A 1907 photo post card depicting a political speech at the celebration of the Millersburg Centennial, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments […]
A photograph taken on 10 September 1913 of the first airplane (or aeroplane) to land at Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the Souvenir Book for the Millersburg […]
FLYING EXHIBITIONS BY WALTER E. JOHNSON A GREAT TREAT Lykens Valley in general and Elizabethville in particular were fortunate in having one of the most noted aviators in the country […]
WALTER E. JOHNSON FLIES TO GRATZ “They Shall fly as the eagle.” — Habakkuk, Chapter 1, Verse 8 Perhaps the most thrilling spectacle ever witnessed here was the flight yesterday […]
AVIATOR AT GRATZ FAIR FLIES NINE MILES IN SIX MINUTES Special to the Telegraph Lykens, Pennsylvania, September 19 [1913] — The aeroplane flights at the Gratz Fair were fairly successful, […]
GRATZ FAIR HAS BIG CROWD OPENING DAY Aeroplane Has Been Engaged For Flights Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Special to the Telegraph Gratz, Pennsylvania, September 16 [1913] — The first day […]
ELIZABETHVILLE HAS ITS FIRST AEROPLANE FLIGHT By Special Correspondence Elizabethville, Pennsylvania, September 20 [1913] — This place saw its first flight of an aeroplane on Wednesday, when Walter Johnson, of […]
An undated photograph of the first Gratz Band, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The band was organized in 1892 and played at the Gratz Fair every year during the band’s existence. […]