Tag: Wyomissing Borough
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Paper Mill Road Covered Bridge
Read more: Paper Mill Road Covered BridgeThe following images were taken in 1957 and I believe them to be depicting around the then-countryside of Wyomissing Borough. The first image has been identified, but the remaining two are up in the air. EDIT: The second image is now believed to be a covered bridge that sat in the area of the old…
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Wyomissing Borough Streets – 1890, 1935 and Today
Read more: Wyomissing Borough Streets – 1890, 1935 and TodayWyomissing Borough is a community that is rich with history and ties to industry in the late 1800s and turn of the 20th century. It was a community built by the founders and businessmen who ran the knitting mills; Henry Janssen and Ferdinand Thun. It became an opportunity to house their workers so they could…
