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A painting of a US Army cavalryman at Pottsville – 1863

Posted on December 29, 2020December 14, 2020 by Jake Wynn

It appears to show a Pennsylvania horse soldier among the coal-rich mountains and valleys of Schuylkill County.

Posted in Civil War, PottsvilleTagged 1863, 21st Pennsylvania Cavalry, Art, Artwork, Civil War, Coal Region, Painting, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, September, US ArmyLeave a comment

An artist’s view of the village of Shamokin in 1851

Posted on August 22, 2020August 12, 2020 by Jake Wynn

James Fuller Queen sketched Shamokin at a key moment in the history of the Northumberland County community.

Posted in Coal Region, ShamokinTagged 1851, Art, Artwork, Coal Region, Illustration, James Fuller Queen, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, ShamokinLeave a comment

An 1850s birds-eye view of Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania

Posted on August 15, 2020August 5, 2020 by Jake Wynn

James Fuller Queen sketched a scene of the Carbon County mining and shipping hub on the Lehigh River before the Civil War.

Posted in Carbon County, Coal RegionTagged 1850s, 1857, Art, Artwork, Carbon County, Coal Region, James Fuller Queen, Lehigh River, Lehigh Valley, Mauch Chunk, Pennsylvania, PhiladelphiaLeave a comment

An 1881 view of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Posted on August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 by Jake Wynn

An artist's rendition shows the Pennsylvania state capital as it looked in the late-19th century.

Posted in HarrisburgTagged 1881, Art, Artwork, Harrisburg, Illustration, Pennsylvania, Railroad, Railroad History, Susquehanna River, West Shore3 Comments

“Miners at work” – Harper’s Weekly illustrations of the Coal Region from 1869

Posted on February 14, 2019February 11, 2019 by Jake Wynn

A Harper's Weekly artist documented work in an anthracite mine in Pennsylvania in 1869.

Posted in Anthracite mining, Coal RegionTagged 1869, Anthracite coal, Art, Carbon County, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Illustration, Luzerne County, McAdoo, Pennsylvania, Schuylkill County1 Comment

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