Gratz – Umholtz Farm on Levi Marks Tract
An undated photograph of the George Umholtz Farm, west of the town center of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The farm was established on the Levi Marks tract of more than 308 acres. The […]
An undated photograph of the George Umholtz Farm, west of the town center of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The farm was established on the Levi Marks tract of more than 308 acres. The […]
An undated photograph (probably from around 1900) of the barn and sawing mill of the Shiro family of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals pictured are identified. _____________________________________________ […]
A photograph taken in Philadelphia at the Jefferson Medical School picturing five medical students working with a cadaver. Only one of the men is identified: Wilhelm “William” Lebo, who is […]
A 1971 advertisement from the Dormar Manufacturing Company, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, looking for sewing machine operators. The ad appeared in the Lykens Standard, August 5, 1971. WANTED SEWING MACHINE […]
Two brief mentions have been located of a seminary at Valley View, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Both were found in the Valley View News column of the Harrisburg Telegraph, May 15, […]
The recovery of the bodies of two other miners killed in an independent (bootleg) mining operation near Good Spring, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, took place over several more days. News reports […]
The Pottsville Republican of February 10, 1939, reported on the progress of the recovery of the bodies of three men buried in a mine cave-in at Good Spring, Schuylkill County, […]
An undated photograph (probably taken before 1900), of the Shiro Family Home, at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. None of the individuals pictured are identified. ______________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should […]