Tintype Memories from the Gratz Fair, 1872
Tintype photography achieved its greatest popularity in the 1860s and 1870s when practitioners of this art traveled to country fairs and set up temporary studios, where for a small fee, […]
Gratz – Simeon Lutheran Church Confirmation, 1895
This is believed to be the earliest known photograph of a Confirmation at the Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. It is of the class of 1895. The class […]
Gratz – Simeon Union Church Sunday School, 1908
In the years when Simeon Church in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was a “Union” church – meaning the facilities were shared by both Lutheran and Reformed congregations which alternated weekly […]
Gratz – Simeon Lutheran Church Confirmation, 1913
The photograph above is of the 1913 Simeon Lutheran Church Confirmation, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The identification of those pictured is as follows: Front Row (seated): Lula [Boyer] Phillips; Katie […]
Gratz – Simeon Reformed Church Women’s Group, 1930
The Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, had a women’s group in the 1930s and at that time posed for this photo, possibly taken at an outdoor event such […]
Martin Rickert (1804-1871) & Elizabeth “Betsy” Yerges (1813-1877)
MARTIN RICKERT was born in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, on 17 September 1804, the son of JOHANN HARTMAN RICKERT (1780-1828), an immigrant from Bavaria, and CATHERINE [LUBOLD] RICKERT […]
Gratz – Simeon Reformed Church Confirmation, 1927
The 1927 Confirmation Class of the Simeon Reformed Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, is pictured here. The persons in the photograph are identified as follows: Front Row (seated): Hannah [Schoffstall] […]
Gratz – Simeon Lutheran Confirmation, 1911
In 1911, Rev. Edgar J. Heilman, posed for a photograph with the Confirmation Class of the Simeon Lutheran Church, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. When this photograph was labeled, he was […]