An undated colorized post card view of the new American Legion building in Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. According to the card, the cost of the building was $350,000. _______________________________________ Corrections […]
It was an “Old World” style funeral of a type that had never been seen before in Minersville, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. The eight Italians who were killed in the Lytle […]
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An undated post card view of the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Station at Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. __________________________________________________ Corrections and additional information should be added as comments to this post.
An undated photograph of the Colonial Colliery located in Natalie, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Note the extensive railroad yard at the colliery. Natalie is northeast of Shamokin. This photo was found […]
On September 17, 1907, at the cider mill of Senary Erdman in Erdman, Lykens Township, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, a boiler exploded killing Elmer Artz, seriously injuring Samuel Martz, and injuring […]
Preview in new tab An undated photograph of a nun and students at the Transfiguration of Our Lord Catholic School, Shamokin, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania. Neither the teaching nun nor any […]
On April 21, 1892, water from an abandoned mine broke through the newly dug tunnels of the Lytle Coal Company’s mine near Minersville, ultimately resulting in the drowning deaths of […]