3-Year-Old Girl Loses Hand in Chopping Machine, 1906
CHILD’S HAND TORN OFF IN CHOPPING MACHINE On Monday while Jacob B. Shiro, residing one mile south of Gratz, was grinding oyster shells in his chopping mill, his three-year-old daughter […]
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1919-1925
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]
Gratz – John J. Laudenslager Family
A cabinet card photograph of the John Jacob Laudenslager family of Gratz and Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo: Front Row (seated): Charles H. Laudenslager (1847-1921); John J. Laudenslager (1823-1895); Julia […]
Gratz – Veterans of Foreign Wars
An undated membership pin for the Diamond Jubilee Post No. 2385, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Gratz, Dauphin County Pennsylvania. Since the late 1970s, the headquarters of this organization has been […]
Loyalton – Man with 2 Wives Kills Father & Self, 1962
A man from Washington, D. C., went to visit his father near Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, supposedly to get financial assistance to help him get through his loss of his […]
Gratz – Memories Book, Volume 5
The cover of Gratz Memories, Volume 5, published by the Gratz Historical Society, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 2005. Contributors: William Alliso, H. Pefeer, S. P. Heilman, Charles Buffington, Jacque Buffington, Ned Weaver, Edward L. Bechtel, Robert Coleman, Robert Geist, Blair Keefer, Alfreda Leffler, John A. Romberger, Matilda […]
Gratz – Memories Book, Volume 4
The cover of Gratz Memories, Volume 4, published by the Gratz Historical Society, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 1990. Conributors: Lena [Klinger] Kessler, Samuel Riegel, Guy C. Schieb, Ellen Shade, Clayton Umholtz, Helen [Bowers] Dietrich, Ruth Stutzman, Robert Ramsey, Steve Troutman, Marion [Romberger] Troutman, Helen […]
Iva [Koppenhaver] Wentzler – Memories of the Great Gratz Fire of 1924
Many descriptions of the Great Gratz Fire of November 4, 1924, have been published – including the accounts of newspapers of the local area and region and summaries of the fire written […]