Free Black-Face Show in Elizabethville, 1934
A two-column-wide ad that appeared in the Elizabethville Echo of June 7, 1934, advertised a free show that was to be held on the School Commons. The ad featured what […]
Equal Rights Law Tested in Harrisburg, 1937
A portrait of Dr. Arthur H. Fauset, who, in 1937, was told he would not be served in the dining room of the Penn-Harris Hotel, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Fauset, […]
Gratz – Jeremiah Crabb House, 1854-1872
An undated early photograph of a house at 37 West Market Street, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. From 1854 to 1872, this house was owned by Jeremiah Crabb, a blacksmith, who […]
Harrisburg – Market Street & 13th Street
An undated colorized post card view of Market Street from Thirteenth Street, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Note the intersection of trolley tracks, a horse and buggy, and an early automobile. […]
The Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921
On May 31 and June 1, 1921, mobs of White residents of Tulsa, Oklahoma, some deputized by city authorities, descended on the Black neighborhood of Greenwood, also known as Black […]
“The Plantation” at the Penn Harris Hotel
An undated advertising post card view of “The Plantation” dining room at the Penn Harris Hotel, Harrisburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The racist culture of this state capital hotel was obvious […]
Gratz – An Unexplained Racial Caricature from 1880
This item purporting to be from Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from 1880, was recently listed on eBay, without explanation. It features a caricature of a Black man holding a large […]
Thomas H. Ransom – Barber of Millersburg
Thomas Henry Ransom was born as a slave in Winchester, Virginia, January 22, 1855, to Thomas Ransom and Margaret Ransom, maiden name unknown. He first appeared in official Lykens Valley […]