Tour of New West Brookside Colliery Breaker, 1917
A newspaper photograph of a tour of the new West Brookside Colliery Breaker in 1917, Tower City, Schuylkill Co., Pennsylvania. The photograph appeared in the West Schuylkill Herald on 1 […]
Lloyd Neiswender (1933-1950) – Killed in Hunting Accident
DAYTON YOUTH KILLED IN HUNTING ACCIDENT Lloyd Neiswender, 17, of Dayton, near Williamstown, lost his life in a hunting accident, shortly before noon Saturday. According to State Police, the youth […]
World War II – Clair I. Carl – Killed in Action Over Germany, 1944
FUNERAL TODAY FOR TOWER CITY VETERAN [1949] Private funeral services for Staff Sergeant Clair I. Carl, whose body was returned to the United States from Europe [in 1949] will be […]
World War II – Harvey L. Adams – Killed in Normandy Invasion, 1944
KILLED IN NORMANDY INVASION Mrs. Earl Adams of Orwin, Pennsylvania, has been notified that her son, Pvt. Harvey L. Adams, 23, was killed in action in France, 6 June [1944]. […]
World War II – Leon Artz – MIA, POW, then Liberated
A World War II military portrait of Leon Artz, that appeared in a local newspaper at the time he was reported missing. MISSING IN ACTION Private Leon Artz, son of […]
Tower City – East Brookside Shaft & Slope Entrance
An undated picture post card view of the East Brookside Shaft showing the Slope Entrance near Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as […]
Tower City – West Brookside Breakers
An undated picture post card view of the West Brookside Breakers above Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. _____________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
Tower City Colliery – Keffers Tunnel Entrance
An undated photograph of the Keffers Tunnel Entrance at the Tower City Colliery, Tower City, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The woman and the two young girls at the entrance are not […]