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 […]
Images from the Coal Strike of 1900 (5)
An image of the front page of the Philadelphia Times, September 30, 1900, with headline, “Rumors That Operators Will Make Further Concessions to Secure a Settlement.“ Price of Powder to […]
Old Gratz Photos – Lots 71, 73, & 75.
The house on Lots 71, 73 & 75, East Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was built about 1889 by John F. Kembel. The above undated, colorized photograph pictures the house […]
Old Gratz Photos – Lots 68 & 70
The house on Lots 68 & 70, East Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was built about 1878. The above undated, colorized photograph pictures the house with Sarah Adeline Miller & […]
Coal Strike of 1900 – Wives of Miners Speak Out
An article from the Philadelphia Inquirer, September 30, 1900: WE’LL FIGHT IT OUT TO THE BITTER END.” SAY THE WIVES OF COAL MINERS That Men Must Work and Women Must […]
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, […]
Early Roads & Organization of Schuylkill County
A map of the Province of Pennsylvania, 1756, “drawn from the best authorities, by Thomas Kitchen.” Printed for R. Baldwin, 1756. Source: Library of Congress Map Collection. Below, an enlarged […]
Frontier Forts Between Schuylkill & Susquehanna Rivers
Above is an undated colorized post card view of a model of Fort Augusta on River Front Drive, Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Also above is a drawing of Fort Halifax, […]