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 […]
Sidney L. Shuey of Wiconisco, 1960
A 1960 portrait photograph of Sidney L. Shuey of Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The photo is from the 1960 yearbook, The Spectrum, of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Adams County, Pennsylvania, available […]
Proposed Lykens Valley Country Club, 1929
PROPOSED COUNTRY CLUB BUILDING A special meeting of members of the Lykens Valley Country Club was held at Hotel Lykens recently. A 50-acre farm situated two miles west of Lykens […]
Wiconisco – Trolley on Trestle
An undated photograph of the trolley trestle or bridge at Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This trolley line ran from the Lykens Valley Railroad station in Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, to […]
Importance of Coal in Tower City Area, 1968
A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a story on the development of […]
“Lykens Standard” Supported Racist Attitudes Toward Filipinos, 1917
Charles M. Coles, editor and publisher of the Lykens Standard, in the September 14, 1917, reprinted an offensive commentary from the Christian Herald which supported negative stereotypes about Filipinos. The […]
Black-Face Minstrel Show at Wiconisco High School, 1934
In 1934, the Junior Class of Wiconisco High School, Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, presented a minstrel program which was performed in black-face. As reported in the Lykens Standard, November 16, […]
Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1866 – Defeat of a White Supremacist
The Pennsylvania Gubernatorial Election of 1866 pitted a Union General and war hero, John W. Geary, against a avowed racist and white supremacist, Heister Clymer. Geary headed the Republican or […]