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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

“Don’t Congregate” – Police enforced social distancing in Mt. Carmel in 1918

Posted on March 19, 2020March 19, 2020 by Jake Wynn

The full force of the law was used in Mount Carmel to enforce social distancing during 1918 influenza pandemic.

Posted in Mount Carmel, Northumberland CountyTagged 1918, 1918 Influenza Outbreak, Coal Region, Influenza, Medicine, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, October 1918, Pennsylvania, Shamokin, Spanish Flu, World War I2 Comments

The Coal Region on D-Day – June 6, 1944

Posted on June 6, 2019June 3, 2019 by Jake Wynn

On this 75th anniversary of D-Day, we are remembering how the Pennsylvania home front marked the historic moment.

Posted in Coal Region, World War IITagged 1944, Carbondale, Coal Region, D-Day, Freeland, Lackawanna County, Luzerne County, Mount Carmel, Northumberland County, Pottsville, Schuylkill County, Scranton, Shamokin, Shenandoah, Wilkes-Barre, World War IILeave a comment

War Department film shows Coal Region in 1942

Posted on March 23, 2019April 26, 2019 by Jake Wynn

"Anthracite rallies" encouraged miners to produce more coal to help the American war effort in 1942.

Posted in Coal Region, World War IITagged anthracite, Anthracite coal, Coal, Coal Mining, Coal Region, Film, Hazleton, Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania, Scranton, Video, War Department, Wilkes-Barre, World War IILeave a comment

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