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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

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