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A 1938 photograph shows desolate Coal Region landscape during the Great Depression

Posted on February 9, 2021February 8, 2021 by Jake Wynn

This photograph of Mount Carmel, PA in reveals the physical and economic gloom that hung over the anthracite coal fields during the 1930s.

Posted in Mount CarmelTagged 1938, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Depression, Great Depression, Landscape, Mining, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Photograph, Sheldon DickLeave a comment

“Due for a comeback?” – An address on the Coal Region on eve of Great Depression

Posted on March 31, 2020March 30, 2020 by Jake Wynn

Mining engineer Max Fredericks gave a prediction of a bright future for the anthracite industry the day before the stock market collapsed.

Posted in Coal Region, ShamokinTagged 1920s, 1929, anthracite, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Depression, Economy, Great Depression, Newspaper, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, Shamokin, SpeechLeave a comment

“LIQUOR SCARCE” – The quiet end of Prohibition in Pottsville and Schuylkill County

Posted on February 6, 2020February 3, 2020 by Jake Wynn

"Pottsville celebrated the advent of the new wet era with one of the driest evenings in its history."

Posted in Coal Region, Schuylkill CountyTagged 18th Amendment, 1933, Coal Region, Depression, Franklin Roosevelt, Great Depression, Liquor, Newspaper, Pennsylvania, Pottsville, Pottsville Republican, Prohibition, Schuylkill County, Yuengling1 Comment

One Spark: The 1877 Lykens Mine Fire

Posted on January 1, 2017April 4, 2018 by Jake Wynn

On a cold and snowy day in 1877, a fire began at the bottom of Short Mountain Colliery in Wiconisco, Pennsylvania. Two communities would be forever altered by its flames.

Posted in Anthracite mining, LykensTagged 1877, Coal Region, Dauphin County, Depression, Featured, Lykens, Lykens Mine Fire, Pennsylvania, Short Mountain, Wiconisco, Williams Valley9 Comments

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