Hummelstown Area Historical Society

The Hummelstown Area Historical Society cordially invites you to its latest exhibition, “Then and Now”. 

The show showcases vintage photographs of Hummelstown streets and properties from the Society’s archives. A hundred original photographs were carefully selected and copied for the “Then” part of the exhibition. These photographs were paired with current pictures of the same sites, which make up the “Now” portion of the exhibition. It’s interesting to see how some properties have changed, while others have remained the same. It is fun to see if you know where properties are located before reading the captions that are provided!

Much of the vintage photographs were taken by Sun Publisher Rich Hartwell and former Society President Phil Rainey. Some of the other photographs came from celebratory publications, family albums, and newspapers while the current photographs were taken by Dante Neely and Wade Seibert.
The exhibition features fascinating photographs, including three of the Warwick, with the earliest one dating back to 1900. It also includes pictures of three gas stations on Main Street, the Swatara Creek covered bridge, and the 1922 bridge that replaced it, as well as several old photographs of the Parish House.

If you have an old photograph of a building in town, consider sharing it with the Society. Bring the photograph to the Society office, and a photograph of your original picture will be taken and used in the exhibition.

The grand opening of the “Then and Now” exhibition will take place on Sunday, March 10, from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The exhibition is also open during normal business hours on Mondays from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm and Wednesdays from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. 

Admission is free.