Rev. J. W. Klingler & Family of Tremont
An undated photograph of the Rev. John W. Klinger family of Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Pictured left to right are Rev. Klingler, daughter Carolyn Klingler, and wife Agnes Klingler. Rev. […]
The Great Pillow Fire of 1926 (3)
The following news article is from the Lykens Standard, April 23, 1926, via Newspapers.com. _______________________________________ $5,000 DAMAGE DONE IN FIRE WHICH THREATENED HEART OF PILLOW BORO; 5 COMPANIES FIGHT BLAZE […]
The Great Pillow Fire of 1926 (2)
The following news article is from the Elizabethville Echo, April 22, 1926, via Newspapers.com. _______________________________________ FIRE THREATENED TOWN OF PILLOW ESTIMATE $10,000 LOSS IN BLAZE THAT SWEEPS SEVEN PROPERTIES FIVE […]
The Great Pillow Fire of 1926 (1)
The following news article is from the Harrisburg Evening News, April 21, 1926, via Newspapers.com. _______________________________________ FIREMEN FROM FIVE TOWNS HELP FIGHT BIG FIRE AT PILLOW PILLOW, April 21 [1926] […]
Harry Smith – Killed by Train, 1925
HARRY SMITH OF GRATZ, KILLED BY TRAIN Residents thruout this section and the thousands who yearly attend the Gratz Fair at Gratz, Pennsylvania, were shocked Wednesday evening to learn of […]
Gratz Labor Day Program Includes Black-Face & Baseball, 1929
In 1929, Labor Day festivities in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, included baseball games, a parade, turtle races, watermelon eating contests, and “colored skits” performed in black-face by Arthur Klinger and […]
Gratz Historical Society, 1994
A water color painting of the Gratz Historical Society building on West Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The painting is signed and dated Eleanor Leonard, 1994. ________________________________________ Corrections and […]
Racist Lodge Dedicates Its New Hall in Gratz, 1873
A photograph taken around 1887 of the Odd Fellows building in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building, which was built in 1872, was formally dedicated in June 1873, with elaborate […]