Man With Two Names Killed in Mines, 1903
He was known by various combinations of Benjamin Walter “Archie” Roe [or Row] and also known as Benjamin Row Dietrich [or Deitrich]. He died as a result of falling down […]
Sarah [Irving] Fotheringill – Lykens Green Grocer, 1908
Sarah [Irving] Fotheringill (1848-1925) was a prominent community leader and businesswoman in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, in 1908. In article from a special Souvenir Edition of the Lykens Standard, March 13, […]
Four Generations of a Millersburg Family
A photograph from the Harrisburg Telegraph, November 24, 1928, of four generations of the Gunderman family of Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Pictured are Mrs. Catherine Gunderman, 75 years old; Mrs. […]
Four Generations of a Millersburg Family
A newspaper photograph from 1914 depicting four generations of a Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, family. Front Row: Mrs. James Martz; Elwood Myers; Mrs. George Walborn. Back (standing): Sue Myers. The […]
The Suicide of Joseph M. Glick, 1894
JOSEPH M. GLICK COMMITS SUICIDE TODAY! He Fires a Forty-Calibre Revolver Ball Into His Mouth – Financial Embarrassments Said to be the Cause for the Rash Act of Self-Destruction Joseph […]
George B. Buffington Family
An undated cabinet photograph of the George B. Buffington family taken at Girardville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania at the Dockweiler Photography Studio. Pictured in the photo are: George B. Buffington (1863-1929); […]
Henry O. Umholtz (1863-1950) & Mary [Strayer] Umholtz (1862-1929)
An undated, colorized studio photograph of Henry Oscar Umholtz (1863-1950) and his wife Mary [Strayer] Umholtz (1862-1929), who lived in Gratz or Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, most of their […]
Mr. & Mrs. John F. M. Schminky – 50th Wedding Anniversary, 1940
A (colorized) photograph of John Finley Morse Schminky (1872-1960) and Carrie Louisa [Maurer] Schminky (1874-1962) on the occasion of their 50th Wedding Anniversary in 1940. The couple lived in Gratz, […]