The Mine Disaster at Porter Tunnel, 1977 (5)
The front page of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, March 7, 1977, reporting on the mining disaster at the Porter Tunnel, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, which occurred on March 1, 1977. Articles […]
The 1918 Flu Epidemic in Schuylkill County
A photograph of an emergency hospital set up in a public building to care for persons who had contracted influenza in October 1918. Joseph H. Zerbey, in 1933, reflected on […]
The Mine Disaster at Porter Tunnel, 1977 (2)
The front page of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, March 3, 1977, reporting on the mining disaster at the Porter Tunnel, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, which occurred on March 1, 1977. Articles […]
The Mine Disaster at Porter Tunnel, 1977 (1)
The front page of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, March 2, 1977, reporting on the mining disaster at the Porter Tunnel, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, which occurred on March 1, 1977. Articles […]
Hegins & Fountain – United Church of Christ
Two 1982 photographs: Friedens United Church of Christ, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (top photo); and Christ United Church of Christ, Fountain, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania (bottom photo). In “Focus… on the […]
Junior Mechanics of Hegins Promote Black-Face Show, 1937
A brief advertisement for a comedy show to be held in 1937 at the Hegins Township High School, Hegins Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The notice appeared in the Pottsville Republican, […]
Gratz Labor Day Program Includes Black-Face & Baseball, 1929
In 1929, Labor Day festivities in Gratz, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, included baseball games, a parade, turtle races, watermelon eating contests, and “colored skits” performed in black-face by Arthur Klinger and […]
Hegins – Rededication of Friedens Lutheran Church, 1971
A 2010 photograph of Friedens Lutheran Church, Hegins, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. A significant renovation of this church took place in 1971. A report in the Pottsville Republican of November 13, […]