2. Old Photographs of the Region

Old Shamokin Views

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(March 1960) Thomas Smith, of 219 S. Diamond St., walks along Lincoln Street.
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(March 1960) Thomas Smith, of 219 S. Diamond St., walks along Lincoln Street.

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  • (1963) Snow on Independence Street.
  • (March 1960) Thomas Smith, of 219 S. Diamond St., walks along Lincoln Street.
  • Woman and baby on Water Street in Shamokin.
  • (1966) Water Street and the snow.
  • (Dec. 1955) Lincoln Street in Shamokin.
  • (1961) Shamokin Street in the snow.
  • *Low Res* Cameron Bridge- This is a small reproduction photo of what I can assume was a print from a glass negative. It shows just the covered bridge and the trolley bridge. The Cameron Colliery is pictured in the background.
  • The Cameron Bridge- J. Roy Barr and Samuel May stand on the Cameron Bridge after an inspection of new heavy plank flooring. Just behind them is a horse pulling a carriage negotiating "the turn"at the Second Street Bridge. Also pictured, at right, is a bridge frame that held the trolley line.
  • (1950 or 51) Work on the Cameron Bridge.
  • Cameron Bridge wreck.
  • Cameron Bridge wreck.
  • Cameron Bridge wreck.
  • Cameron Bridge wreck.
  • (1959) Cameron Bridge painters.
  • (1959) Cameron Bridge painters.
  • (1959) Cameron Bridge painters.
  • Four bridges!!! The Cameron and Second Street bridges, another next to the Cameron Bridge for trolleys, and a covered bridge for horses that crosses Shamokin Creek. (Note: the original of this is a glass negative. No, I do not own it.)
  • The covered bridge is gone, but the other three can be clearly seen.
  • Cameron Colliery- First operational in the 1800s, over 33 million tons of coal was mined here. Over 200 miners lost their lives here. (For more coal photos, go to "Old Mining" album.)
  • (02.21.1909) Unknown building near Cameron Bridge in 1909. The Covered Bridge appears to be gone in this photo.
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