Brian Tomlin | April 30, 2013
April 1863 April 14. William Bullock patents the continuous roll printing press, which drastically sped up the printing process. The press could print up to 12,000 sheets an hour; later improvements raised the speed to up to 30,000 sheets an hour. Richard March Hoe had invented the rotary press in the 1840s, but Bullock’s press was an improvement over […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 29, 2013
During the Centennial of the Civil War, which took place during the years 1961 to 1965, the United States Post Office issued a set of five stamps, one in each year, to commemorate five significant events of the war years. The first stamp issued was on 12 April 1861 in recognition of the firing on […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 28, 2013
One of the most interesting books in the collection of the Gratz Historical Society is a volume published in Philadelphia in 1866 – a history of the American Civil War -in German! This book was probably written for the German-speaking population of America, and not for foreign consumption. The chapter on the Battle of Gettysburg […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 27, 2013
St. Matthew’s or Coleman’s Church in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was organized as a Union Church of Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Congregations on Whitsunday, 1857 (Pentecost, or seven weeks after Easter). The first church building was erected shortly thereafter and resembled the present structure (shown above), except that it didn’t have a basement. Today, […]
Norman Gasbarro | April 26, 2013
St. Matthew’s or Coleman’s Church in Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, was organized as a Union Church of Evangelical Lutheran and Reformed Congregations on Whitsunday, 1857 (Pentecost, or seven weeks after Easter). The first church building was erected shortly thereafter and resembled the present structure (shown above), except that it didn’t have a basement. […]
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