ClearfieldCearfield brings to life a time when carriages traveled the streets, lumber floated down the river, William Jennings Bryan visited Curwensville, Houtzdale's "Alley Popper" railway was running, and people enjoyed fine dining and dancing at the Dimeling Hotel. Postcards, once a convenient and easy way to communicate, inadvertently became an important way of preserving history. The cards of this exciting new collection bear witness to many moments in Clearfield history, including World War I soldiers marching down Market Street, the 1936 flood, the collapse of the Nichols Street Bridge, and the aftermath of the Opera House fire. |
Contents
Acknowledgments 69 | 6 |
Introduction | 7 |
Street Scenes | 9 |
Landmarks | 29 |
Disasters | 47 |
Community | 57 |
Curwensville | 73 |
Industry | 95 |
The View from Above | 109 |
Neighbors | 113 |
Miscellaneous Greetings | 123 |
Common terms and phrases
Altoona Bickford Fire Brick Clearfield and Philipsburg Clearfield Bank Clearfield County Courthouse Clearfield County Historical Clearfield County Jail CLEARFIELD CREEK CLEARFIELD HIGH SCHOOL Clearfield Hospital Clearfield Trust Company corner County Historical Society County National Bank Courtesy Leitzinger collection Courtesy Test collection Courtesy Zalno collection Curwensville High School Dimeling Hotel Dimeling Senior Residence FILBERT STREETS Francis Church Germany Graded Public School Julie Rae Rickard Kupfer Cut Glass Kurtz Bros LAKE TO SEA Leitzinger Bros located Locust Street Log Drive looks east looks north Lumber City LUTHERAN CHURCH Market Street Bridge Methodist Church National Bank building Nichols Street Bridge old Clearfield County Osceola Mills PARK HOTEL Patton Building Patton Graded Public Pee Wee's Nest PENNA photograph Pie Opera House postcard shows Presbyterian church SEA HIGHWAY Shown side for address STATIONERS AND PRINTERS Susquehanna River Today Turnpike Avenue Upper Witmer Park view looks view of Clearfield view shows Way's Stationery Store