Coal Castles – Burnside Colliery
Burnside Colliery is located 2.5 miles south of Shamokin in Coal Township, Northumberland County, on the Big Mountain Improvement Company tract. The colliery was opened with a drift on the […]
Coal Castles – Bear Valley Colliery
An undated photograph taken at the Bear Valley Colliery near Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania: Bear Valley breaker boys, wearing their colliery-issue safety goggles, are pictured in front of the all-wood […]
Pottsville – Bus Terminal
An undated photograph of the Bus Terminal at Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This facility was built next to the Reading Railroad Station, and until the rail service ended, connections were […]
Former President Roosevelt Visits Coal Regions, 1914
A photograph of former President Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt seated in the back seat of a car at the Pottsville Reading Railroad Station in 1914. He had just arrived at the […]
Shamokin – Capitol Theatre & Tharp’s Ice Cream
An undated photograph of the Capitol Theatre and Tharp’s Ice Cream, Shamokin, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. ____________________________________________________ From “Looking Back,” Pottsville Republican-Herald, December 30, 2012, via Newspapers.com. Corrections and additional information should be […]
Shamokin Academy
An undated photograph of the old Shamokin Academy, Shamokin, Northumberland Co., Pennsylvania. This was the first Shamokin High School. ____________________________________________________ From “Looking Back,” Pottsville Republican-Herald, December 30, 2012, via Newspapers.com. Corrections and […]
Breaker Boys at Dinner Hour
An undated scene at a breaker in the coal region where the boys who worked at the breaker were given a short time off to have their mid-day meal. The […]
Shamokin – Radio Station WISL, 1948
A photograph from 1948 of Charles Petrie, the first general manager of radio Station WISL (1480 AM), Shamokin, Northumberland Company, Pennsylvania, participating in a promotion for Philip Morris cigarettes. Center, […]