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Wed, 17 Oct 2007 13:17:05 EDT




TRE PASSING SCENE--VOLUME 15 is being printed.

Preparation of Volume 15 began last January, on the heels
of distribution of Volume 14!

Work has been on-going steady basis since that time but
has been intense since July when the 10-hour days began.
In mid-August, 15-hour days became the norm, and beginning
in Sept. there were some "all-nighters." And still we ran
8 days past our target deadline.

FOUR bits of information will follow.

The TABLE of STATISTICS, prepared primarily for ourselves,
to keep tabs on our work projects since 1976.



Always the greatest surprise is the total of miles driven in
quest of photos or information. Particularly careful records
have been kept since it really struck us last year how much
time we spent on the road researching---of all things---the
Molltown story. We drove back and forth SIX times determined
to solve the mystery of the one schoolhouse with two locations...
and it wasn't moved. Solving that mystery remains "a work in
progress."

This year, we drove to the Degler-cabin site (with its famous
chest) FIVE times to get two good photos and talk with the new
owners of the property. We did get "a now picture" of the
1740 cabin but never were able to find the owners at home---
on Bloody Spring Road---and they have an unlisted phone number.

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For those wondering about INSERTS, here is a sample page
showing two inserts. Photo quality on the printed page is
superlative. Our sample isn't, as I had to drop picture
resolution drastically to keep it within this email's bounds.




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Next comes the biggie....the entire index for Volume 15.

A & W Root Beer, 3801 Perkiomen Ave. -- 225
Abraham Lincoln Hotel -- 64, 150-153
Academy of Music (old) -- 65
Acme Market -- 20, 49
Adam, Bernhard -- 120, 121
Adam, Edmund -- 172, 177
Adam, James -- 174
Adams, Charles (the 1st) -- 262
Adams, David -- 120, 121
Adams, Elmer H. (architect) -- 204
Adams, Emily Elsie -- 120, 121
Adams, Harry Ambrose -- 120
Adams, III, Charles J. -- 150, 152, 153, 206
Adams, Isaac (farm) -- 169
Addams, Jane -- 246
Addams, Samuel -- 246
Ahrens, Hannah (Snyder) -- 155
Ahrens, Howard E. -- 155
Allen, Roy -- 225
Allentown Pike -- 250
Allentown-Kutztown trolley -- 250
Almshouse -- 155
Alpha Club -- 179
Alsace Hills -- 112, 113
Alt, Robert -- 150
Altalaha Lutheran Church -- 185
Althouse, Paul -- 14
American Iron Mfg. Co. (Reading) -- 50
American Legion (Birdsboro) -- 235
American Steel & Iron Mfg. Co. (Reading) -- 50
Amos Ritter's Tavern -- 122, 123
Anderson Press -- 26
Anderson, Augustus R. (Gust) -- 203, 254
Anderson, Catharine (Ritter) -- 203
Anderson, Emma Mae (Grill) -- 203
Anderson, Harry -- 203
Anderson, Laura Edna -- 203
Anderson, Peter -- 203
Anderson, Rosa (Snyder) -- 203
Annie Bower (Reitnouer) -- 131
Anthony, Wm. B. -- 221
Antietam Dam grist mill -- 112, 113
Apartments (Kissinger's) -- 8
Apartments (Vendome) -- 20
Aquamirabilisographictrickography -- 219
Arcade Cigar Store -- 31
Archer Mansion -- 28
Archibald, Douglas -- 73
Architect (Elmer H. Adams) -- 204
Architect (M. B. Bean) -- 190
Architect (William H. Lee) -- 60
Architect (Richard Levengood) -- 160
Aron, Alfred -- 8
Artist (Hen Johnston’s) -- 47
Artist Ellen Laincz -- 103
Artist Ike Rambo -- 47
Asmar, Sarah (Kohl) -- 157
Astor Theatre -- 12, 35
Atkins, Brent -- 150
Atlas of 1876 (Davis) -- 187
Atonement Church -- 239
Attorney (Biddle, Marks John) -- 94
Attorney (Evans, Charles) -- 94
Attorney (Marx, George) -- 95
Attorney (O'Keefe, Joseph) -- 85
Attorney (Richards, Louis) -- 90 - 102
Attorney (Sher, James E.) -- 85
Attorney (Smith, Frederick) -- 94
Auge, Barry -- 187
Aulenbach's Cemetery -- 154, 178
Auman, Theodore -- 34
Auto Body (KC) -- 86, 87
Automobile (Dile) Reading-Made -- 104-111
Avella, Judy -- 150
B. & J. Saylor -- 49, 68
Babilon, George -- 114
Bach, John H. -- 180
Baer Park Fieldhouse -- 54, 55
Baer Park Playground -- 54, 55
Baer Park Softball Field -- 54
Baer, George F. -- 54
Bahr, Lottie (Bower) -- 158
Bahr, Willam -- 158
Bail Bond (D. W.) -- 32
Bailey, Benjamin -- 96
Balis, Jules -- 8
Ball player Tomney in big league -- 154
Ballpoint pen first seen in Rdg. -- 61
Bank (Berks County) -- 48
Bank (Hamburg Savings) -- 194
Bankes, Robert -- 183, 194
Baptism in Exeter creek -- 160
Baptism in Owatin Creek -- 160
Bar (Crystal) -- 64
Barbary Construction -- 204
Barber Shop (8th & Franklin) -- 46
Barber Shop (Travalin's) -- 64
Barber, John W. -- 18
Bard Hardware -- 8
Barroom scene at Gouglersville -- 243
Bartley, John W. -- 122, 123
Bartley, Margaret Peggy -- 122, 123
Bartolet & Co.'s Rolling Mill -- 19
Baseball Grounds at Carsonia -- 262
Baseball at Carsonia Park -- 262
Baseball star at Aulenbach's -- 154
Batat, Arthur -- 73
Bauder Florist (J. C.) -- 66, 67
Bauder, Francis -- 67
Bauder, J. C. (florist) -- 66, 67
Bauder, Jacob C. -- 66, 67
Bauder, Mary C. -- 67
Bauder, Meryl -- 67
Bauer, Annie -- 69
Bauer, Joseph -- 69
Bauerion Caf‚ -- 69
Baum, Dr. John C. -- 94
Bausher, David Y. -- 239
Bausher, Jane M. -- 231
Bean, M. B. (architect) -- 190
Bearstler, Ralph -- 180, 182
Beauty Shop (Snyder, Mae) -- 8
Beck, Annie (Herman) -- 249
Beck, Dr. Richard -- 249
Becker, Dennis -- 85
Becker, Ellsworth -- 10
Becker, Jerry -- 137
Becker, William -- 163
Beer brewing at Lauer's -- 13
Beer Sign on Penn Street -- 64
Beer stand at Reading Fair -- 52
Bell, William S. -- 144
Bender,William F. -- 150
Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks -- 25
Bengtson, Bruce -- 150
Bengtson, Ruth Anne -- 150
Bennethum, Henry -- 127
Bennethum's Corn Exchange -- 127
Benson, Buck -- 215
Benson, Tracy -- 150
Benz, Dewey -- 182
Benz, Edward -- 179, 180
Berger, Frieda -- 188
Berger, Henry -- 196
Berker, Thomas -- 241
Berks & Dauphin Turnpike -- 119
Berks and Schuylkill Journal -- 90
Berks County Bank -- 48
Berks County Conservancy Office -- 116, 117
Berks County Court House, 5th & Penn -- 93, 94
Berks County Heritage Center -- 207
Berks County Prison -- 42
Berks County Prison in City Park -- 62
Berks County Prison, 5th & Washington -- 96, 97
Berks County Trust Building -- 28 -30
Berks Products -- 33
Berks Turnpike -- 119
Berkshire Hotel, 5th & Washington -- 97
Berkshire Knitting Mills -- 198-202
Berks-made Pipe Organ (Kantner) -- 129
Berlin, William H. -- 241
Bernard Adam Cemetery -- 120, 121
Bernhart, Benjamin L. -- 36
Bertolet, Jill -- 150
Bertolet, Phoebe (Hopkins) -- 133
Bertolet, Samuel -- 19
Bertolet, Sime B. -- 3, 150, 151, 153, 206
Bertolette, Maybury A. -- 19
Bethel Twp. Inn over 200 years old -- 231
Bethel Twp. Meeting-house and cemetery -- 213
Bible in Iron collection -- 224
Biddle, Marks John (attorney) -- 94
Big Flood of February 22, 1902 -- 146
Bijou Theatre -- 12
Bingo at Birdsboro -- 235
Binkley' Inn -- 119
Birdsboro -- 232 - 236
Birdsboro American Legion -- 235
Birdsboro Bingo -- 235
Birdsboro electric appliance store - 236
Birdsboro historian Bruce Hoffman -- 235
Birdsboro Lions Club -- 235
Birdsboro Lion's Club -- 235
Birdsboro schoolhouse -- 235
Birdsboro's Diamond Theatre – 234, 235
Birthday Party (Meiser, IX, George M.) – 150-153
Bisbee, Walter -- 231
Black Bear Inn (oldtime view) -- 230
Black Bear Inn in Bethel Township -- 230, 231
Black Bear Inn near Frystown -- 230, 231
Black, Francine -- 150, 153
Black, Tammy -- 150
Blackton, J. Stuart -- 35
Blatt, Cyrus G. (photographer), Bernville -- 219
Blay, Joshua K. – 3, 150, 153
Bloody Spring -- 210 - 212
Blue Lantern Hotel, Sinking Spring -- 246
Blue Mountain Church (Zion Union) -- 196, 197
Blue Mountain Eagle Climbing Club -- 161
Boarding House (Oley Academy) -- 131
Boatyard at foot of Sixth Street -- 207
Bob Fisher Chevrolet (soap box derby) -- 41
Bobst, Milton -- 180
Boll, Harry J. -- 175
Bond’s Clothing Store -- 9
Book Mart (Ballis, Jules) -- 8
Book Store (Hintz) -- 8
Bordic, Linda -- 150
Bordic, Violet -- 150
Bornemann Central Catholic High School -- 83
Bornemann Memorial Chapel -- 83
Bornemann, Louisa (Rolfs) -- 81
Bornemann, Monsignor George – 80-84, 200
Bornemann, Rev. Charles J. -- 200
Borough (Boyertown) -- 245, 253
Borough (Fleetwood) -- 85
Borough (Saint Lawrence) -- 204
Boscov, Albert R. -- 150, 164
Boscov, Ellen -- 164
Boscov, Eunice -- 150
Boscov, Eunice (Cooper) -- 164
Boscov, Meg -- 164
Boscov, Ruth -- 164
Boscov, Solomon -- 164
Boscov's Department Stores -- 164
Bottling Works (Raubenhold) -- 187
Bower Log Cabin, Oley Village -- 130, 131
Bower Residences -- 130, 131
Bower, Analene F. -- 158
Bower, Andrew P. -- 43
Bower, Annie (Reitnouer) -- 158
Bower, Caroline (Swoyer) -- 130, 158
Bower, Charles S. -- 131, 158
Bower, Daniel W. -- 130, 131, 158
Bower, Eli -- 158
Bower, Hilda (Schurr) -- 130, 131
Bower, Howard -- 158
Bower, James -- 130, 158
Bower, John -- 158
Bower, Lottie (Bahr) -- 158
Bower, Philip -- 158
Bower, Thomas R. -- 253
Bower. Hilda May (Schurr) -- 158
Bowers, Nelson -- 118
Boyer, Charles L. -- 10
Boyer, Emily -- 56
Boyer, Harlan L. -- 10
Boyer, Mrs. Charles L. -- 10
Boyer, Rev. Richard -- 56
Boyertown Borough -- 253, 245
Boyertown Fire of 1908 -- 245
Boyertown Friendship Fire Co. -- 245
Boyertown grocer C.L. Kelly -- 245
Boyertown iron mine -- 253
Boyertown train depot -- 253
Braun property (Womelsdorf) -- 221
Breaux, Cathy -- 150
Breaux, Chip -- 150, 153
Breininger, Barbara J. (Clay) -- 159, 165, 195
Breininger, Jr., Lester P. -- 159, 165
Breneiser, Bill -- 150
Brewer F. Lauer's crypt -- 79
Breweries of the Lauers -- 79
Brewery hotel (Lauer's) in photo -- 13
Brewing Co. (Lauer) -- 13, 52, 203
Brice, Kenneth C. -- 86, 87
Bridge (Maxatawny) -- 251
Bridge (Onyx, in cave) -- 177
Bridge (Stoudt's Ferry) -- 207
Bridge in Maxatawny Township -- 251
Bridge over Spring Creek in Exeter --141
Brill, J. G. (company) -- 144, 146
Brobst, George Michael -- 53
Brophy, Barbara Ann -- 3
Brossman, Pearl -- 214
Brossman, Reuben -- 214
Brown, Adam -- 221
Brown, David -- 208
Brown, Dorothy -- 150
Brown, Fire Chief Wendell E. -- 239
Brown, Franklin -- 150
Brown, Franklin H. -- 126
Brown, Harry K. -- 117, 126
Brown, Howard -- 163
Brown, Levi -- 163
Brown, Lewis -- 8
Brown, Morris -- 150
Brown, Mrs. Morris -- 150
Brown, Seth -- 163
Bruce, Edward -- 238
Brudereck, Bill -- 150
Brudereck, Jason (Eagle reporter) -- 150, 153
Brumbach, Jacquelyn -- 131
Brunner, Dr. Daniel B. -- 28
Brunner's Business College -- 28
Bubbenmoyer, Roy T. -- 219
Buck's (D. B.) Tavern, Wernersville -- 119
Bucks, Daniel -- 119
Buel, William -- 32
Bull Tavern near Morgantown -- 237
Bulldozing 700 Block of Penn Street -- 60
Bully Lyons -- 88
Burdan's Ice Cream sign -- 31
Burgess, Frank -- 179, 180
Burial ground at Lutheran Home -- 248
Burial ground at Oley Moravian Ch. -- 103
Burkhart, Doris -- 150
Burkholder, A. Jean -- 225
Burkholder, David -- 239
Burkholder, Leroy A. -- 225
Burns, James. L. -- 150
Burns, Katie -- 150
Bus stopping at Pagoda -- 27
Bushong, Henry -- 53
Bushong, Jacob -- 53
Bushong, Philip -- 53
Bushong's Distillery -- 53
Bushong's Paper Factory -- 53
Business College (Brunner's) -- 28
Business College (Kerst's National) -- 28
Business College (McCann's) -- 28 - 30
Business College (Stoner's) -- 28
Buttons on Tommy Collins' coat -- 155
Caernarvon Twp. Landmark hotel -- 237
Cafe‚ (Bauerion) -- 69
Cafe‚ (Germania) -- 58
Cafe‚ (Penn Hotel) -- 58
Cafe‚ (Washington Library) -- 58
Calvary Evangelical Church -- 203
Canal Boat (Schuylkill) -- 18
Canal boat model-builder -- 207
Canal boat wrecked in 1869 flood at Rdg. -- 53
Canal Muserum (C. Howard Hiester) -- 207
Capitol Theatre -- 12
Cappel, Cathy -- 150
Cappel, Lucy -- 150
Cappel, Steve -- 150
Car # 7 (Oley Valley Railway) -- 139
Car #1 (Oley Valley Railway) -- 139, 142
Car No. 206 -- 45
Car No. 302 -- 44
Car No. 501 -- 45
Cardozo, Benjamin -- 39
Care, James Doc -- 234
Care, Luba -- 234
Carl, Peter -- 163
Carousel from Carsonia Park -- 261
Carsonia Park – 261-263
Carsonia Park baseball -- 262
Carsonia Park's Carousel -- 261
Carsonia Sub-Station -- 137
Carsonia Woolen Mill (North Fourth St.) -- 16
Carter, J. G., Very Rev. C. J. H. -- 81
Caruso, John -- 261
Casner, Tadd Kelby -- 150, 257
Cave (Crystal) -- 171
Cave (Eckert's) -- 177
Cave (Frazer) -- 177
Cave (Mengel's) -- 169
Cave (Onyx) -- 168 - 177
Cave in Perry Township -- 168 - 177
Caves of Berks -- 175
Cemetery (Aulenbach's) -- 154, 178
Cemetery (Bernhard Adam) -- 120, 121
Cemetery (Charles Evans) -- 21, 79, 90, 155
Cemetery (Elias Ch.) Newmanstown -- 15
Cemetery (Friedens) in Oley -- 158
Cemetery (Gethsemane) -- 82, 83
Cemetery (Hain's Church) -- 214
Cemetery (Merkey Meeting House) -- 213
Cemetery (Potter's Field) -- 96
Cemetery (Schwartz) -- 120
Cemetery (Schwarzwald) -- 143
Cemetery at Oley Moravian church -- 103
Cemetery behind Thos. Ford Elem. Sch. -- 120, 121
Centennial Springs Hotel -- 42
Centre Ave. mansion (Stirling) -- 50
Centre Avenue & Windsor St. -- 56, 57
Centre Avenue mansions -- 57
Centre Hotel in Wernersville Borough -- 119
Chapel (Herefordville Union) -- 240
Chapel along Route 29 -- 240
Chapel Bornemann Memorial -- 83
Chapel Choral Society -- 240
Chapel Village, Hereford Twp. -- 240
Charcoal furnace in Windsor Twp. -- 222-224
Charles Evans Cemetery -- 21, 79, 90, 155
Charles Evans, Lauer Crypt -- 79
Charles G. Willson Company -- 10
Charles Schlegel & Son -- 60
Chef's Inn in Sinking Spring -- 246
Chest of Degler family -- 210-212
Chicken-Feather Tree -- 165
Chief David Y. Bausher -- 239
Chief of Police (Bully Lyons) -- 88
Christ Church at Fifth & Court -- 14
Christ Little Tulpehocken Church -- 129
Christ Lutheran Church -- 191
Christ Lutheran Church (grave-site of Regina) -- 205
Christ, Walter, J. -- 208
Christmas at Pomeroy's -- 22, 23
Christmas platform train display -- 166, 167
Christmas Tree during World War 1 Era -- 166, 167
Christmas tree of chicken feathers -- 165
Church (Altalaha Lutheran) -- 185
Church (Atonement) -- 239
Church (Blue Mountain) Strausstown -- 196. 197
Church (Calvary Evangelical) -- 203
Church (Christ Little Tulpehocken) -- 129
Church (Christ Lutheran) -- 191
Church (Christ Lutheran) in Stouchsburg) -- 205
Church (Christ) at Fifth & Court -- 14
Church (First Reformed) -- 21, 97, 98
Church (First Reformed) kite photo -- 77
Church (First United Church of Christ) -- 21
Church (Friedens Lutheran) -- 158
Church (Friedens), Shartlesville -- 184, 185
Church (Good Shepherd Reformed) -- 253
Church (Hain's Reformed) -- 214
Church (Huff's) -- 249
Church (Maxatawny Zion's) -- 248, 249
Church (New Jerusalem) at Wessnersville -- 249
Church (Oley Moravian) -- 103
Church (Reed's Lutheran) -- 185
Church (Sacred Heart R.C.) -- 200
Church (Saint John's Lutheran) -- 253
Church (Saint John's Lutheran), Boyertown -- 253
Church (Saint Luke's Lutheran) -- 51
Church (Saint Mark's Reformed) -- 28
Church (Saint Paul's) -- 81 - 84
Church (Schwarzwald) -- 143
Church (Trinity Lutheran) -- 21, 97
Church (Unitarian-Universalist) of Rdg.-Berks -- 17
Church (Zion Union) Strausstown -- 196, 197
Church at Topton (Saint Peter's) -- 249
Church of the Brethren (new Little Swatara) -- 213
Church steeple (Trinity Lutheran) -- 19
Cigar Forms (wooden) -- 242
Cigar Store (Arcade) -- 31
Cigar-ignited fire, Shartlesville hotel -- 187
Cinder St. theatre -- 235
City Directory of 1896 -- 24
City Hotel (kite photo) -- 76
City Park (Penn's Common) -- 52, 61
City Park prison -- 62
Clay, Barbara J. (Breininger) -- 159, 165
Clever, Bill -- 174
Close, John H. -- 148
Clothiers (Redding & Co.) -- 8
Clothiers (Star Outfitting) -- 9
Clothing Store (Bonds) -- 9
Clothing Store (Cousin) -- 128
Clothing Store (Richard's) -- 9
Clouser, George B. -- 180
Clouser, William -- 179, 180
Clover Farms milk sign (photo) -- 44
Club (Alpha) -- 179
Club house at Pendora Park (Omega) -- 178-182
Coffee House (Luke's) -- 128
Coller, Norman -- 239
Collins, Oliver I. -- 248
Collins, Tommy (a.k.a. T.J. Cummings) -- 155
Commercial College (Inter-State) -- 28
Community College (Reading Area) -- 36
Community Gen. Hospital (Homeopathic) -- 155
Conestoga House Hotel East of Morgantown -- 237
Coney Island Luncheonette -- 8
Connelly, John -- 150
Connelly, Marian -- 150
Conrad Family -- 122
Conrad, Lester -- 122
Conservancy Office (Berks County ) -- 116, 117
Consolidated School in Kutztown -- 250
Constable (Bully Lyons) -- 88
Construction (Barbary) -- 204
Contractor (Jacob) -- 38, 39
Contractor (Youngs) -- 38, 39
Cook, (Thos.) & Co. -- 46
Cook, Jane -- 150
Cook, Ken -- 150
Cooper, Eunice (Boscov) -- 164
Co-Operative Grocery, Berkshire Knitting Mills -- 200
Copperheads at Wernersville -- 119
Core, Steve I. -- 137
Corn Exchange (Bennethum's) -- 127
Correspondence School (International) -- 28
Correspondene School (Keystone) -- 28
Costello, Maurice -- 35
County Almshouse -- 155
Court house (kite photo) -- 77
Court House (second) at 5th and Penn -- 93, 94
Cousin Clothing Store -- 128
Covered Bridge (Penn St.) -- 18
Cows on St. Lawrence Ave. -- 204
Cox Susanna poem -- 101
Cox, Barbara (Katzenmoyer) -- 100
Cox, Susanna – 90-102
Cox, Susanna (her "undoer" Mertz) -- 92, 101
Cox, Susanna (her skeleton found 1905) -- 102
Coyboy music, Himmelreich's Grove -- 214-217
CPA Koch, active in charities -- 116
Cramp Funeral Home -- 155
Creamery (Mill Creek) -- 251
Creamery at Sunday's Mill -- 251
Creamery in Maxatawny Twp. -- 251
Creek (Ohlinger) -- 112
Crossing Sign (Oley Vallley Railway) -- 143
Crypt of Lauer in Chas. Evans -- 79
Crystal Bar on Penn St. -- 64
Crystal Cave -- 171
Crystal Pastry Shop -- 64
Crystal Restaurant -- 64
Cummings, Esther -- 155
Cummings, Thos. Jefferson -- 155
Cummings, William -- 155
Cumru School # 1 -- 121
Cusano, Jim -- 150, 153
D. W. Bail Bond service -- 32
Dairy (Levengood's) Pottstown -- 86
Dalton Family -- 131
Dalton, Sarah -- 131
Dam on Schuylkill above Penn St. bridge -- 19
Darling, Wm. -- 222
Datestone of 1740 on stone cabin (photo) -- 211
Dauphin Turnpike -- 119
Davis Atlas of 1876 -- 187
Davis, Nevin -- 180
Deam, George A. (peanuts) -- 8
DeAngelo, Joe -- 150
Dease, Charles -- 52
Dease, Harry A. -- 52
Dease, William -- 52
Deatrick, Rev. Dr. W. W. (photographer) -- 130
Deem & Bro. -- 24
Deem, Daniel -- 24
Deem, Henry -- 24
Deem's Meat Market -- 24
Deer, Rev. Irwin E. -- 43
Degler Cabin, Upper Tulp. Twp. -- 210 - 212
Degler Chest, Upper Tulp. Twp. -- 210, 212
Degler Homestead, Upper Tulp. -- 210 - 212
Degler Stone Cabin, Bloody Spring Rd. -- 211
Degler, Alberta E. (Fink) -- 187
Degler, Frederick -- 210
Degler, Herbert -- 187
Degler, Minnie (Sterzel) -- 210
DeHart, Donald -- 137
DeHart, Herbert -- 179, 180
Deisemann, Robert E. -- 166, 167
Delaplank, Frederick -- 222
DelCollo, Jonathan -- 150
Delicatessan (McDowell's) -- 33
Delong, Alice -- 186
DeLong, Gloria (Koch) -- 172, 177
DeLong, Son & Co., undertakers -- 85
DeLong's furniture store -- 85
Delta Realty -- 200
Dengler, Clyde Red -- 217
Dengler, Frank -- 182
Dengler, George -- 179, 180
Department store (Imber's) -- 9
Department Store (Pomeroy's) -- 22, 23
Department Store (Read's) -- 9
Depot (P&R) Boyertown -- 253
Depot at Jacksonwald -- 143
Depot in Birdsboro (Pennsy's freight) -- 232
Depot in Wernersville -- 119
Depot Opposite Brown Mill, Birdsboro -- 233
Deppen Brewery building (former) -- 104
Derailment of Kutztown & Allentown trolley -- 209
Detwiler, Dr. Richard -- 150
Detwiler, Mrs. Richard -- 150
Devlan, Jeri -- 150
Devlan, Marty -- 150
Diamond Theatre, Birdsboro -- 234, 235
Dick, Frank K. -- 104
Dieffenbach (Thomas) pipe organ -- 185
Dieffenbach Organ (Christian blt.) -- 185
Dieffenbach Organ at Historical Soc. -- 185
Dieffenbach pipe organ (Christian) -- 197
Dieffenbach, Adam (Punch) -- 185
Dieffenbach, Christian -- 197
Dieffenbach, George -- 185
Dieffenbach, Henry -- 185
Dieffenbach, Thomas -- 185
Diener, Peter (farm) -- 248
Dietrich, Anson -- 209
Dietrich, Bruce L. -- 150, 153
Dietrich, Dawn -- 150
Dietrich, Irvin E. -- 170, 171
Dietrich, Marlin -- 150, 209
Dietrich, Mrs. Irvin E. -- 170
Dietrich, Renee -- 150
Dietrich, Verna -- 89, 150, 152, 153
Dietrich's Meat Market & Country Store -- 89, 209
Dietz, Chris -- 86
Dile Auto (Reading-Made) -- 104-111
Dile Auto in City Park -- 105
Dile Auto, Deppen Building -- 106-111
Dime with Mrs. Wallace Stevens' likeness -- 206
Diner (Moore's) -- 8
Diner (Speedies), Perkiomen Ave. -- 87
Dinette (Speedies) Exeter Twp. -- 86, 87
Distillery (Bushong's) -- 53
Distillery (Kissinger's) -- 148
Distillery at Exeter Station -- 148, 149
Distillery at Lorane -- 148, 149
Distillery damage from 1869 flood at Rdg. -- 53
Dives, Pomeroy, & Stewart (kite photo) -- 76
Dixie Cups (for ice cream specialties) -- 86
Dobbs, Mary Candace (Sternbergh) -- 50
Doctor (Baum, John C.) -- 94
Doctor (Otto, John B.) -- 92
Domino's Pizza on Perkiomen Ave. -- 225
Dotterer, Dr. Charles B. -- 245
Doubleday, Amanda (Eddy) -- 70
Dougherty, Cardinal -- 83
Dreibelbis Grist Mill -- 183
Dreibelbis, Earl -- 183
Drumheller, Jacob -- 163
Drumm, Harry -- 180
Dry, Oscar -- 163
du Pont, Henry F. -- 125
Dundore, Rev. Paul J. -- 158
Dusenbury, Russell L. -- 64
Dye Department, Berkshire Knitting Mills -- 198, 199
E. & G. Brooke's Furnace #3, Exeter Twp. -- 236
Eagle (Reading Daily) -- 219
Eagle reporter J. Brudereck - 150, 153
Earl (M. J.) Building -- 65
East Penn Engineering Co. (elec. contractors) -- 54
Eastern Frame Division of Dana Corp. -- 41
Eatery (Luke's) -- 128
Ebling, Harold -- 261
Ebling, Mr. -- 215
Ebner, Major -- 58
Eckert, Henry S. -- 241
Eckert, Isaac S. -- 241
Eckert, Valentine -- 222
Eckert's Cave -- 177
Eddy Kite -- 70 - 78
Eddy, Amanda (Doubleday) -- 70
Eddy, Cynthia S. (Huggins) -- 70
Eddy, H. J. -- 70
Eddy, William Abner -- 70 - 78
Eddy's kite photos -- 71, 74 - 78
Education Fund (Geo. M. Meiser, IX) -- 153
Ehrlich, Steven -- 150
Eirich, George -- 125
Electric plant (Eyler) -- 36, 37, 44
Electricity Generating Plant (Eyler) -- 44
Elephant in Onyx Cave -- 169
Elias Church Cem. (Newmanstown) -- 15
Elk Fountain -- 61
Elk Statue in City Park -- 61
Elks - Reading Lodge No. 115 -- 25
Elk's Home at 46 South Fifth St. -- 25
Ellilot, Albert B. -- 10
Elmer, Cedric -- 150
Elmer, Rev. Lynda -- 150
Eltz, Joseph -- 180
Embassy Theatre razing -- 60
Emerson Chevrolet (soap box derby sponsor) -- 41
Empire Iron Company -- 241
Empire Steel & Iron Compay -- 241
Emrich, Levi J. -- 221
Emrich-Wagner Grist Mill (Womelsdorf) -- 220, 221
Endy, Thomas D. -- 198 - 202
Engelhardt, Brian -- 150
Engelhardt, Suzanne -- 150
English Advertiser newspaper -- 98
Erdman, Willard -- 10
Ermentrout, Daniel -- 90
Essick & Barr bldg., Penn St. -- 65
Essick Tract (Bern Township) -- 42
Essick, M. Evelyn -- 14
Essig, William -- 163
Evangelical church, 8th & Court (photo) -- 60
Evans, Charles (attorney) -- 94
Evans, Charles Cem. (crypt of F. Lauer) -- 79
Evans, Fred M. -- 121
Exeter Historical Commission -- 160
Exeter Twp. -- 86, 87, 141, 236
Exeter Twp. Distillery -- 148, 149
Exeter Twp. log structure (photo) -- 92
Exeter Twp. R.R. tracks, Main Line, Lorane -- 148
Exeter Twp.'s Santa Fe Ranch -- 217
Explosion (Wyomissing Post Office) -- 239
Eyler Electricity-generating plant -- 44
Eyler Plant (smoke stacks) -- 36, 37
F. M. Brown Mill in Birdsboro -- 233
Fagan, James -- 144
Fahrenbach, Frank J. -- 102
Family cemeteries numerous, Maxatawny -- 251
Farm (Hetrick) at Limekiln -- 92 - 102
Farm (Houp) along Limekiln Rd. -- 92
Farm (Wegman), Limekiln Rd. -- 92
Farmers-Kissinger's Market -- 8
Farmhouse (Geehr) at Limekiln -- 91 - 102
Farmhouse (Snyder/Schneider) at Limekiln – 91-102
Farming Ridge trolley bridge -- 141
Fasnacht, Sarah (Himmelreich) -- 214
Fausnacht, Harold E. -- 254
Fausnacht, Henry E. -- 44
Fayerman, Nancy -- 150
Fayerman, Severin -- 150
Feather tree (Barbara Breininger's) -- 165
Fecera's Furniture Store, Birdsboro -- 234, 235
Fegley, Miss Hattie -- 209
Fehr & O'Rourke -- 33
Fehr, Beulah (Boots) -- 150, 152, 153, 211
Fehr, Horace -- 33
Felix cabin at 9th & Walnut -- 81
Felix, Anthony, cabin -- 81
Felix, George H. -- 117
Fence, ornate iron, at Blue Mt. Church -- 197
Fick Brothers (plumbing & heating) -- 54
Fidler, George -- 87
Fidler, Gracie -- 87
Fieldhouse (Baer Park) -- 54, 55
Fies, Vernon -- 179, 180
Fink Ellen S. (Schock) -- 187
Fink, Alberta (Degler) -- 187
Fink, Florence H. (Kunkelman) -- 187
Fink, John B. -- 187
Fink, Mr. -- 239
Fire at 4th and Penn -- 68
Fire at Boyertown, 1908 -- 245
Fire at Tower (1923) -- 258
Fire Chief Rehr of Rdg. -- 245
Fire Company (Liberty) -- 154
Fire Company (Oley) -- 131
Fire engines in Boyertown -- 245
Fire in hotel in Shartlesville -- 187
Fire Marshall Sterner -- 239
Fire of 1872 at Stichter Hardware -- 58
First Evangelical Church (photo) -- 80
First National Bank in Fleetwood -- 208
First Reformed Church -- 21, 97, 98
First Reformed Church (kite photo) -- 77
First United Church of Christ -- 21
First Universalist Society of Berks County -- 17
Fisher Family (Womelsdorf Roller Mill) -- 221
Fisher, Daniel B. -- 224
Fisher, Daniel P. -- 224
Five-Cent Theatre -- 35
Five-Mile House, Lancaster Pike -- 244
Fleetwood -- 85, 208, 209
Fleetwood Borough -- 85
Fleetwood Lodge Hall -- 85
Fleetwood Nest No. 23 -- 85
Fleetwood Orioles -- 85
Flood of 1869, boat wreck at distillery -- 53
Flood of August 1906 (Hamburg) -- 194
Flour mill (Levan-Sunday) -- 251
Flour Mill (Mill Creek) -- 251
Flour mill (Spangler-Kauffman) -- 257
Flour mill along O.V.R.R. -- 133
Flour Mill, Maxatawny Township (Mill Creek) -- 251
Flour mill near Shoemakersville -- 183
Focht, Edward G. -- 43
Ford cabriolet (1930), Upper Bern -- 257
Forest View Greenhouses -- 66,67
Forges on Pine Creek (Reagan's) -- 223
Forry, Sandra (Kauffman) -- 213
Fort Northkill, Upper Tulp. Twp. -- 210
Fountain (Elk) in City Park -- 61
Fourth Ward Alderman (Bully Lyons) -- 88
Fox, David -- 150
Fox, Mary Jo -- 150
Fox, Rev. Susan -- 150
Fox, Thomas -- 150
Frank, Rev. Julius -- 43
Franklin Street Guard Lock -- 36
Franks, Deputy Attorney-General Samuel D. -- 94
Franks, Esq., Samuel D. -- 94
Franks, Mr. -- 102
Frantz, Judy -- 250
Frantz, Richard -- 250
Frazer Cave -- 177
Frazer, Dolores -- 173
Frazer, Gordon J. -- 173, 177
Frederick Lauer Crypt -- 79
Frederick, David -- 115
Fredericksville General Store -- 115
Fredericksville Hotel -- 114, 115
Fredericksville Post Office -- 115
Freeman School, Centre Twp. -- 219
Freeman, Christine (Neff) -- 128
Freeman, Sterling -- 128
Freight Station (Pennsylvania Railroad) -- 36
Freshet of 1902 -- 146
Frey & Seidel (Fredericksville store) -- 115
Frey, John H. -- 115
Frey, Maggie V. -- 231
Frey's hotel (Black Bear) -- 230, 231
Friedens Cemetery in Oley -- 158
Friedens Church, Shartlesville -- 184, 185
Friedens Lutheran Church -- 158
Friedensburg (Oley Village) -- 136, 144
Friends' Mtg. House (north 6th Street) -- 102
Friendship Fire Co., Boyertown -- 245
Fritts, Katherine -- 150
Fruit Farm in Shartlesville (Stoudt's) -- 189
Frunace in Windsor Township -- 222-224
Fry, Jacob -- 115
Fuller, F. I. -- 144
Fullerton, Mike -- 232
Fulton Hall Saloon -- 58
Funeral Director (Linwood W. Ott) -- 158
Funeral director Gougler -- 243
Funeral Home (Cramp) -- 155
Furnace #3, Exeter (Brooke, E. & G.) -- 236
Furnace (E. G. Brooke) -- 236
Furnace (Robesonia) -- 195
Furnace Company (Topton) -- 241
Furnace in Windsor Twp. -- 222-224
Furness, Frank (R.R. station) in Birdsboro -- 233
Furniture sold by Peter Gougler -- 243
Furniture Store in Birdsboro (Fecera's) -- 234, 235
Gabel, Jones, and Gabel Mine in Boyertown -- 253
Gabrielle, Runette -- 118
Gallagher, Charles -- 150, 152, 153
Gallagher, Chuck -- 150, 152, 153
Gallagher, Ellen -- 150
Gallows Hill in City Park -- 96
Ganster, Edward C. -- 43
Gardens at Berkshire Knitting Mills -- 200
Gas explosion in Wyomissing -- 239
Gas Tank (North Reading) 251 Rose St. -- 13
Gauger, Nicholas -- 196
Geehr Farmhouse at Limekiln -- 91
Geehr, Esther (Snyder) -- 91
Geehr, Jacob – 91-93
Gehr, Esther (Snyder) -- 91
Gehr, Jacob -- 91
Geiger, Gregory R. -- 155
General Store (Gouglersville) -- 243
General Store (Lesher), Shartlesville -- 188
General Store at Lobachsville -- 163
George M. Meiser, IX Education Fund -- 153
German Adler newpaper -- 98
Germania Cafe‚ -- 58
Germania Hall (new) -- 59
Germania Hall (old) -- 58, 59
Germania Halls on Penn St. -- 58, 59
Germania Hotel -- 58
Germanic bldg. In Exeter Twp. -- 160
Gernerd, Carrie (Metzger) -- 250
Gethsemane Cemetery -- 82, 83
Ghost of Stirling (Casner, in photo) -- 257
Gilmer, Col. Robert A. -- 237
Gilmer's Hotel -- 237
Glase collection of theatre programs -- 60
Glase, Paul E. -- 60
Globe Store -- 9
Goda, Barbara -- 115
Gombert, Johann -- 101
Goncher, Joan -- 150
Good Shepherd Reformed Church -- 253
Goodman, Katie -- 150
Goodman, Larry -- 150
Gotch, Albert W. -- 54
Gottschall, Chester O. -- 135, 138, 144, 146
Gougler, John -- 242, 243
Gougler, Peter (postmaster) -- 243
Gougler, Philip -- 243
Gouglersville General Store -- 243
Gouglersville Hotel in Cumru Twp. -- 242 - 244
Gouglersville House -- 244
Gouglersville Post Office -- 243
Gouglersville Village -- 242 - 244
Governor of PA (Simon Snyder) -- 94, 95
Graeff, Dr. Arthur D. -- 205
Graeff, Moses -- 42, 43
Grain mill, Maxatawny Twp. -- 251
Grand Central Hotel -- 68
Grand Opera House -- 12
Grandstand at Carsonia Park -- 262
Grange No. 1512 (Shartlesville) -- 189
Graul, Elizabeth -- 94
Grave-site of Regina Leininger -- 205
Grave-yard along Washington St., Rdg. -- 21
Grave-yard at Lutheran Home -- 248
Graveyard at Merkey Meeting House -- 213
Grave-yard at Oley Moravian Ch. -- 103
Gravity Railroad car -- 259
Gravity Railroad tower -- 258, 259
Green, Albert -- 42
Green, Albert Gallatin -- 17
Green, David -- 150
Greenbaum, Jacob -- 148
Greenbaum, M. S. -- 148
Greenbaum, W. B. -- 148
Greenhouse in City Park -- 105
Greiner, John -- 203
Greth (Nicholas) Mill -- 183
Greth, Nicholas -- 183
Grill, Emma Mae (Anderson) -- 203
Grim, Dr, J. S. -- 171
Grim, Isabella (Herman) -- 249
Grist Mill (Dreibelbis) -- 183
Grist Mill (Emrich-Wagner) -- 220, 221
Grist mill (Levan-Sunday) -- 251
Grist Mill (Ohlinger's) -- 112, 113
Grist Mill (Snyder) -- 155
Grist mill (Upper Bern) -- 256, 257
Grist Mill (Wagner-Emrich) -- 220, 221
Grist Mill at Antietam Dam -- 112, 113
Grist mill near Limekiln -- 155
Grocery Store (McDowell's) -- 33
Grocery store of Walter Mc. Dowell -- 33
Gromis, Elmer -- 55
Grove (Himmelreich's), Womelsdorf -- 214-218
Grubb Family of Birdsboro -- 236
Grubb, Mary Ann -- 236
Grubb, Pauline -- 236
Grubb, T. Lester -- 236
Grubb, Thomas -- 236
Gruber Property (Bern Township) -- 226 - 229
Gruber Wagon -- 227
Gruber Wagon Works, Old Bernville Road -- 226-229
Gruber Wagon Works: The Place Where Time Stood Still -- 229
Gruber, Frank P. -- 227, 229
Gruber, Franklin H. -- 226, 227
Gruber, George -- 228
Gruber, Jacob -- 228
Grumbine, Arthur W. (photographer) -- 5-7
Grumbine, Ruth (Williams) -- 5
Grumbine, William T. -- 5-7
Guard Lock (Franklin Street) -- 36
Guest, Marcy -- 150
Guidance Institute of Berks -- 57
Guldin, Emma J. (Lyon) -- 88
Haag (J. G.) Hotel in Shartlesville -- 187
Haag store (Shartlesville) -- 187
Haag, W. (store of) -- 187
Haag, William K. -- 188
Hafer, Howard M. -- 127
Haff, Kevin -- 150
Haff, Valerie -- 150
Hagerty, Arnie -- 114
Hain, Frederick -- 119
Hain, John A. -- 119
Hain, Jr., (Hehn) George -- 125
Hain, Mrs. Sarah -- 119
Hainly, Joel W. -- 246
Hain's Church Cemetery -- 214
Hain's Reformed Church -- 214
Hair Studio (Villa) -- 128
Half-timbered Gohrig House partition -- 160
Half-timbered Moravian Church -- 103
Hamburg Boiler Works -- 173
Hamburg Bottling Works -- 187
Hamburg Flood of 1906 (August) -- 194
Hamburg Savings Bank -- 194
Hamburg State Hospital -- 118
Hamburg State School -- 118
Hamburg-area charcoal furnace -- 222-224
Hammeke, Father William -- 83
Hans Martin Gohrig House, Kerrtown -- 160
Harbold, Grace (Hunsinger) -- 234
Harbold, Rebecca -- 234
Harbold, Samuel -- 234
Hard Bean Caf‚ (coffee specialties) -- 85
Hardware (Bard's) -- 8
Harley-Davidson Motorcycle Sales -- 32
Harold Furniture sign -- 31
Harrisburg Bridge at Rdg. (Penn St.) -- 18, 19
Hartman, David (Residence) -- 195
Hartman, J. K. -- 242, 243
Hartman, Regina (Leininger) -- 205
Hartman, Ruth -- 150, 153
Hartman, William T. (photographer) -- 13
Hassler, Annie (Kohler) -- 59
Hassler, Augustus B. -- 58, 59
Hassler, Harry B. -- 59
Hassler, Loretta -- 59
Hatters (Wm. H. Smith & Son) -- 9
Haymakers' Schnitzel-Bonk Band, Rdg.-- 171
Heathershaw, Steve -- 150
Heckler, Rev. Willis K. -- 3, 150, 151, 190
Heckler, Rev. Willis K. -- 241, 248, 249, 251
Heckler, Sylvia -- 150
Heckler, William -- 121
Heffner, Nancy -- 150
Heffner, Raymond C. -- 150
Heffner, Vicky -- 150
Hehn, Jr. (Hain) George -- 125
Heidelberg Heritage Society -- 119
Heilman, Rev. U. P -- 248
Helfrich, Martin -- 179, 180
Helfrich, Winfield -- 179, 180
Hene (Hain) Homestead -- 124, 125
Henry, Dr. Charles P. -- 57
Henry, Rev. Jonas O. -- 248
Heppner, John -- 247
Herbein, Harold -- 121
Herbein's 2-Story Schoolhouse -- 143
Herbein-Snyder Farm Property -- 143
Herbein-Snyder Log Cabin -- 143
Herefordville Union Chapel -- 240
Heritage Center -- 207
Heritage Center at Red Bridge -- 229
Herman home in Maxatawny -- 249
Herman Oak Tree, Maxatawny Twp. -- 250
Herman, Ambrose -- 249
Herman, Annie (Beck) -- 249
Herman, George -- 249
Herman, Hester (Sassaman) -- 249
Herman, Isabella (Grim) -- 249
Herman, John G. -- 58
Herman, Rev. Alfred J. -- 248-251
Herman, Rev. Charles G. -- 249
Herman, Rev. J. S. -- 190
Hess, George -- 163
Hess, Judge Warren -- 161
Hesser, Gail H. – 150, 235
Hessian Camp (Hill Road) -- 63
Hetrick Family farm, Limekiln -- 92-102
Hex Highway -- 255
Hiester Boatyard -- 207
Hiester, C. Howard -- 207
Hiester, Governor Joseph -- 49
High School (Bornemann Central Cath.) -- 83
High School (Reading Girls') -- 48
Hill Road (1900 block) -- 63
Hill Road to Hessian Camp -- 63
Hill, Daniel B. -- 244
Hill, Frank D. -- 34
Hillbilly music, Himmelreich's Grove -- 214-217
Hillbilly music, Santa Fe Ranch, Exeter -- 217
Himmelreich, Emily -- 215
Himmelreich, Harvey -- 214, 215
Himmelreich, John -- 214
Himmelreich, Sarah (Fasnacht) -- 214
Himmelreich's Grove, Womelsdorf -- 214 - 218
Hintz Book Store -- 8
Hintz, William G. -- 8
Historian (Bower, Chas. S.) -- 158
Historian (Bubbenmoyer, Roy T.) -- 219
Historian (Becker, Dennis) -- 85
Historian (Hoffman, Bruce) -- 232, 233, 235, 236
Historian (Homan, Wayne E.) -- 90, 101
Historian (Ibach, Earl W.) -- 191 - 193, 215, 218, 221
Historian (Miller, Paul) – 150
Historian (Strasser, Dr. Brendan) -- 190
Historical Marker (Wallace Stevens) -- 206
Historical Review of Berks County -- 90
Historical Society (Kutztown Area) -- 190
Historical Society of Berks' treasurer -- 116
Historical Society's savior -- 17
Hoch, Congressman Daniel K. -- 161, 247
Hoff, S. S. -- 144
Hoffa, William A. -- 221
Hoffert, Llewellyn -- 129
Hoffman, Bruce -- 150, 232, 233, 235, 236
Hoffman, Mary Ann -- 150, 233, 235, 236
Hofses, Charles A. -- 54
Homan, Ellwood -- 9
Homan, Paul L. -- 208
Homan, Wayne E. (historian) -- 90, 101
Homeopathic Hospital -- 155
Homestead (Hene) Hain -- 124, 125
Homestead (Kershner) -- 124, 125
Homestead (Kintzer) -- 124, 125
Homestead (Werner) -- 124, 125
Hoopes, Darlington -- 54
Hopkins, Lloyd W. -- 133, 150
Hopkins, Lorah -- 133, 150
Hopkins, Phoebe (Bertolet) -- 133, 150
Horseshoe Curve near Shanesville -- 138, 145
Hoshauer, Donald, Wyomissing Officer -- 239
Hospital (Homeopathic) -- 155
Hospital (Saint Joseph's) -- 82
Hotel (Abraham Lincoln) -- 64
Hotel (Blue Lantern) in Sinking Spring -- 246
Hotel (Bull) -- 237
Hotel (Caernarvon Twp.'s Conestoga House) -- 237
Hotel (Centennial Springs) -- 42
Hotel (Centre) in Wernersville Borough -- 119
Hotel (Conestoga House) -- 237
Hotel (Fredericksville) -- 114, 115
Hotel (Germania) -- 58
Hotel (Gilmore's) -- 237
Hotel (Gouglersville) -- 242 - 244
Hotel (Grand Central) -- 68
Hotel (Haag) in Shartlesville -- 187
Hotel (Jackson's) -- 122
Hotel (Lauer's North Park Brewery) -- 13
Hotel (Mansion House) (kite photo) -- 75
Hotel (Miller's Family Park) -- 179
Hotel (Miller's), Wernersville Borough -- 119
Hotel (Pendora) -- 179
Hotel (Penn Plaza) -- 20
Hotel (Penn Werner) -- 119
Hotel (Penn'a House), Shartlesville -- 189
Hotel (Pleasant Valley) -- 226
Hotel (Potteiger's), Shartlesville -- 189
Hotel (Wernersville) -- 119
Hotel (Willam Penn) on Old Bernville Road -- 226
Hotel (Wyndham) – 150-153
Hotel at 6h and Penn (Milner's), in photo -- 44
Hotel at Jacksonwald -- 122
Hotel at Limekiln (Oley Line) -- 203
Hotel bldg., Gruber Wagon Works -- 226
Hotel bldg., largest on Penn St. -- 20
Hotel in Shartlesville -- 187
Hotel Mohnton -- 203
Hotel on Lancaster Pike -- 242-245
Hottenstein, Betty -- 150
Hottenstein, E. Robert -- 150
Houp-Wegman Farm (Limekiln Rd) -- 92-102
Howe, Henry -- 18
Howell, Jeffrey -- 150
Hub of the Tulpehocken book -- 191
Huff's Church -- 249
Huggins, Cynthia S. (Eddy) -- 70
Hullinger's Restaurant -- 233
Hunsberger, Carol J. -- 229
Hunsicker, Albert S. -- 171
Hunsicker, Grace (Harbold) -- 234
Hunsicker, Warren -- 231
Hunsinger, Joseph -- 234
Hunsinger, Richard Dick -- 234
Hunt zinger, Rev. F. K. -- 51
Hunt zinger's Church -- 51
Huntzinger, Jacob H. -- 241
Huntzinger, Rev. F. K. -- 51
Hutchinson, William -- 43
Huy, John -- 246
Huyett, David -- 150
Ibach, Earl W. -- 191-193, 215, 218, 221
Imber's Department Store -- 9
Indian Captive Regina (grave-site) -- 205
Inn (Binkley's) at Wernersville -- 119
Inn (Black Bear) near Frystown -- 230, 231
Inn (Frystown, Black Bear) -- 230-231
Inn (Frey's) old time view -- 230
Inn (Gouglersville) -- 242-245
Innkeeper at Fredericksville -- 115
Institute (Wyomissing Polytechnic) -- 200
International Correspondence School -- 28
Inter-State Commercial College -- 28
Iron fence (ornate) at Blue Mt. Church -- 197
Iron mine (Boyertown) -- 253
Iron Pipe (Reading Puddled) -- 38, 39
Iron-works (Windsor Furnace) -- 222-224
Irvine, Robert A. -- 215 - 218
Israel, Israel -- 160
IXL Flour (Wagner & Emrich) -- 221
J. E. Snyder's Oley Line Hotel -- 122
J. G. Brill Company -- 144, 146
J. G. Haag Store in Shartlesville -- 187
Jackson, John -- 122
Jackson's Hotel (John) -- 122
Jackson's Lock -- 36, 207
Jacksonwald Depot -- 143
Jacobs & Youngs (contractors) -- 38, 39
Jail at 5th and Washington -- 96, 97
Jail in City Park (the old prison) -- 62
Jalappa -- 255-257
Jalappa (Upper Bern P.O.) -- 255-257
Janssen, Henry K. -- 198 - 202
Jefferson Twp. Union Canal lock-site -- 129
Jewelers (Willson, Charles G.) -- 10
Jewelers (Wittman's Credit) -- 20
Jewelry Co. (Schlechter) -- 8
Jo Jo's Italian Pizza, Birdsboro -- 232
John Jackson's Hotel -- 122
Johnson, Inc. (Hen) -- 33
Johnston, Hen -- 47, 64
Johnston, Henry R. -- 33
Jones, Gabel mine (Boyertown) -- 253
Jones, Keim & Co. -- 223
Jostens Printing & Publishing -- 2
Journal (Berks and Schuylkill) -- 90
Jules Balis's Book Mart -- 8
Justice of Peace (Nagle, Peter) -- 92, 100
Kantner, Joel -- 129
Kantner: Berks-made Pipe Organ -- 129
Kase, J. M. -- 43
Katenmoyer's Springhouse (Peter) -- 100, 102
Katzenmoyer, Barbara (Cox) -- 100
Katzenmoyer, Peter -- 100, 102
Kauffman (William M.) & Co. -- 241
Kauffman, Sandra (Forry) -- 213
Kauffman, William M. -- 241
Kaufmann's Furn. Store Sign, Carsonia -- 262
Kautter, Jean -- 150
Kay-Mac Sign Co. -- 9
KC Auto Body -- 86, 87
Keating, Sarah -- 95
Kehs, Ed -- 175, 177
Kehs, Kim -- 177
Keim & Co. (John M.) -- 53
Keim, George -- 163
Keim, John M. -- 53
Keim, Jones & Co. -- 223
Keims, Whittaker & Co. -- 38
Keiser Family (Womelsdorf Roller Mill) -- 221
Keiser, Dr. Clara Shetter -- 43
Keller, Judy Avella -- 150
Keller, Robert W. -- 150
Kelly, C. L. (groceries) -- 245
Kemp, Alfred -- 115
Kent, George E. -- 39
Kerper, Daniel -- 102
Kerper, Missy -- 150, 153
Kerr, William -- 160
Kerrtown (Exeter Twp.) landmark -- 160
Kershner Homestead -- 124, 125
Kershner, II, Conrad -- 125
Kerst's National Business College -- 28
Keystone Correspondence School -- 28
Keystone Meat Market -- 8
Kieffer, Charles -- 208
Kindig, Flitzie -- 150
Kindig, Stephanie -- 150
Kindig, Steve -- 150, 183
Kintzer Family -- 125
Kintzer Homestead -- 124, 125
Kintzer, George A. -- 125
Kissam, Brian -- 150
Kissinger Apartments -- 8
Kissinger, Washington -- 148
Kissinger's Distillery -- 148
Kissinger's-Farmers' Market -- 8
Klapperthal Pavilion on Neversink -- 58
Klein, Julia -- 150
Kline, Dave -- 150
Kline, Eugene M. -- 215, 218
Kline, Kathleen -- 150
Kline, Marian (Wise) -- 215
Knaub, M. R. -- 9
Knights of the Golden Circle Squared -- 119
Knights of the Golden Eagle -- 85
Knights of the Mystic Chain -- 85
Knitting Mills (Berkshire) -- 198 - 202
Knoblauch, Nancy -- 150
Koch, Ann -- 172
Koch, Ann (Miller) -- 177
Koch, Edith (Snyder) -- 172
Koch, Edwin P. -- 172, 177
Koch, Gloria (DeLong) -- 172, 177
Koch, Lewis -- 174
Koch, Raymond -- 172
Koch, Robert -- 172
Koch, Robin -- 150
Koch, William G. -- 3, 116, 150
Kodak No. 2 Bullet Camera -- 71, 72, 74
Kohl, Joshua (concert tenor) -- 157
Kohl, Sarah (Asmar) -- 157
Kohl, William -- 242
Kohler, Annie (Hassler) -- 59
Kolb's Pan Dandy bread sign -- 31
Kotrosits, Joseph -- 150
Krebs. Catharine -- 94
Kretz, Adolph H. -- 148
Krieg, Frederick -- 239
Kroningersville a.k.a. Eagle Point -- 251
Kruger, Fritz -- 156
Krumbein, Leonard -- 5
Kuersten, J. George -- 34
Kulp, Rev. Jerry -- 184
Kunkelman, Brian -- 150
Kunkelman, Florence H. (Fink) -- 187
Kunkelman, John F. -- 187
Kutz Brothers' -- 208
Kutz Brothers' Building in Fleetwood -- 208, 209
Kutz, Charles W. -- 208
Kutz, Frank S. -- 208
Kutztown -- 89, 130, 171, 190, 250
Kutztown Area Historical Society -- 190
Kutztown Folk Festival (Kutztown Borough) -- 89
Kutztown historian B. Strasser -- 190
Kutztown Patriot (opening of Onxy Cave) -- 171
Kutztown Public Schoolhouse -- 190
Kutztown State Normal School -- 130
Kutztown-Allentown trolley -- 250
Kuzminski, Pete -- 41
Lacey, Theodore R. -- 235
Laincz, Ellen -- 103
Lake Antietam -- 112, 113
Lancaster Road (Gouglersville) -- 242
Lantz, Thomas W. -- 54
Larish, Jerry -- 150
Lash, Judge Scott -- 150, 153
Lasley, Greg W. -- 120, 121
Last Supper by daVinci -- 223, 224
Lauer Brewing Company -- 52, 203
Lauer crypt in Charles Evans -- 79
Lauer residence (early) -- 13
Lauer, (Frederick) Monument -- 62
Lauer, Frederick -- 62, 79
Lauer, Frederick statue in City Park -- 79
Lauer's North Park Brewery Hotel -- 13
Laureldale Trolley stop -- 254
Lauter, Michael -- 150
Lauter, Michele -- 150
Lawson, Nancy -- 150
Lee, William H. (architect) -- 60
Lehman, David -- 10
Leibelsperger, A. K. -- 208
Leinbach (J. G.) & Co. -- 16
Leinbach, Connie -- 150
Leinbach, Jonathan G. -- 16
Leininger, Barbara -- 205
Leininger, Regina (Hartman) -- 205
Leininger, Sebastian -- 205
Leippe, Chas. E. -- 43
Lengel, Irvin D. -- 104
Lerch, J. Wilbur -- 47
Lerch's (Daniel) Tavern -- 119
Lesher Gen. Store on Old Route 22 -- 188
Lesher, Norton -- 188
Lesher, Oscar -- 188
Lesher, Sol. W. -- 188
Levan, Charles -- 251
Levan, George -- 251
Levan, Jacob -- 251
LeVan, Jane -- 150
Levan-Sunday grist mill -- 251
Levan-Sunday home, Maxatawny Twp. -- 251
Levengood, Lynda -- 150
Levengood, Richard -- 150, 160
Levengood's Dairy (Pottstown) -- 86
Lewars, William -- 143
Liberty Fire Company -- 154
Limekiln, "Susanna Cox" farm -- 91
Limekiln Road -- 122
Limekiln-area log structure (photo) -- 92
Liner Furniture Bldg. (N.E. cor. 4th & Penn) -- 49
Lionel trains -- 166, 167
Lions Club Christmas Party in 1945 -- 235
Little Swartara German Baptist Brethren Cong. -- 213
Little Swatara Ch. of Brethren, nr Rehrersburg -- 213
Livery Stable (kite Photo) -- 76
Loading Station at Carsonia Park -- 260
Lobach, David -- 163
Lobach, II, Samuel -- 163
Lobachsville -- 162, 163
Lobachsville General Store -- 163
Lobachsville Merchant Weidner -- 162, 163
Lobachsville Schoolhouse -- 162
Lock # 53 (Union Canal) -- 18
Lock #35 below church (Jefferson Twp.) -- 129
Locomotive at Outer Station (6th & Oley) -- 7
Lodge Hall (Fleetwood) -- 85
Lodge Hall (Saint Lawrence P.O.S. of A.) -- 204
Lodge hall at Shartlesville - 189
Lodge of Elks in Rdg. -- 25
Log Cabin at Oley Village (Bower) -- 130, 131
Log cabin, 10th and Penn -- 31
Log house (Tilden) -- 255
Log structure near Limekiln (photo) -- 92
Logero, Barbara -- 150
Logero, Larry -- 150
Long Lane creamery -- 251
Long Lane grist mill -- 251
Long, Shorty (Vagnoni, Emedeo) -- 217
Longlott, Janis -- 150
Longlott, Kim -- 150
Longlott, Larry -- 150
Lorah, Ralph P. -- 162, 163
Lorane Distillery -- 148, 149
Lower Alsace supervisors -- 112
Luckenbill, Cyrus -- 169
Luden, William (mansion) -- 83
Luden, William H. -- 43
Luden's (Wm. ) orig. candy factory -- 77
Luden's candy delivery wagon (photo) -- 230
Ludwig, F. H. -- 43
Ludwin, Janice -- 177
Ludwin, Marty -- 177
Luke's Coffee House & Eatery -- 128
Luncheonette (New Coney Island) -- 9
Lutheran Home in Topton -- 248
Lutheran Orphans' Home in Topton -- 248
Lutz Furniture-Maker (John F.) -- 204
Lutz, Captain -- 99
Lutz, Clayton -- 43
Lutz, Eddie -- 188
Lutz, John -- 239
Lutz, John F. -- 204
Lutz, John F. (Undertaker) -- 204
Lynch, Greg -- 150
Lynch, Michelle -- 150
Lyon, Emma J. (Guldin) -- 88
Lyon, William Young -- 88
Lyons Borough -- 252
Lyons Station in Lyons -- 252
Lyons, Bully (Chief of Police) -- 88
Lyons, Bully (Constable) -- 88
Lyons, Bully (Fourth Ward Alderman) -- 88
Lyric Theatre -- 34
M. J. Earl Building -- 65
Maccarone, Chester -- 234
Maccarone, Jake -- 234
Maccarone, Mary -- 234
Machmer, Richard S. -- 222
Maginnis, A. W. -- 135
Magnetic ore (Boyertown) -- 253
Maier, Andrew -- 150, 153
Maier, June -- 150
Manatawny Township -- 249-251
Mansion at Robesonia Fur. (Taylor) -- 159, 165
Mansion House Hotel (kite photo) -- 75
Mansion of Wm. Luden -- 83
Mansions on Centre Ave. -- 57
Map of Onyx Cave -- 169
Market (Acme) -- 20
Market on Penn St. -- 8
Marlboro Apartments -- 8
Marlboro Garage -- 8
Marsh, Charles (Universalist) -- 17
Martin, C.P.A., Joseph A. -- 194
Marx, Esq. George -- 95
Marx, Sheriff -- 95 - 98, 100
Marzi, Gilles -- 251
Marzi, Patricia -- 251
Master of Ceremonies Adams - 150, 152
Matassa, Anthony -- 148, 149
Matin, Joseph L. Farm -- 191, 192
Maurer, Charles A. -- 43
Maxatawny Bridge over Mill Creek -- 251
Maxatawny Church (Zion's) -- 248, 249
Maxatawny creamery -- 251
Maxatawny farmhouse (Herman) -- 249
Maxatawny Township -- 248-251
Maxatawny Twp. giant oak -- 250
Maxatawny Twp. grist mill -- 251
Maxatawny: Herman farm -- 249
McCann School (business training) -- 28
McCann School of Business & Tech. -- 28
McCann, Louis -- 28
McCann's Business College -- 28-30
McCarthy, Sandi -- 150
McCarthy, Tom -- 150
McCoy, Andrew -- 100
McCrory's (500 block Penn St.) -- 10
McDonough, J. Edward -- 9
McDonough, Howard -- 54
McDowell, Walter -- 33
McDowell's Delicatessan -- 33
McDowell's Grocery Store -- 33
McFadden, Ryan (Eagle photographer) -- 150, 151, 153
McGraths's Floor Covering -- 232
McHose, Isaac -- 241
McKinney, Anne -- 150
McLean, Bruce -- 150
McMahon, Rdg. Mayor Tom -- 150, 153
Meat Market (Deem's) -- 24
Meat Market (Keystone) -- 8
Meat market on Chestnut St. -- 24
Meeting House (Friends', N. 6th) -- 102
Meeting House (Merkey), Bethel Twp. -- 213
Meeting House (Oley Moravian) -- 103
Meeting House at Chapel -- 240
Meiser IX, Geo. M. -- 144, 150-153, 191, 227
Meiser IX, Geo. M. - frontispiece, 3, 103, 121
Meiser, Gloria J. -- frontispiece, 65, 137, 150
Meiser, Gloria J. -- 151, 247
Meiser, Karen -- 150
Meloy, Mary -- 95
Mengel farm -- 170
Mengel, David G. -- 169
Mengel's Cave -- 169
Men's Store (Walter Jones) -- 9
Merchant at Fredericksville -- 115
Merkel, A. P. -- 208
Merkel, George -- 223, 224
Merkel, Judith -- 150
Merkey Meeting House Cemetery -- 213
Merkey Meeting House, Bethel Twp. -- 213
Merkey, David -- 213
Merkey, Mary -- 213
Merritt III, Robert J. -- 150
Merritt, Donna -- 150
Merry-go-round (Carsonia) -- 261
Mertz, Mr. (tenant farmer) -- 92
Metal Works Along the Schuylkill River -- 19
Metropolitan Edison Building -- 48
Metropolitan Edison Eyler Plant -- 36, 37
Metzger, Carrie (Gernerd) -- 250
Mill (Greth, Nicholas) -- 183
Mill (Schnable's) -- 183
Mill (Sunday's) -- 251
Mill Creek Bridge (Maxatawny) -- 251
Mill Creek Creamery, Mill Creek Road -- 251
Mill Creek Flour Mill in Maxatawny Twp. -- 251
Mill Creek grist mill (U. Bern) -- 256, 257
Mill Creek Road (U. Bern) -- 256, 257
Mill dam on the Antietam -- 112
Mill in Maxatawny Twp. (Sunday's Mill) -- 251
Mill Road log house (Tilden) -- 255
Mill, nr Eagle Point a.k.a. Kroningersville -- 251
Mill, F. M. Brown in Birdsboro -- 233
Mill, Levan's in Maxatawny -- 251
Miller, Ann (Koch) -- 177
Miller, Catharine -- 95
Miller, Charles B. -- 182
Miller, Debbie -- 150
Miller, H. Robert -- 231
Miller, Howard J. -- 179, 180
Miller, John H. -- 119, 241
Miller, John R. -- 56
Miller, Kathy -- 150
Miller, Mr. -- 120
Miller, Norm -- 150, 153
Miller, O. Christopher -- 150
Miller, Paul -- 150
Miller: Samuel Kauffman -- 256, 257
Miller's Family Park Hotel -- 179
Miller's home on Long Lane -- 251
Miller's Hotel -- 179
Miller's Hotel, Wernersville Borough -- 119
Miller's house on Mill Rd., Womelsdorf -- 221
Milner's Hotel sign (in photo) -- 44
Mine (Gabel, Jones, and Gabel) -- 243
Minex Gang -- 218
Mining iron (Boyertown) -- 253
Mohler Pipe Organ -- 34
Mohn, Benjamin -- 203
Mohn, Kerry -- 188. 189, 203, 205
Mohnsville hotel (Anderson's) -- 203
Mohnton Hotel -- 203
Mohnton Trolley stop -- 254
Moll, Henry -- 222
Moll, Sgt. Thos. -- 239
Monocracy Creek -- 247
Montgomery, Morton L. -- 73, 74
Monument in City Park -- 62
Monument, Amity Twp. (Wm. Penn) -- 247
Moore, Henry C. -- 144
Moore, J. G. -- 243
Moore's Diner -- 8
Moravian Boarding School -- 103
Moravian Church (Oley) cemetery -- 103
Moravian Church Road -- 103
Moravian Missionary (Zinzendorf, Count) -- 251
Morgantown -- 237
Morgantown-area landmark tavern -- 237
Morrow, Harry -- 150, 153
Morrow, Mrs. Harry -- 150
Morse Telegraph Club -- 6
Mosheim, Minnie -- 235
Motion Picture House (Victor) -- 35
Mount Penn Tower -- 258, 259
Mountain, Amy -- 150
Mournful Song of Susanna Cox -- 101
Moyer, Q. W. & Son -- 16
Moyer, Mrs. Nelson -- 138
Moyer, Ray -- 150
Muhlenberg Dairy -- 125
Muhlenberg, Henry Augustus -- 49
Muhlenberg. Rev. Henry Melchior -- 160, 205
Muhlenberg's (Rev.'s) ledgers -- 205
Mull, Kerry A. -- 187
Mundell, Fire Lt. -- 239
Murdough, James -- 221
Muth, Dorothy -- 215
Nagle, Esq., Peter -- 92, 100
Nagle, George -- 180
Nathan's on Penn St. -- 9
National Peanut Corp. (Planters) -- 8
National Railroad Hist. Soc.-- 45, 254
Neff, Christine (Freeman) -- 128
Neff, John -- 128
Neff's Service Station -- 128
Nein, David D. -- 243
Nein, Kim -- 150
Nein, Milford -- 179, 180
Nelson, Jack (Uncle Jack) -- 214 – 218
Nelson, Mary Lou -- 214-218
Neversink Distillery at Lorane -- 148, 149
Neversink Distillery, Exeter Station -- 148, 149
Neversink Mountain T.B. San.-- 42, 43
New Jerusalem Ch., Wessnersville -- 249
New York Express, 5th & Penn Sts. -- 5
Newmoyer Bros. -- 52
Newmoyer, William -- 52
Newspaper (English Advertiser) -- 98
Newspaper (German Adler) -- 98
Newspaper (Reading Times) -- 90, 102
Nickelodeon Theatre -- 35
Night view of locomotive at Outer Station -- 7
Ninth & Elm cafe‚ -- 69
Normal School (Kutztown State) -- 130
North Fourth & Court -- 48
North Reading brewery (Lauer's) -- 13
North Reading Gas Tank -- 13
North Side (700 block of Penn St.) -- 9
North Side (800 block of Penn St.) -- 8
Northeast Corner of 4th & Penn -- 68
Northeast Corner of 8th and Franklin -- 46
Northeast Corner of Fourth and Penn -- 49
NorthKill Fort, Upper Tulp. -- 210
Nuebling, Emil L. -- 117
Nuebling, John G. -- 262
Nuebling's Sign at Carsonia Park -- 262
Oak (Herman's giant) -- 250
Oak Tree, Maxatawny Twp. (Herman Oak) -- 250
Oberlaender, Gustav -- 198-202
Odd Fellows Hall (kite photo) -- 75
Office of Housing Rehabilitation -- 117
Ohl, Edwin (organist) -- 185
Ohl, Rev. Susan -- 184
Ohlinger Creek -- 112
Ohlinger Property -- 112, 113
Ohlinger, Sam -- 112, 113
Ohlinger's Grist Mill -- 112, 113
Oil Tuscarora Pipeline, Womelsdorf -- 220
O'Keefe, Atty. Joseph -- 85
Old Route 22 -- 255
Oley Academy Boarding House -- 131
Oley Fire Company -- 131
Oley High School Building -- 131
Oley Line Hotel at Limekiln -- 203
Oley Line Road -- 122
Oley Line, a.k.a. Limekiln -- 91
Oley Moravian Church -- 103
Oley Moravian Church cemetery -- 103
Oley trolley trestles -- 135, 141
Oley Turnpike in Esterly -- 204
Oley Turnpike Road -- 122
Oley Turnpike Road at Limekiln -- 91
Oley Turnpike tavern - 122, 123
Oley Valley Railroad Caution---Crossing Sign -- 143
Oley Valley Railroad Bridge -- 133, 141
Oley Valley Railroad's Quarry -- 137
Oley Valley Railway builder -- 155
Oley Valley Railway Car #1 -- 139, 142
Oley Valley Railway Car #7 -- 139
Oley Valley Railway Co. -- 132-146
Oley Valley Railway Co. Track Plan -- 134, 135
Oley Valley Railway Line Route -- 136
Oley Valley Railway Report, 1902 -- 132-146
Oley Valley Railway right-of-way -- 136-138
Oley Valley Railway Story -- 132 - 146
Oley Valley Railway Sub-Sta. #1 -- 138, 143
Oley Valley Railway Time Table -- 132
Oley Village -- 131
Omega Club -- 178 - 182
One Guy store building -- 20
One-Room Schoolhouse, Shartlesville -- 186
Onyx Bridge (inside cave) -- 177
Onyx Cave -- 168-177
Onyx Cave Map -- 169
Onyx Cave Opening -- 173
Onyx Cave Refreshment Stand -- 171
Onyx Cave Sign -- 169
Onyx Cave: view of grounds -- 176
O'Pake, Senator Michael -- 150, 153
Open trolley car derailment -- 209
Opening Day at Onyx Cave -- 173
Opera House (Rhodes) -- 245
Opera House Fire (Rhodes) in Boyertown -- 245
Opera stars - 14, 156
Operetta tenor Joshua Kohl -- 157
Order of Orioles -- 85
O'Reilly, A. R. -- 54
Organ blt by Dieffenbach at Friedens -- 185
Organist Edwin Ohl (Friedens) -- 185
Orioles in Fleetwood -- 85
O'Rourke and Fehr -- 33
O'Rourke, James -- 33
Orphans' Home in Topton (Lutheran) -- 248
Orpheum Theatre -- 12
Oswald, Nelson -- 48
Ott, John -- 128
Ott, Linwood W. (funeral director) -- 158
Otto, Dr. John B. -- 92
Our Star Band of Albany Township -- 171
Outer Station with locomotive, at night -- 7
Overlook on Centre Ave. -- 50
Padovani, Sam J. -- 86, 87
Pagoda atop Penn's Mount -- 26, 27
Palace Theatre -- 35
Pannebecker, Naomi -- 263
Papadakis, Chris -- 67, 74-77, 126, 150, 198-202, 254
Papadakis, Chris -- 3, 31, 33, 34, 44, 45, 47, 61, 64, 66
Paper Factory (Bushong's) -- 53
Pardo, Michael -- 2

Paris, Patrolman Al -- 41
Parish: Saint Paul's, Rdg. -- 81
Park (Pendora) -- 178, 179
Park Theatre at Carsonia -- 12
Parochial school at St. Paul's -- 81
Party organizers Goodman & Bertolet -- 150
Passenger Station (PA R.R.), Birdsboro -- 232
Passing Scene anniversary -- 150-153
Pastry Shop (Crystal) -- 64
Patent medicine "Minex" -- 218
Patton, Jen -- 163
Patton, Robert -- 163
Pauli, Rev. Philip Reinhold -- 97 - 99
Pawling, Michael -- 239
Peanuts (Deam, George A.) -- 8
Peerless Band -- 9
Peeves, Samuel -- 96
Peking Buffet -- 65
Pendelton, Mary -- 150
Pendora Hotel -- 179
Pendora Park -- 178, 179
Penn Ave. hotel, Sinking Spring -- 246
Penn Hotel Caf‚ -- 58
Penn Plaza Hotel -- 20
Penn Square Court House, 1762 -- 93
Penn Street Covered Bridge -- 18, 19
Penn Street Viaduct -- 36
Penn Street, North Side -- 64
Penn Street, North Side (500 block) -- 65
Penn-Werner Hotel -- 119
Penn Wheelman Organization -- 14
Penna. & Reading R.R. shops (kite photo) -- 77
Pennabecker, Lloyd -- 235
Penn's Common (City Park) -- 52, 61, 62
Pennsylvania House, Shartlesville -- 188, 189
Pennsylvania R.R. Freight Station -- 36
Pennsylvania R.R. Passngr Sta., Birdsboro -- 232
Pennsylvania R.R. Property -- 36, 37
Pennsylvania R.R.'s Reading Tower -- 37
Pennsylvania-German authority -- 89
Pennsy's Freight Depot, Birdsboro -- 232
Pensupreme Ice Cream Sign -- 48
People's Bank in Sinking Spring -- 246
Perfect, Patricia -- 150, 152, 153
Peters, Rev. Madison C. -- 35
Philadelphia & Reading R.R. -- 233
Philadelphia & Reading R.R.Depot, Boyertown -- 253
Phoebe Berks Village -- 124, 125
Photo by Saylor (5th & Penn) -- 88
Photo Salon in Bernville (photo wagon) -- 219
Photographer (Blatt, Cyrus G.) -- 219
Photographer (Deatrick, Rev. Dr. W. W.) -- 130
Photographer (Eddy, William Abner) -- 70 - 78
Photographer (Grumbine, Arthur W.) -- 5 - 7
Photographer (Hartman, William T.) -- 13
Photographer (Jim Shulman) --frontispiece, 89, 152
Photographer (McFadden, Ryan) -- 150, 151, 153
Photographer (Romanski, Walter A.) -- 22, 23, 27
Photographer (Scott, Myron) -- 40
Photographer (Shalter, III, Jonathan -- 32
Photographer (Strunk, John D.) -- 84
Photographer (Tenschert, John) -- 68
Photographer (Weidersaul, Harry A.) -- 19
Photographer (Yeager, Fred M.) -- 11, 259
Photographer (Shalter, Jon. -- 32
Piano in silent theatre -- 235
Piccaddilly Restaurant, Sinking Spring -- 246
Pipe Mill (tube) -- 38, 39
Pipe Mill, southwest Reading -- 38, 39
Pipe organ at Friedens (Dieffenbach) -- 185
Pipe organ in Lyric Theatre -- 34
Planter's (National Peanut Corp.) -- 8
Playground (Baer Park) -- 54, 55
Playground (St. Lawrence) -- 137
Plaza Theatre -- 12
Pleasantville, trolley substation -- 141
Poem about Susanna Cox -- 101
Poet (Wallace Stevens) -- 206
Police Chief David Y. Bausher -- 239
Pomeroy complex (kite photo) -- 76
Pomeroy’s at Christmas -- 22, 23
Pomeroy’s Department Store -- 22, 23
Poor House, Shillington - 155
Poore, Beth -- 150
Poore, Brad -- 150
Pope, Samuel -- 96
Post Office (Fredericksville) -- 115
Post Office (Gouglersville) -- 243
Post Office (Wernersville) -- 119
Post Office (Wyomissing) -- 238, 239
Post office explosion -- 239
Post office in Lesher store -- 188
Postcard collector D. Remaley -- 245, 252
Postmaster Peter Gougler -- 243
Postmaster at Fredericksville -- 115
Potteiger, Ruth -- 150
Potteiger, Wayne R. -- 205
Potteiger's Hotel, Shartlesville -- 189
Potteiger's Penn'a House, Shartlesville -- 189
Potter's Field Cemetery -- 96
Pottery made by L. Breininger (photo) -- 159
Power house at Limekiln -- 138
Power house at Shanesville -- 140
Preparing Food, Berkshire Knitting Mill -- 202
Price, Irvin -- 180
Prison (Berks County) -- 42
Prison (old) in City Park -- 155
Prison in City Park -- 62
Public House, Gouglersville - 242-245
Public house, old Lancaster Pike, Caernarvon -- 237
Puccini, Ulysses G. -- 31
Pumper pulled by car, Boyertown -- 245
Pyramid in Charles Evans Cem. -- 79
Quarry (Oley Valley Railroad) -- 137
Quinter, Sgt. -- 239
Rachel, Elsie Viola (Stevens) -- 206
Radio station announcer Jack Nelson -- 215
Railroad atop Mount Penn -- 258, 259

Railroad Bridge (Oley Valley) -- 133
Railroad Depot in Birdsboro (W&N) -- 233
Railroad shops (old P&R), kite photo -- 77
Railroad stations at Birdsboro -- 232, 233
Railway Car at Stony Creek Mills -- 126
Railway caution sign nr. Limekiln -- 143
Railway Company(Oley Valley) -- 132 - 146
Ramaley, David -- 114
Rambo, Ike -- 47
Ramous, William V. -- 35
Rapp, Cynthia -- 150
Rapp, David -- 150
Rapp, Eli M. -- 43
Raser, John B. -- 43
Ratajcak, Thos. -- 43
Raubenhold Bottling Works -- 187
Reading Anthracite Coal sign (photo) -- 33
Reading Area Community College -- 36
Reading Civic Opera rehearsal -- 156
Reading Daily Eagle -- 219
Reading Directory of 1856 -- 19
Reading Eagle (April Fool's Day in 1939) -- 5
Reading Eagle building (kite photo) -- 76
Reading Eagle Company -- 153
Reading Eagle correspondent C. G. Blatt -- 219
Reading Eagle Reporter Jason Brudereck-- 150, 153
Reading Fair beer stand (Lauer's) -- 52
Reading Fair in Penn's Common (circa 1882) -- 52
Reading Fire Chief Rehr -- 245
Reading from West Shore of Schuylkill -- 18
Reading Girls' High School bldg. -- 48
Reading Iron Company -- 38, 39
Reading Jaycees (soap box derby sponsor) -- 41
Reading Lodge No. 115 (Elks) -- 25
Reading Public Library -- 5
Reading Relay Company -- 56
Reading Steam Heat -- 49
Reading Steam Heat & Power Company -- 56
Reading Street Railway Car, Stony Creek -- 126
Reading Thespians (circa 1907) -- 12
Reading Times (L. Richards part-owner) -- 90
Reading Times newspaper -- 102
Reading Tower (Penn’a Railroad's ) -- 37
Reading Traction Company -- 155
Reading Water Department Office -- 117
Reading Woolen Mills -- 16
Reading, Looking Eastward to Penn's Mount -- 18
Reading-made Dile car -- 104-111
Reading's Sesqui-Centennial kite photos – 74-78
Reading's Union House -- 203
Read's Department Store -- 9
Reagan, George -- 223
Reber Wagon Works, Centerport -- 228
Reber, Twisty -- 126
Red Lion Tavern (Gouglersville) -- 242
Red Lion Tavern, Lancaster Road -- 242
Redding & Co. (clothiers) -- 8
Redware-maker L. Breininger -- 159
Reed's Lutheran Church -- 185
Reedy, Jacob -- 242
Reese, Carter -- 150
Reese, Sarah -- 150
Reeser, F. Robert -- 150
Reeser, Shirley -- 150
Reformed church (Maxatawny) -- 249
Refreshment Stand at Onyx Cave -- 172
Regina Leininger's grave-Site -- 205
Rehr, III, William H. -- 245
Reichert, Homer -- 162
Reichert, Virginia -- 162
Reinert, Ann Louise -- 150, 152
Reinert, Doug -- 102
Reinert, Mike -- 150, 153
Reitnouer, Abraham -- 131
Reitnouer, Annie (Bower) -- 131, 158
Remaley, David B. -- 245, 252
Rentschler log house -- 255
Rentschler, Dr. Harry F. -- 43, 161
Rentschler's Hill -- 255-257
Residence, Rev. A.J. Herman -- 249
Resorts (South Mountain) -- 119
Ressler, Nan -- 128
Restaurant & Bar, Jo Jo’s, Birdsboro -- 232
Restaurant (Crystal) -- 64
Restaurant (Hullinger's) -- 233
Restaurant (Saint Lawrence) -- 64
Rhoads, Lois -- 150
Rhodes Opera House Fire, Boyertown -- 245
Richards' (M. L.) Rdg. 1846 -- 19
Richard's Clothing Store -- 9
Richards' Toy Corner -- 47
Richards, Jerre Boyer -- 150
Richards, Louis -- 90-102
Richards, M. L. -- 19
Richards, Milton B. -- 47
Richards, Stephen G. -- 47
Rick, J. George -- 34
Riegel, Kenneth (opera star) -- 156
Rigg, John A. -- 144
Rigg, Samuel F. -- 144
Ritter Tavern -- 22, 123
Ritter, Catharine (Anderson) -- 203
Ritter, Elizabeth -- 123
Ritter, Jacob -- 123
Rittle, Ralph -- 231
Rizzo, Louis -- 175
Roberts, Helen -- 150
Robesonia -- 159, 165, 195
Robesonia Furnace -- 195
Robesonia Furnace School -- 195
Rocktashel, Joanna -- 150
Rocktashel, Mark -- 150, 153
Rodgers, Christopher -- 150, 153
Rolfs, Louisa (Bornemann) -- 81
Roller Mill (Womelsdorf) -- 221
Rolling Mill (Bertolet & Co.'s) -- 19
Romanski, Ronald B. -- 22, 23, 27
Romanski, Walter A. (photographer) -- 22, 23, 27
Romich, Allen -- 194
Rosenstock, Rose Anne -- 150
Rosenstock, Ruth -- 150
Rosenstock, Todd --16,150, 153
Roth, Mrs. Florence -- 103
Roundtop, late in day from Route 501 -- 161
Route 22 (Old) -- 255
Route 23 landmark hotel -- 237
Route 29 chapel -- 240
Route 422 Wm. Penn monument -- 247
Route 501 approaching Roundtop -- 161
Route of the Oley Valley Railway -- 136
Ruppert, Herman -- 163
Russia Sheet Mill -- 19
Rustic bridge (Carsonia) -- 263
Ruth, Jacob -- 125
Ruth, Michael W. -- 119
Sacher, Mary Ann -- 150
Sacred Heart R. C. Church -- 200
Sacred Oak Tree in Oley -- 250
Saint John's Lutheran Church -- 253
Saint Joseph's Hospital -- 82
Saint Lawrence Avenue -- 204
Saint Lawrence Borough -- 204
Saint Lawrence P.O.S. of A. Hall -- 204
Saint Lawrence Restaurant -- 64
Saint Luke's Lutheran Church -- 51
Saint Mark's Reformed Church -- 28
Saint Paul's Church -- 81-84
Saint Paul's Church interior -- 82, 84
Saint Paul's Parish (Rdg.) -- 81
Saint Paul's Parochial School -- 81
Saint Peter's Church, Topton -- 249
Saloon (Fulton Hall) -- 58
Sam's "dixie cup" diner -- 87
Sanatorium at Hamburg (State) -- 118
Sanatorium on Essick Track -- 118
Sanatorium on Neversink Mountain -- 118
Sands, J. Pierce -- 43
Santa Fe Ranch, Exeter Twp. -- 217
Santa Fe Rangers -- 217
Sassaman, Hester (Herman) -- 249
Saylor, B. & J. -- 49, 68
Schaeffer, Kenny -- 182
Schaffner, P




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