Isaac Kunkel photographed the Williamstown Colliery in 1860s and documented the birth of a new town.
“A first-class breaker” – Photographs of Williamstown Colliery in the 1860s
Explore the George Bretz collection of Coal Region photography
A digital archive allows researchers to view hundreds of photographs taken in the Coal Region in the 19th century.
Coal Region baseball star seen in 1906 photograph
Jake Daubert started his professional baseball career in Lykens, PA in 1906. He quickly rose to the big leagues.
“An enduring monument” – A trip inside Williamstown’s opera house and public hall
A newspaper clipping from 1872 takes us into a long-demolished building at the heart of Williamstown, PA.
Then and Now: Williamstown’s Emergency Influenza Hospital
A modern walk to the places that saw the worst of the suffering during the 1918 Spanish Flu outbreak.
“The sweet strains of music were heard” – Memorial Day in Williamstown
Photographs taken on Memorial Day 1907 in Williamstown, Pennsylvania show a community commemorating its war dead.
Williamstown Tunnel – A closer look at a Pennsylvania coal mine in the 1860s
Williamstown Tunnel began shipping coal from Northern Dauphin County in 1866 and became the most prosperous coal mine in the state.
