A newspaper photograph of Clarence E. Prout of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, an extraordinary musician from the coal region who passed away in 1905. The Lykens Standard on February 10, […]
Today’s blog post looks at the initial response to the news that The Birth of A Nation, D. W. Griffith‘s photoplay about the Civil War and the rise of the Ku […]
A newspaper story on the June 1925 Ku Klux Klan demonstration at Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, from the Pine Grove Press Herald, June 19, 1925: Klan Demontration The K. […]
A screen capture from the silent film Birth of a Nation, D. W. Griffith‘s photoplay about the Civil War and the rise of the Ku Klux Klan after the war. […]
A newspaper photograph of the choir of the United Brethren Church, Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, published by the Lykens Standard, July 24, 1925. None of the individuals in the photo […]
A photograph taken in 2019 of the honorary plaque in Central Square, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, for Ralph “Koppy” Koppenhaver (1906-1991) who served as Millersburg’s “official” Santa Claus for 41 […]
The plans for a large Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, appeared in the Pine Grove Press Herald, May 28, 1926: Monster K. K. K. Demonstration […]
A premium ribbon from the Millersburg Poultry Show, held October 1 through October 3, 1936, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. According to an article which appeared in the Elizabethville Echo, October […]