Klansman Harvey Bowers Killed in Auto Crash, 1924
A blog post on Jake Wynn‘s Wynning History, featured a story about Ku Klux Klan member Harvey A. Bowers, May 17, 2018, who was killed in a car crash on […]
Unknown Baseball Team
An undated photo of an unknown baseball team from somewhere in the Pine Grove area, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The uniforms have the letter “W” possibly indicating the team was Williamstown, […]
Lykens-Williams Valley Picnic Featured a Cake Walk and Black-Face, 1929
In 1929, at the annual rally and picnic for the Lykens-Williams Valley, the program included aviators and parachute jumps, a young lady doing black-face comedy, and an “old fashioned cake […]
Former Elizabethville Hosiery Mill to be Converted to School, 1953
A brief article appearing in the Elizabethville Echo, July 16, 1953, told of the sale of the former Unrivaled Hosiery Mill to the Elizabethville Borough School District and the intention […]
Advertising the Dauphin County Klan Rally in Harrisburg, 1925
An advertisement that appeared in the Lykens Standard of September 4, 1925, for the Ku Klux Klan Day and Parade in Harrisburg on Labor Day, 1925. As was later shown […]
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 […]
Two Portraits of John B. Lesher (1868-1957) of Williamstown
A studio portrait of John Becker Lesher of Williamstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken in 1950. J. B. Becker was an apparel factory owner in Williamstown and other […]
Sam B. Rich – Grand Dragon of Pennsylvania Ku Klux Klan Charged
In 1925, the most prominent individual in the Pennsylvania Ku Klux Klan was Samuel D. Rich. On Labor Day, September 7, 1925, a major Dauphin County Klan event was held […]