July 9, 2025
Tag: Harrisburg
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It’s Old Home Week!
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Small towns in New England and the Mid-Atlantic lost population as westward migration and the lure of factory work drew young people away. Old Home Week attempted to lure them back.
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June 9, 2024 6 Comments
It is an oxymoron indeed to, “put on your Sunday best, we’re going to see an oil tank burn!” But it happened many times in the first decades of the 20th century. You could even go by train on a Sunday afternoon. The postcards only hint at what a circus it must have been.