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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
An undated stereoscopic view card showing a trainload of anthracite coal going through an area near Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. The card was part of a series on “American Scenery.” […]
A 1950s era photograph of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad’s Freight Station on Independence Avenue in downtown Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. In 2006, when this photo was published, the newspaper […]
The front panel of a November 14, 1948 schedule of “The Schuylkill,” the Reading Railway System’s daily train between Philadelphia and Pottsville, with intermediate stops at Norristown, Phoenixville, Royersford, Pottstown, […]
An undated photograph of the Park Hotel and trolley stop at Edgewood Park, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. ____________________________________________________ From “Looking Back,” Pottsville Republican-Herald, December 17, 2009, via Newspapers.com. Corrections and additional information […]
A newspaper photograph of the Ukrainian Band of Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, assembled on the steps of the Transfiguration Ukrainian Catholic Church, Shamokin. None of the individuals in the photo […]