African Americans in Pennsylvania
Charles L. Blockson is a Philadelphia-based researcher, writer, and collector of African American memorabilia. He is a co-founder of the African American Museum in Philadelphia and his personal collection of […]
Roy Leitzel of Klingerstown, 1936
A 1936 portrait photograph of Roy Leitzel of Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1936 yearbook, Lanthorn, of the Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, available in […]
Gratz News – September 14, 1927
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of 14 September 1927: Mr. and Mrs. John Kratzer and children, of […]
The Tulpehocken Path
Families of many Civil War veterans of the Lykens Valley area originally settled in Berks County, Pennsylvania, and later migrated north and west along established routes through the mountains. Before […]
Gratz News – January 17, 1927
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, for the week of 17 January 1927: Our Fire Department was called to Elizabethville on […]
Gratz News – October 12, 1927
The following news briefs were published in the “Gratz News” section of a local newspaper, 12 October 1927: Those who attended the Holy Communion held here, Sunday were Miss Marie […]
Klingerstown Bicentennial Book Committee, 2007
A 2006 photograph of the book committee for the Klingerstown Bicentennial, Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Members of the committee pictured: Front Row (seated): Clair V. Troutman; Michelle L. [Mauser] Adams; […]
Charles Penrose Schadel of Klingerstown, 1916
A 1916 portrait photograph of Charles Penrose Schadel of Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1916 yearbook, Lanthorn, of the Susquehanna University, Selinsgrove, Snyder County, Pennsylvania, available […]