Breaker Boys at Work
An undated photo post card view of the interior of a coal breaker with the Breaker Boys at work. While the card states that the scene is from a breaker […]
Driver Boys at Bear Gap
An undated photo post card published for Frank Wynn entitled “The Driver Boys Friend,” at the coal mining operation at Bear Gap near Lykens and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________ […]
Leroy Kopp – Blacksmith at the Brookside Colliery
A photograph taken prior to 1923 of the blacksmith shop at the Brookside Colliery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, and picturing Leroy Kopp (1897-1972) at right and an unknown blacksmith […]
Coal Breaker at Bear Gap
An undated photo post card published by Frank Wynn of the coal breaker at Bear Gap near Lykens and Wiconisco, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This was one of several coal breakers […]
The Story of Mike Romiski – Killed at East Brookside Colliery, 1927
Michael Romiski, also known as Mikolaj Romanshyn and Mykola Romaniszyn, was born in Galacia, Austrian Empire, on 9 December 1893. He emigrated to the United States in 1912, and shortly […]
Group of Nurses at a Colliery
An undated photograph of a group of Red Cross nurses at a colliery in the Lykens Valley area, possibly at Bear Gap, or Lykens, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. This photo was […]
Michael Romiski – Killed at East Brookside Colliery, 1927
From the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, of 16 December 1927, came the following notice of the instant death of Michael Romiski, a worker at the […]
The Stone Quarry Below Halifax
An undated photograph of the stone quarry located below Halifax, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. _________________________ Further information on Halifax area history can be obtained from the Halifax Area Historical Society, 3rd […]