Two photographs of a summer picnic in Specktown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, hosted by William E. “Bill” Dietrich (1896-1977) at the Riegle-Dietrich homestead. Bill was the unofficial “Mayor of Specktown” and […]
CHEST X-RAY TO BE GIVEN AT GRATZ FAIR, 22 SEPTEMBER [1948] Men and women attending the Gratz Fair, Wednesday, [22 September 1948], will have an opportunity to obtain chest x-rays […]
A 1986 photograph of workers assembling aluminum bleachers at the Gratz Fair next to the grandstand. The bleachers were purchased from an Iowa firm. _________________________________ From the Pottsville Republican, 4 […]
Mines Closed to Allow Men to Visit Gratz Fair Special to the Telegraph Wiconisco, Pennsylvania, 19 September [1913] — Thursday being the most important day of the week for Gratz […]
Gratz Fair Operators Are Sued for $25,000. The Gratz Agricultural and Horticultural Association, which conducts the Gratz Fair, is named defendant in a $25,000 damage suit filed in the Dauphin […]
In 1952, the fourth film in Universal-International’s Ma and Pa Kettle series was released, Ma and Pa Kettle at the Fair, starring Marjorie Main and Percy Kilbride. The synopsis of […]
GRATZ FAIR STUNT DRIVER HURT AS SAFETY BELT FAILS A safety belt which was not so safe after all proved the undoing of John Filipick, 27, stunt man for Ward […]
Marie E. Buffington Dies At Gratz Marie E. Buffington, 50, died Saturday night at her home in Gratz. She was born in Gratz, a daughter of Henry G. Buffington and […]