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Coal Hauling During the 1902 Strike

A Jubilee caption associates this horse-team coal-hauling scene with Shamokin residents obtaining coal during the 1902 anthracite strike.

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Coal hauling during the 1902 strikePeople and horse-drawn wagons hauling coal, in an illustration associated with the 1902 anthracite strike. The commemorative account calls it a replica; the photograph's original date and provenance are uncertain.Image date unknownCredit: Community archive

A Strike-Era Scene

The printed caption places the activity during the 1902 anthracite strike and describes local residents obtaining coal with horse teams.

Caption-Derived Context

The booklet’s wording leaves the exact provenance of the scene uncertain, so the public description remains explicitly tied to the caption.

No Faces Identified

The photograph is used as a labor and community scene. It does not assign names to the people or owners represented without independent identification.