Rev. John Peter Schindel Sr. (1787-1853)
Rev. John Peter Schindel Sr. – Lutheran Minister of the Lykens Valley John Peter Schindel was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, 3 October 1787, the son of John Peter Schindel, […]
Gratz Sesquitennial – Antique Display Committee, 1955
A 1955 photo of some of the members of the Gratz Sesquicentennial’s Antique Display Committee, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pictured are: Marie [Umholtz] Stine, Mae Boger; Freida Koppenhaver. Not pictured: […]
Norman Riegle & Edward Evitts – Playing Soldier, 1905
A photo post card from about 1905 of two Specktown teens playing Civil War soldiers with their father’s and grandfather’s military weapons. Identified are (left to right): Norman Riegle (1886-1942); […]
Gratz – Reed’s Inn, 1988
A 1988 photograph of Reed’s Inn, a family restaurant in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on the north side of Route 25 next to the Gratz Fairgrounds. It opened in 1965 […]
Lawrence Leitzel (1895-1945)
FUNERAL TODAY FOR LYKENS TOWNSHIP FARMER Lawrence Leitzel, age 49 years, Lykens Township, farmer, died in the Geisinger Hospital, Danville, on Sunday. Mr. Leitzel was injured in an accident, by […]
Sarah Ann [Yeager] Evitts (1826-1876)
A carte de visite of Sarah Ann [Yeager] Evitts produced about 1870. She was born 1 December 1826, the daughter of Peter Yeager and Elizabeth Matter and lived most of […]
James E. Zerfing (1876-1942)
Funeral Saturday For James Zerfing, Gratz Merchant Funeral services for James E. Zerfing, well known Gratz resident, who died at his home there Tuesday evening [18 August 1942], will be […]
Gratz – Adams Ford, 1920s
An early 1920s photograph of the construction at the site of Adams Ford in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This business was located on the south side of East Market Street […]