Tremont Stocking Factory, 1900
A photograph taken about 1900 of the interior of a stocking factory in Tremont, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The building was located on Laurel Street, between the Pennsylvania Power and Light […]
Pine Grove – Frances Match Factory Employees, 1891
A 1891 photograph of the employees of the A. K. Frances Match Factory, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo was taken by William S. Anspach. The match factory was […]
Porter Township Mine Disaster – Diagram of Mine Interior
The Porter Tunnel mine disaster occurred on March 1, 1977, near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Related photos appeared in editions of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, on subsequent dates. This […]
Bootleg Mining
A brief “official” history of Tower City and Porter Township , Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was produced for the centennial celebration in 1968. Included was a section on the history of […]
Pine Grove – Reber Stocking Factory, 1908
A 1908 photograph of the employees of the Reber Stocking Manufacturing Company, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This building was probably located along Swatara Creek to the rear of the […]
Klingerstown Sewing Factory, 1931
An interior view of the Klingerstown Sewing Factory taken about 1931 in Klingerstown, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This factory operated between 1930 and 1932 and later the building was occupied by […]
Millersburg High School – Birth Records of Students, 1950-1959
An undated local newspaper article indicating that Millersburg High School, Millersburg, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, had dozens of birth records of students who applied for working papers between the years 1950 […]
Was George Daggett Killed in a Labor Disturbance in Elizabethville?
NO PROSECUTION IN DEATH OF BRANCHDALE MAN [1934] An announcement last week, reported to have been issued by District Attorney Karl E. Richards of Dauphin County, contained information that there […]