Photos of the Month

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 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

Dedication of Veterans' Memorial, Mifflinville, January 1, 1943. Men in foreground, L-R: Unknown, Milford Butts, Reed Miller, Jim Maustellar. #03-0269

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.

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.

Leiby's Hotel (Martha Washington), Walker's Jewelers on West Main Street, Bloomsburg, August, 1956. #38-0295

4th of July parade in Jamison City, 1904. #15-0019

Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. First locomotive for the Bloomsburg & Sullivan Railroad, June 13, 1887. #48-0179

*Correction to Bloomsburg & Sullivan Railroad. Thanks to several eagle eye readers who caught my error.

Feeding the Leghorns at the Getz Farm, May 1941. #01-1174.

Unloading sap to make maple syrup on the VanSickle Farm, April, 1940. #01-1074