This photograph was taken in the Coal Region of Eastern Pennsylvania during the early 20th century. It shows women and children on a culm bank near a colliery. They carry buckets and containers they could use to carry away any valuable coal they found to heat the stoves in their homes. (LOC)

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On March 1, 1977, 9 mineworkers were killed deep inside Porter Tunnel, an anthracite mine operated by the Kocher Coal Company on the outskirts of Tower City, Pennsylvania. Workers breached an old mine, inundating the Porter Tunnel workings with millions of gallons of water.

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I need some help identifying this soldier from Wiconisco, Pennsylvania. From a friend: “We are trying to identify this WWI soldier. The picture was found with items that belonged to the Wiconisco VFW which was called the Edward L. Jury Post #699...”

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A Civil War-era photograph of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg.

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An excellent photograph of Pottsville, PA taken shortly after the American Civil War by photographer A.M. Allen.

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A Civil War-era photograph of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg, PA.

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“With terrible appetite, this huge and hideous monster sat imperturbably munching coal, grinding its mammoth jaws with unearthly and monotonous uproar. - Stephen Crane describing an anthracite coal breaker in Pennsylvania in Depths of a Coal Mine from McClure's Magazine, August 1894

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It’s back! This collaboration between the National Museum of Civil War Medicine and Flying Dog Brewery will reappear in a few weeks! SawBones is inspired by the heroic work of Civil War surgeons and made based on modified recipes from the 19th century.

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A Civil War-era photograph of the Pennsylvania Railroad bridge over the Susquehanna River north of Harrisburg, PA.

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