This painting by artist Jay Hambidge appeared in an April 1898 edition of The Century magazine, illustrating an article about labor and living conditions for immigrants in Pennsylvania’s Coal Region.
In this painting, he shows Main Street in Lattimer in its bleak winter shades of black and gray.
The town was the site of the infamous Lattimer Massacre in September 1897, where 19 immigrant mineworkers were gunned down and dozens more wounded by the Luzerne County sheriff and a posse of local residents.
Read more about Lattimer
The Lattimer Massacre | September 10, 1897
“A Woman’s View” of the Lattimer Massacre | September 10, 1897
Exploring Eckley Miners’ Village | Coal Region History
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