Little Beaver Historical Society

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Harry Millers 1881 report card Philipsburg Union School Phillipsburg (Monaca )

From the book images of America Monaca by Carol Dietrich Ripper

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H.C. Fry Glass company band Rochester PA.

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Jeff Worst of South Beaver and Sue Ohnezeit of Beaver Falls act for the benefit of the camera filming "A Day in the Life of a One Room School " C.Lloyd Deffenbaugh of Industry is playing the teacher .

From the book Biographical Sketches of Beaver County .

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Freedom railroad station 1961.

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Main street Enon Valley .

10/14/2026

Steam train filling tender with coal at Conway Yards.

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The Dreamland Theater in Beaver Falls projected slides when it opened . The slides were projected by this device the Magic Lantern . We have a few of these in our collection.
The slides as described by Wikipedia
"Originally the pictures were hand painted on glass slides. Initially, figures were rendered with black paint but soon transparent colors were also used. Sometimes the painting was done on oiled paper. Usually black paint was used as a background to block superfluous light, so the figures could be projected without distracting borders or frames. Many slides were finished with a layer of transparent lacquer, but in a later period cover glasses were also used to protect the painted layer. Most handmade slides were mounted in wood frames with a round or square opening for the picture.
A paper rimmed mass-produced slide
After 1820 the manufacturing of hand colored printed slides started, often making use of decalcomania transfers. Many manufactured slides were produced on strips of glass with several pictures on them and rimmed with a strip of glued paper.[9]
The first photographic lantern slides, called hyalotypes, were invented by the German-born brothers Ernst Wilhelm (William) and Friedrich (Frederick) Langenheim in 1848 in Philadelphia and patented in 1850."

10/14/2026

Does anyone remember this small magazine ? Printed by the ara printing company in Koppel it had story's of the upper valley for Beaver and Lawrence county .

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How many of you remember the Midland News Paper .

For 46 years, the Midland News covered Midland. Its last edition ran 1982.

The The Midland News published in Midland, PA, open in 1936 and closed in 1982.