Driver Charged After Woman Leaps to her Death from Moving Car, 1925
A newspaper photograph of Anna Veronica McNellis, who died after leaping from a moving car driven by John Young from a carnival in Tower City in June 1925. Photo from […]
Porter Township – Sheridan School, 1894
A colorized photograph of the 1894 Sheridan Grade School, Sheridan, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. In 1894, a large one-story, three room frame building was erected at a cost of $5000 in Sheridan […]
History of Schools in Tower City & Porter Township to 1871
At the time of the Tower City & Porter Township Centennial, 1968, this building in Reinerton, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, was the oldest existing school building. It was built in 1871. […]
Porter Township High School, 1937
A photograph of the 1937 graduating class of the Porter Township High School, Porter Township, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photo appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, May 28, 1937 along […]
Tower City – Zion Evangelical Church, 1922-1943
An undated colorized photograph of the Zion Evangelical Church, northwest corner of Grand Avenue and Fourth Street, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. This brick building was built on the site […]
Robert Michaels Accidentally Kills Joseph Boras, 1940
In April 1940, 20-year-old handyman, Robert Michaels, at a coal shaker office near Tower City, decided to show off his “quick draw skills” with his .38 calibre revolver to a […]
Elsie Zimmerman and the Abortion Conspiracy, 1937-1939
Mrs. Elsie Zimmerman, of Tower City, a notorious abortionist with no known medical training, admitted to performing an abortion on Elsie Drumm, which resulted in her death in 1938. Mrs. […]
Tower City – A Winter View, 1900
A newspaper photograph of a 1900 birds-eye view of Tower City and the collieries on the mountain. The photo appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald, November 22, 1967, under the […]