Post Cards of Halifax Community
A 250-page-book, Post Cards of Hallifax Community, Its Borough and Three Rural Valleys: Post Card Treasures of Historical Moments, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2018 by the Halifax […]
Harrisburg – Masonic Temple
An undated colorized post card view of the Masonic Temple, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ______________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Tremont Firemen’s Parade, 1951
Two newspaper photographs of the Tremont Firemen’s Parade, as they appeared in the West Schuylkill Press and Pine Grove Herald, Tremont, July 13, 1951. Photo caption (above): Hosts to over […]
Junior Mechanics of Hegins Promote Black-Face Show, 1937
A brief advertisement for a comedy show to be held in 1937 at the Hegins Township High School, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The notice appeared in the Pottsville Republican, […]
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 Historical Society, 1994
A water color painting of the Gratz Historical Society building on West Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The painting is signed and dated Eleanor Leonard, 1994. ________________________________________ Corrections and […]
U.S. Klan Members Arrested in Germany in Anti-Semitic Plot, 1925
Just three days after the huge Dauphin County Ku Klux Klan demonstration in Harrisburg, which attracted an estimated 30,000 supporters, Americans woke up to read in their morning newspapers of […]
Loyalton Program with Adams Brothers & Black-Face, 1904
A 1904 musical and comedy program at Loyalton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania with the Adams Brothers included at least one act in black-face. The program was put on for the benefit […]