Protests Against Birth of a Nation, 1915 (5)
A copy of the theatrical poster displayed at venues showing D. W. Griffith‘s screenplay, The Birth of a Nation, which made its debit in 1915. The poster depicts a horse […]
Pennsylvania Railroad Excursion to Klan Convocation in D. C., 1926
An advertisement from the Lykens Standard, September 10, 1926 for a special excursion train leaving the Lykens Valley for Washington, D. C., and the Ku Klux Klan conclave to be […]
Millersburg High School – Football, 1909
A 1909 photograph of the football team of Millersburg High School, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This was the first sports team to represent the school. None of the individuals in […]
Was Wiconisco Home Destroyed by Meteor or Lightning?
The Lykens Standard, published on Friday, September 10, 1926, claimed it was a meteor, and gave the most extensive coverage to the event. The Elizabethville Echo, published the day before […]
Ku Klux Klan Charters Train from Lykens to Washington, 1925
A brief article from the Lykens Standard, July 24, 1925, indicating that the Ku Klux Klan had chartered a train to depart from Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on August 8, […]
More News Briefs About the Ku Klux Klan, 1928
By 1928, the Ku Klux Klan presence in the Lykens Valley area had begun to fade away. However, some additional news briefs have been located from 1928 and are given […]
Elizabethville – Announcing Klan Field Day, 1926
A notice of Klan Field Day in Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was printed in the August 26, 1926 issue of the Elizabethville Echo: KLAN TO HOLD FIELD DAY HERE, SATURDAY […]
Gratz High School – Baseball Division Champs, 1932
Gratz-Porter H. S. Scrap for Base Ball Honors With but one defeat marked against them the Gratz High School baseball team emerged winners of the lower end group of the […]