Uncover rare photographs of a schoolyard turned into a makeshift hospital during the devastating 1918 flu pandemic in Lykens, Pennsylvania. With hundreds falling ill daily, US Army medical teams were called in. Dive into this horrific chapter of American history and see these remarkable images from the pivotal moment.
A German immigrant, mineworker, and inventor unveiled a mechanized coal separator in 1913.
The Zimmerman brothers from Wiconisco, Pennsylvania all served in the US Army during the First World War.
Henry Leander Kramer served in the US Army during World War I and returned home to work as a coal miner in his hometown after the war.
Harry Elmer James wrote a letter to the editor of the Harrisburg Telegraph pleading for Black equality following World War I.
American relief efforts for Ukrainian war refugees in 2022 echoes a previous campaign in Schuylkill County during World War I.
Caralunas became one of the first soldiers from Schuylkill County to be killed-in-action during World War I.
The aging veterans who were the first to arrive at the US Capitol in April 1861 pledged their loyalty to the Union once more as America entered World War I.
In a February 1945 letter to Harper Updegrave, Irvin Schwartz stated his intention to join the American Legion once he returned home from war.
A filmmaker recorded silent moving images of a strip mine in operation in Schuylkill County in December 1917.