The 1913 Cameron Colliery bathhouse in Shamokin, PA. Featured in The Colliery Engineer magazine, this 1912-built facility provided heated tubs and steam heat, modern conveniences like electric lighting, and lockers for 224 miners, with multilingual rule notices—an early example of worker welfare in the anthracite fields. Read the full story
In 1933, mineworkers in Dauphin County fought to save their jobs as the Great Depression threatened to close the Short Mountain Colliery.
A reporter in Hazleton interviewed a working class woman near the site of the Lattimer Massacre in 1897.
A German immigrant, mineworker, and inventor unveiled a mechanized coal separator in 1913.
Author Stephen Crane made a visit to a coal mine near Scranton in 1894 for an article in McClure's Magazine.
A women reporter documents the lives and struggles of working class women on the outskirts of Hazleton in 1900.
Early industrialist and political power broker Charles Miner describes the opportunity for the future of the mining industry in Northeastern Pennsylvania.
In Tracy Campbell's 2020 book, the author uses the examples from the anthracite coal fields to show how our national myths about World War II often miss the mark.
This image from Schuylkill County is among the new additions to the Wynning History image collection.
These remarkable sketches show life in the Coal Region during the middle part of the 19th century, a crucial time in the area's history.