The “blackmail ring” abortion cases in Philadelphia received some attention in the Lykens Valley area newspapers in 1930. It involved an organized crime conspiracy to extort money from physicians and […]
A young girl ran screaming “murder” as she escaped from a house of abortion in Ashland, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania in 1896. The operators of the house, Henry H. Seitzinger and […]
In early September, 1896, Dr. Harry L. Stickel of Harrisburg, was arrested and charged with performing a criminal operation (abortion) on Katie Hess, the daughter of the Chief Constable of […]
An August 4, 1987, article by Dave Caroll, staff writer for the Pottsville Republican, gave a brief history of the Lykens G. A. R. Building, located in the 600 Block […]
At Moyamensing Prison, Philadelphia, “The Execution of Holmes – Scene While He Was Making His Final Address,” sketched by an artist for the Philadelphia Times, and published in the Times, […]
A poster for an anti-abortion film, Race Suicide, that was released and shown around the United States in 1938. The film’s title appropriated a 1900 term from eugenics, which defines […]
A colorized portrait of French physician, surgeon and anatomist Alfred-Armond-Louis-Marie Velpeau (1795-1867). Abortion pills that were advertised in America in the period from 1864-1868 were said to be his invention […]
An undated photograph of J. Gillingham, an abolitionist of Pottsville, whose home was an important way station on the Underground Railroad. The photo appeared in the “Looking Back” feature of […]