Huge Ku Klux Klan Event Set for Gratz, 1924
The announcement of an event that was to become the largest Ku Klux Klan demonstration ever held in the Lykens Valley, appeared in the September 26, 1924, edition of the […]
Wiconisco Telephone & Telegraph Company Directory, 1936-1937
The front cover of the first telephone directory of the Wiconisco Telephone and Telegraph Company, 1936-1937. Beginning in May 1936, the company required that the operator be given the number […]
Gratz – Manufacturers’ Clothing Outlet, 1908
An advertisement of the Manufacturers Clothing Outlet Company, Oscar J. Stein, Manager, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, from the Lykens Standard, June 12, 1908. The Manufacturers’ Clothing Outlet Company desire to […]
Gratz Post Office, 1909
The stamped corner of a penny post card mailed from the Gratz Post Office, Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, September 19, 1907, at 4 a. m. Note that the postmaster had […]
Gratz – Fort Jackson
Six close-up views of a 1907 post card depicting the structure known as Fort Jackson, formerly located at the Cold Spring (south end of Spruce Street), Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. […]
Gratz Airport – Fatal Crash, June 1949
“A light plane which took off from the Gratz Airport Sunday at 2:50 p. m., went into a nose dive and crashed into Sharp Mountain one mile west of Lykens, […]
Gratz – Street View of the West End
An undated photo post card view (later colorized) of the West End of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. ________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Wiconisco High School Graduates, 1941-1945
Above, a colorized newspaper photograph of the Wiconisco High School with notable adults standing in front, as published in the Lykens Register, May 31, 1901. Previously published here December 4, 2021. On May 16, […]