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This is an advertisement from the January 18, 1898 Harrisburg Telegraph inviting all interested parties to the home of Mrs. Gilbert for the purpose of creating the Civic Club. It was taken from Newspapers.com

This 1898 article from a local Harrisburg newspaper preserved in a Civic Club Scrapbook regards the creation of the Civic Club.

This paper is on the Civic Club and was written by an anonymous club member in the 1900s.

A page listing the club members of 1904-1905 from the Civic Club yearbook, which shows the names of the president and other members.

A newspaper headline stating the Civic Club's new entrance to Market Street with the old capitol columns was a successful transformation of a previously hideous sight

This article from a local newspaper was preserved in a Civic Club scrapbook. It concerns the Civic Club's campaign against spitting on sidewalks and in public areas in the early 1900s.

An article from the Civic Club column in The Patriot regarding the need for water filtration in the city

This poem is from "Helping to Clean Our City," a paper written by an anonymous Civic Club member in the early 1900s. It encourages citizens to participate in Cleaning Day.

This is page two of a paper regarding the club's civic creed and duty. It was written by an anonymous club member in the early 1900s.

This early 1900s article from a local newspaper and preserved in a Civic Club scrapbook speaks about the request of the Civic Club on the public removal of garbage from the city.