Elizabethville Newspaper Supports Chinese Exclusion, 1906
An article appearing in the Elizabethville Echo, October 25, 1906, seemed to suggest that the newspaper and its proprietor, Milton A. Miller, supported the views of Rep. Marlin E. Olmsted […]
Black-Face Minstrel Show in Elizabethville, 1959
A black-face minstrel show was presented by the football team of the Upper Dauphin High School and the V. F. W. Post of Elizabethville on the evenings of February 27, […]
Black-Face Minstrel Show in Elizabethville, 1961
A minstrel show was presented by the Elizabethville Baseball Club on the evening of March 3, 1961, at the Upper Dauphin High School, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The following article […]
Gratz News – January 9, 1979
From the Gratz News column of a local newspaper, January 9, 1979: Gratz News by Debbie Deppen Historical Society The Gratz Historical Society held its monthly meeting December 28 at […]
Black-Face Minstrel Show in Elizabethville, 1960
Notice that the Boy Scout Troop 86 of Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was presenting a minstrel show was given in article in four successive editions of the Elizabethville Echo, beginning […]
Bear Valley Mine Explosion Kills Six, 1908 (5)
This post is part of a series of articles on the explosion that occurred at Bear Valley, No. 1 Shaft, Summit Branch Colliery, near Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, July 15, […]
First National Bank of Elizabethville – Ten Dollar Note, 1920
A ten dollar bank note (National Currency] issued by the First National Bank of Elizabethville, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1920. The portrait of William McKinley appears on the […]
Elizabethville – Kratzer’s Hardware, 1955
A 1955 advertisement for Kratzer’s Hardware, 416 W. Main Street, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Texaco Products – Lucas Paints Blacksmithing – Welding __________________________________ From Program for the Gratz Sesquicentennial, 1805-1955. […]