Regardless of what you think about the theories of global warming, this summer has been a scorcher.

Hot. Humid. Sultry. Whatever you want to call it, we’ve been sweating through sweltering days and nights all summer long.

So, to lift your spirits, we delved into the archives (checking under “blizzard” wasn’t too hard) and found these photos from 1988, when The Reporter was looking back 100 years to the Great Blizzard of 1888 (people in 1888 may not have thought the blizzard was too great).

An accompanying story to these photos even highlighted Lottie Oberholtzer of Towamencin, who had been born on March 12, 1888, when snow drifts blocked the first-floor doors and windows of her house.

The account noted that the doctor who delivered her had to enter the house through a second-story window.

The snow began falling on March 11, 1888, and fell for three days with 60 mph winds, creating 10- to 20-foot drifts.

One photo today was courtesy of the Bucks County Historical Society’s Spruance Library, and shows a scene from Doylestown.

Mayor John Donnelly, to the left of the mule team, is shown in front of the National Bank at Court and Main streets, Doylestown.

The other photo is a scene shot on Main Street in Souderton after the blizzard

Now, do you feel cooler?

Today we revisit a few photos from the “North Penn Revue,” produced in September 1946 to showcase “The North Penn Victory Celebration,” honoring the area’s service men and women who had served in World War II.

It was published by Charles J. Maguire of the North Penn News in Lansdale.

In one of our photos today, it is noted that hundreds of bond rallies were held throughout the North Penn area in the numerous industrial plants.

The photo featured today shows people at a rally being held at the Dexdale Hosiery Mills in Lansdale.

The other photo features Donald Schmidt and Bob Oberholtzer.

According to caption information, the men worked at Hunter Pressed Steel in Lansdale before they entered the service 13 days before Pearl Harbor.

The two “donned khaki together and, as members of the 185th Field Artillery Battalion, they fought in the Tunisian campaign together, as well as the one in the Italian mountains and others. With victory won they returned home and to their jobs, once more at Hunter Pressed Steel.”

Back in 1957, several local young men decided to enlist for service in the Army.

They included Russell Housekeeper, a member of the first graduating class of North Penn High School in 1956, who is seen at far right in this photo today.

The Housekeepers shared this picture with us, which appeared in the paper on Feb. 20, 1957.

The caption that ran with the photo noted:

“Recruiting Sgt. Dennis Hartman gives a parting word to five youths of Lasndale and nearby who enlisted for service in the Army, at the Lansdale Post Office. From Sgt. Hartman, at the left, are Milton Kessler, Lansdale; Kenneth Shelly, North Wales; Raymond Dettra and Anthony Martelli, both of Hatfield; and Russell Housekeeper, Lansdale.

“After the picture was taken, the unit left for training at Fort Jackson, S.C.”

It’s great to see photos such as this, and we hope you will share photos and stories of those who served in the military or are serving now, for our Soldiers Stories blog at www.thereporteronline.com.

There was a time when Lansdale was a hub for knitting mills and textiles.

The Turbo building at Derstine Avenue and Valley Forge Road, now the site of the Turbo Lofts condominiums, was part of that history.

At one time it housed part of the former Dexdale Hosiery operation,.

Even today, the Lofts feature unique interior support pillars that were preserved during the restoration process.

But today we have another aspect of that history, compliments of Letitia Schultz of Lansdale.

She has shared with us a photo taken at the 1942 Christmas gathering for Dexdale, showing the skein winders, office staff and shipping and processing workers of Dexdale.

According to information on the back of the photo, in the second row (behind the men), the first woman at the left is Adele Gorski, whose brother is Caesar Gorski, the builder. Sixth from left is Clara Streichert, Schultz’s mother.

Also noted is that they were from Skippack, which gave them “C” gas stickers during the war.

As you can see, the photo was snapped by Seelig Photography, now known as Cardinal Camera.