Post Cards of Halifax Community
A 250-page-book, Post Cards of Hallifax Community, Its Borough and Three Rural Valleys: Post Card Treasures of Historical Moments, by Pearl Bretz Hane, was published in 2018 by the Halifax […]
Pine Grove – Match Factory Men & Boys, 1891
An 1891 photograph of the men and boys who worked at the Pine Grove Match Factory, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The photographer was Anspach. Pictured (some, last names only): […]
Miners At Short Mountain Colliery
An undated photograph of the interior of the mine at Short Mountain Colliery, Bear Gap, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania. The two miners are identified as Amos “Spinney” Minnich and Joss Evans. […]
John Renninger Injured at Good Spring Colliery, 1907
As reported in the West Schuylkill Herald of Tower City, February 8, 1907: John Renninger, a son of Ephraim Renninger, this place [Tower City], aged about 18 years, was seriously […]
Pine Grove – Gensemer Tannery Employees, 1906
A photograph taken around 1906 of the employees of the Gensemer Tannery, Pine Grove, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. Identified in the photo: Front Row: Henry P’Neil; Robert Fidler; A. Lech, Italian […]
The Mine Disaster at Porter Tunnel, 1977 (6)
The front page of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, March 8, 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 (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 Mine Disaster at Porter Tunnel, 1977 (4)
The front page of the Evening Herald, Pottsville, March 5, 1977, reporting on the mining disaster at the Porter Tunnel, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, which occurred on March 1, 1977. Articles […]