An undated photograph of workers lining up to receive their pay at the Stephens Colliery, Trevorton, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Scenes like this were repeated throughout the coal regions. The photo […]
A political ad that appeared in the Pine Grove Press Herald, October 26, 1972, with the caption, “If you work for a living, how in hell can you vote for […]
A photograph taken in 1922 of the section gang or crew that worked for the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad, Pine Grove area, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo: Front […]
A story about William Penn as a slaveowner was told as part of “Pennsylvania Profiles,” a weekly series produced for the Sunbury Daily Item, with the above number published on July […]
A story of a little-known position in the anthracite coal mines, often held by a young man in the middle to late teens, A brief, illustrated history of the “coal […]
A newspaper photograph of the eleven employees of the Hegins Mining Company, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, who completed a course in first aid and mine rescue. The photo appeared in the […]
A portrait of Gov. Arthur H. James (1883-1973), a Republican who took the side of the “bootleg” miners in the debate over strip mining in the southern anthracite coal fields. […]
An undated photo post card view of the interior of a coal breaker showing young breaker boys at work sorting coal in a Screen Room. Note the task master standing […]