Caption: The Dark Side of the Great Strike. This miner’s family ate the last of their provisions on Friday. Source: Philadelphia Times, September 30, 1900, via Newspapers.com. ________________________________ Corrections and […]
JOSEPH M. GLICK COMMITS SUICIDE TODAY! He Fires a Forty-Calibre Revolver Ball Into His Mouth – Financial Embarrassments Said to be the Cause for the Rash Act of Self-Destruction Joseph […]
An image of the front page of the Philadelphia Times, September 30, 1900, with headline, “Rumors That Operators Will Make Further Concessions to Secure a Settlement.“ Price of Powder to […]
The house on Lots 71, 73 & 75, East Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was built about 1889 by John F. Kembel. The above undated, colorized photograph pictures the house […]
The house on Lots 68 & 70, East Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was built about 1878. The above undated, colorized photograph pictures the house with Sarah Adeline Miller & […]
An article from the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1900: WE’LL FIGHT IT OUT TO THE BITTER END.” SAY THE WIVES OF COAL MINERS That Men Must Work and Women Must […]
A (colorized) photograph of John Finley Morse Schminky (1872-1960) and Carrie Louisa [Maurer] Schminky (1874-1962) on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1940. The couple lived in Gratz, […]
A map of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1756, “drawn from the best authorities, by Thomas Kitchen.” Printed for R. Baldwin, 1756. Source: Library of Congress Map Collection. Below, an enlarged […]