Harry Smith – Killed by Train, 1925
HARRY SMITH OF GRATZ, KILLED BY TRAIN Residents thruout this section and the thousands who yearly attend the Gratz Fair at Gratz, Pennsylvania, were shocked Wednesday evening to learn of […]
Floyd E. Shawda Jr. of Shamokin, 1951
A 1951 portrait photograph of Floyd E. Shawda Jr. of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1951 yearbook of the Millersville State Teachers College, Millersville, Lancaster County, […]
A Quartette of Tremont Belles
An undated photograph of four young belles of Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Pictured (left to right): Katie Minnig (Mrs. Monroe Hand) Florence Minnig (Mrs. Francis Jennings) Carrie Minnig (Mrs. Homer […]
Marie K. Byerly of Herndon, 1929
A 1929 portrait photograph of Marie K. Byerly of Herndon, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Obiter, the 1929 yearbook of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Columbia […]
Gratz Labor Day Program Includes Black-Face & Baseball, 1929
In 1929, Labor Day festivities in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, included baseball games, a parade, turtle races, watermelon eating contests, and “colored skits” performed in black-face by Arthur Klinger and […]
Elwood H. Miller of Lykens, 1951
A 1951 portrait photograph of Elwood H. Miller of Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1951 yearbook, The Spectrum, of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, available […]
Two Portraits of John B. Lesher (1868-1957) of Williamstown
A studio portrait of John Becker Lesher of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken in 1950. J. B. Becker was an apparel factory owner in Williamstown and other […]
The Dietrich Family in the Lykens Valley Area
An undated photograph of St. Paul’s Church, Dietrich, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ___________________________________ According to information published in Our Dietrich Lines (2007), a published work on the Dietrich family, there are […]