Author: THE COAL SPEAKER

This is a PBS documentary on the Centralia mine fire from 1982.. and these images, the smoke and houses and

My hometown of Centralia, PA…  What’s left of it.. as seen by a drone around April of 2016..

The Ashland State Hospital in Pennsylvania sometime in the mid 1900s as shown with a postcard.. The hospital went through

These are scenes from the 1980s SEARS Christmas catalog …  The catalog was normally sent to houses around this time

The coal miner’s salute. Located in Minersville, PA..

This is the once future site of the Cressona Mall in Cressona Pennsylvania, taken long before stores and parking lots