Alaska Colliery, Mt. Carmel, Pa. – Vintage Wall Art
![Alaska Colliery, Mt. Carmel, Pa., [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/59/59fe9ba327dd-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Alaska Colliery, Mt. Carmel, Pa. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Alaska Colliery, Mt. Carmel, Pa.
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The Alaska Colliery at Mount Carmel, in northeastern Pennsylvania's anthracite country, is the subject here, though its caption card gives no date for the view. Mount Carmel sat in the Northern Coal Field, where by the late 19th century many mines and breakers were processing hard anthracite for home heating and industry across the Northeast. Collieries of this kind were defined by their breakers, tall wooden structures that crushed and sorted coal, and by the work of miners and young breaker boys who picked slate from the moving coal. Details about this particular operation are best confirmed in local mining histories.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Wittemann Collection (Library of Congress). This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Mines...--Coal; Pa.--Mt. Carmel; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,221 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-140615 |
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