Thomas H. Ransom – Barber of Millersburg
Thomas Henry Ransom was born as a slave in Winchester, Virginia, January 22, 1855, to Thomas Ransom and Margaret Ransom, maiden name unknown. He first appeared in official Lykens Valley […]
Gratz Fair – Trapeze Artist, 1912
A real photo post card image believed to be from about 1912 of a crowd at the Gratz Fair watching a trapeze artist, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________________ Corrections and […]
Martha Evans of Shamokin, 1936
A 1936 portrait photograph of Martha Evans of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Obiter, the 1936 yearbook of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Columbia County, […]
Valentine E. Eisenhower – Halifax Area Hometown Heroes
VALENTINE E. EISENHOWER 210th REGIMENT CO A INFANTRY CIVIL WAR ____________________________________ See also: For information on the availability of copies of this book, contact Halifax Area Historical Society. ________________________________ Corrections […]
Gratz – Black-Face Gathering at Town Square
This undated post card was incorrectly identified by an eBay seller as a Memorial Day celebration in 1907 in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, when in fact it was previously identified […]
Jean E. Schrader of Shamokin, 1944
A 1944 portrait photograph of Jean E. Schrader of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from The Obiter, the 1944 yearbook of the Bloomsburg State Teachers College, Bloomsburg, Columbia […]
Cuyler’s Nine Baseball Team, 1870s
A photograph from the early 1870s of a baseball team known as Cuyler’s Nine, from West Mahanoy Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in J. H. Zerbey‘s History of […]
Millersburg – Hotel Freck, 1909
An envelope or cover with corner card for the Hotel Freck, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, N. M. Freck, Proprietor, mailed on November 7, 1909, to an addressee in Harrisburg, Mr. […]