This 1938 photograph captures the Charles Yanonis Cafe on West Coal Street in Shenandoah, PA. Yanonis, a Lithuanian immigrant who once worked in the coal mines, opened the cafe at his home in 1922 and ran it for decades. Read the Full Story.
Photographer Sheldon Dick made a visit to the Coal Region in 1938 to document scenes of life and work in the mining towns of northern Schuylkill County. On an evening during his visit, Dick made a swing by a bar room in Gilberton, Pennsylvania and snapped three photographs that bring the setting to life. The … Continue reading Scenes in a Coal Region bar room – 1938
Photographer Sheldon Dick stepped into a Shenandoah barroom in 1938 and captured memorable images of life in the Coal Region.