Specktown – Another Landmark Demolished, 2021
A July 2021 photographic essay by Ethan Evitts of the last days of the William Evitts (1854-1928) and Sarah A. [Daniel] Evitts (1859-1925) Homestead in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, […]
Emanuel Dietrich Family
A colorized version of a studio portrait of the Emanuel Dietrich & Ellen [Adams] Dietrich Family, taken in 1892, on the occasion of the 40th Wedding Anniversary of the couple. […]
Frederick Coleman (1807-1869) & Lydia [Shade] Coleman (1813-1873)
An undated studio portrait on a cabinet card of Frederick Coleman (1807-1869) and his wife, Lydia “Letta” [Shade/Schadt] Coleman (1813-1873) of Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The portrait was taken […]
John S. Reiff – Sheriff-Elect of Dauphin County, 1899
A line-drawn portrait of John S. Reiff, Sheriff-Elect of Dauphin County, as presented in the Lykens Register, November 9, 1899. The results of the election, by communities, were also published […]
Edward Holtzman (1849-1940)
An undated portrait photograph of Edward Holtzman, born October 5, 1849, in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, son of John Peter Holtzman (1809-1863) and Catherine Elizabeth [Kissinger] Holtzman (1810-1881). The […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (2)
The Pottsville Republican of February 10, 1939, reported on the progress of the recovery of the bodies of three men buried in a mine cave-in at Good Spring, Schuylkill County, […]
Good Spring – Three Gratz Men Killed in Mine Cave-In, 1939 (1)
The front page of the Pottsville Republican, February 9, 1939, reporting that three men from Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, were buried in a bootleg mine cave-in near Good Spring, Schuylkill […]
Gratz – History Involves Many Prestigious Men
A newspaper photo of an undated post card with the title, “Coming Home From School – Gratz, Pennsylvania.” The photo accompanied a feature article in the Citizen-Standard, Valley View, on […]