Photos of the Month

June 1, 1963 - Bloomsburg Little League game.

Trolley workers posed around a snow sweeper, just east of Grovania, after clearing the Danville line of snow, possibly after the storm of March 1, 1914.

Catawissa Railroad Bridge after being destroyed by ice jam, February, 1904. #16-0036

All of us at the Columbia County Historical & Genealogical Society want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year. See you in 2020……

Coal dredging on North Branch of the Susquehanna. November 29, 1918. #11-0051

Viewed from Autofab, photo of the Magee Carpet storage area and Bloomsburg Fairgrounds during Hurricane Eloise, September 26, 1975. #01-3139

Rachel Inez Potts Ewing, 1895-1997. This photo is part of a recent acquisition from the Potts/Trescott families. Many other photos of this family are being added to our collection. #49-0085

July 4th, 1910 fire in Benton. Many buildings were lost. #02-0120

A collection of photos from St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in the 1950s was donated to the Society by David Klees. One of them is shown here; the rest are on our Facebook page. If you can identify anyone not named in the photo below, please contact us.

David's description: "In the late 1950s, St. Matthew's added a major expansion to the church building, as we baby-boomers were overflowing the children's Sunday school. I would guess that this is the committee which was in charge of that building expansion, but I do not know for certain. I identify the following: front row, left to right: unknown; Dr. Fred Reese, physician; I am certain one of the Lawson sisters, either Miriam (7th grade history teacher at Bloomsburg Area Junior High School, died shortly after she retired) or Lois (social worker, I believe she lived to be in her 90s); they lived together, neither ever married; unknown.

Back row, left to right: unknown; Rev. James Singer, pastor; Edward D. Sharretts."

May 30, 1948. Farmland with Cows.
It has long been said, “If cows are laying down, it’s going to rain.”
With six cows, if two are laying down, that’s a 30% chance of rain. Photo #01-2539.