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Millersburg Centennial, 1907 – Political Speech

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 […]

October 16, 2019
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Millersburg – First Airplane, 1913

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 […]

October 8, 2019
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Aviators Visit Lykens Valley, 1913

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 […]

October 8, 2019
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Walter E. Johnson Flying Exhibition at Gratz, 1913

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 […]

October 8, 2019
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From Elizabethville to Gratz in Six Minutes by Air, 1913

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, […]

October 8, 2019
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Airplane Flights at the Gratz Fair, 1913

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 […]

October 8, 2019
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First Aeroplane Flight at Elizabethville, 1913

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 […]

October 8, 2019
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First Gratz Band Organized in 1892

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. […]

October 7, 2019

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