Gratz Airport – Bressler’s Air Service, 1946
A souvenir card provided to individuals who took flights on Bressler’s Air Service out of the Gratz Airport, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The card, No. 91 in sequence, issued 15 […]
Charles Thomas Family
Seated in this undated photograph are Charles Monroe Thomas (1863-1925) and his wife Lydia Ann [Schoffstall] Thomas (1862-1919) of Gratz and Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.. The two women standing […]
Gratz – Carnegie Pipe Organ Dedication, 1907
An undated photograph of the pipe organ at the Simeon Lutheran and Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, which was dedicated on 21 April 1907 at morning, noon and evening […]
Uriah Daniels Family, 1907
A 1907 photograph of a gathering at the home of Uriah Daniels (1859-1923), of Gratz or Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo are: Front Row (seated): Norman […]
John Henry Pontius Jr. (1773-1826)
An undated silhouette portrait of John Henry Pontius Jr., who was born about 1773 and died in 1826. His father was John Henry Pontius Sr., born 1744 and died 1822. […]
Alvin Daniels Jr. (1926-1936) – Killed in Coaster Accident
GRATZ COASTER FATALLY HURT BY TRUCK Alvin Daniels Jr., 10 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Daniels of Gratz was fatally injured last Saturday afternoon when his sled […]
Lykens Township – Hanover Canning Company
A photograph taken about 1955 of the October rush of tomatoes at the Hanover Canning Company plant. A story of this canning company’s presence in the Lykens Valley was told […]
Gratz Airport – Established in 1946
The Gratz Airport was established in 1946 by Clifford Bressler who owned land west of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, Bressler built a 4-plane hangar to house his own small planes. […]