Harry Smith – Killed by Train, 1925
HARRY SMITH OF GRATZ, KILLED BY TRAIN Residents thruout this section and the thousands who yearly attend the Gratz Fair at Gratz, Pennsylvania, were shocked Wednesday evening to learn of […]
Gratz Labor Day Program Includes Black-Face & Baseball, 1929
In 1929, Labor Day festivities in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, included baseball games, a parade, turtle races, watermelon eating contests, and “colored skits” performed in black-face by Arthur Klinger and […]
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 […]
Racist Lodge Dedicates Its New Hall in Gratz, 1873
A photograph taken around 1887 of the Odd Fellows building in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The building, which was built in 1872, was formally dedicated in June 1873, with elaborate […]
Harry H. Hepler – Minor League Baseball Player from Gratz
Harry H. Hepler Jr. of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was a minor league baseball player in the Pittsburgh Pirates organization during the years 1944, 1945, and 1947. His stats can […]
Gratz American Legion Features Black-Face & Cake Walk, 1929
In 1929, the Shade Post of the American Legion at Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, celebrated Labor Day with a program at Community Park that included sports, a comic parade, a […]
Gratz Fair Features Black-Face Entertainment, 1900
The Lykens Register of September 13, 1900, touted the upcoming Gratz Fair entertainment featuring “dark and melodius” minstrels in black-face and welcomed attendees who were not afraid to “die laughing.” […]
Homer Blyler (1884-1970) – Baseball Player from Gratz
A photograph taken around 1900 of Homer Blyler and his horse “Doc”, of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. Blyler was born in Gratz, January 22, 1884, and died in Sharon, Massachusetts, […]