Historical Event
Shamokin Diamond Jubilee
June 25–July 1, 1939
Shamokin’s seventy-fifth-anniversary program ran from June 25 through July 1, 1939, with a staged historical pageant and a broad schedule of civic events.
A Seventy-Fifth Anniversary
The surviving cover identifies the event as Shamokin’s Diamond Jubilee and gives the anniversary span 1864–1939.
A Weeklong Program
The celebration dates run from Sunday, June 25, through Saturday, July 1.
Cavalcade of the Coalers
A multi-episode pageant called Cavalcade of the Coalers formed part of the program. Its scenes were theatrical interpretation, so dramatized dialogue and characterizations are not reused as factual testimony.