In the 18th and early 19th centuries, German Lutheran churches in America typically provided elaborately printed and hand-lettered certificates called “frakturs” to commemorate occasions such as births, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, […]
A photo post card view of Hannah [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919), a Civil War widow, posing along the east-facing wall of her farmhouse in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, about […]
A photograph from W. J. McNoldy of Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken about 1905. The type of photograph shown here was known as a “cabinet card” and measures the typical […]
This photo-card was found in box of keepsakes of Hannah [Rickert] Riegle (1847-1919) of Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. On the back of the card is the following message: […]
A photograph from the Roshon’s Studios, Elizabethville, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, taken about 1905. C. S. Roshon conducted business in Elizabethville as a photographer from about 1902 when he purchased the […]
On 19 March 1913, Minnie [Coleman] Riegle was notified that her husband, Charles G. Riegle was killed in a mine accident at Short Mountain Colliery. At the time, she was […]
Visitors and family at the Sitlinger Farm in Specktown, Lykens Township, Dauphin Co., Pennsylvania, pose for picture in 1938. Identifications: Left to Right (standing): Harrison Samuel “Dick” Sitlinger (1925-1989), and […]
On 30 July 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law the bill that provided for doctor and hospital services for all those who paid payroll taxes who were 65 […]