street to 5th Street where the winner would be declared.
In the photo: man standing on the left is R. J. Rhodomoyer. The man standing on the right is Fred Betz, who was known for walking around town selling bananas, which he picked up at the plant on 7th Street. Early to mid-50's. #66-0003.
In the photo: man standing on the left is R. J. Rhodomoyer. The man standing on the right is Fred Betz, who was known for walking around town selling bananas, which he picked up at the plant on 7th Street. Early to mid-50's. #66-0003.
August 2022
Main Street Bloomsburg
Leiby's Hotel (Martha Washington), Walker's Jewelers on West Main Street, Bloomsburg, August, 1956. #38-0295
July 2022
Independence Day
4th of July parade in Jamison City, 1904. #15-0019