1st Annual Commemorative Note Cards from the Anthracite Heritage Festival May 2007 This is the first in a series of Blank Note Cards that have been created for the Anthracite Heritage Festival Held in Shamokin, PA every Memorial Day Weekend. These 6 Drawings were chosen from a drawing contest held in early 2007. Each drawing was to depict a location that was still in the region or drawn from a photo of a lcoation that used to be in our Anthracite Region. Some of the cards are done in color and each card has a description of what each picture depicts along with info on the artist that drew the picture. The Philadelphia Reading Station Mt. Carmel railroad service on wooden tracks using horses and mules for motive power begins 1834 ? First iron ?T? tracks in the world manufactured by Danville Iron Co. in 1852 - First area troops used railway for service in Civil War - Mt. Carmel Station located at termination of Shamokin Valley Branch Line was wooden combination freight passenger station with gable over operation?s bay with semicircular window - Shamokin Valley Railroad absorbed by Philadelphia Reading Railroad Valley Branch 1883 - Mt. Carmel Station pivotal during Industrial Revolution as interchange link to Leigh Valley Line transporting iron ore from Gogebic Range in Michigan via Lake Erie and coal to steel mills in eastern PA - Station serviced King Cole Passenger Trains to Philadelphia ? last train June 28, 1963. Present location of Turkey Hill Corner of 5th Market Sts. Mt. Carmel Drawing By Judith Linkus ________________________________________ Original Shamokin Area Community Hospital Architect and Constructional Engineer, Walter U. Jury ? Building completed 1911 ? Opened January 8, 1912 ? Created to provided care of injured miners of the Shamokin, Mount Carmel and Trevorton Coal Fields ? Original capacity 45 patients ? Treated 4,365 patients in wards, private rooms and out-patients during first year of operation ? Divested to the community by Gov. Robert Casey and renamed Shamokin Area Community Hospital (SACH) in 1992 ? Expansion and addition of state of the art equipment currently provides most of routine medical needs of the community. Drawing By Alice Marks ________________________________________ The J. H. C. K. Eagle Silk Mill Clock Tower John C. Brown, a principal stockholder of the J. H. C. K. Eagle Silk Mill which was erected in 1916 had a 4-faced Clock Tower placed on the roof of the mill. The clock tower became the most famous landmark in Shamokin. After the mill was razed in 1995, the Clock Tower sat on the lot for years. After all efforts to find funding for repairs and a new home failed, the 4-faced green patina-coated copper was stripped and recycled to manufacture mirror frames by ?Olde Good Things of N.Y. City?. Drawing By Amanda Miller, 14, Amanda has been interested in Art since she could hold a pencil. She is a student at Transfiguration of Our Lord Ukrainian Catholic School in Shamokin. ________________________________________ F S Brewery ?A View From The Tracks? Fuhrmann Schmidt Brewing Company, Shamokin began operations in 1854 as the Eagle Run Brewery, it become know as Fuhrmann Schmidt Brewing Company in 1906 and was purchased by H. Ortlieb Brewing Company in 1966 and ceased operations in Spring of 1976. Drawing by Melissa Yadlosky. Melissa received an Associates Degree in Architectural Drafting from Thaddeus Stevens State School of Technology. She is employed by Knoebel Lumber. She has always enjoyed art and making crafts. _______________________________________ Capital Theatre Tharp?s Ice Cream The Capitol Theatre was built in 1901 and originally named ?The Fraternity Theatre? which was located on the second floor and featured Stage Shows and Vaudeville Acts. The ground floor was used as a storeroom for Moser?s Department Store. The name of the theatre was changed to ?The Family Theatre? in 1908 and motion pictures were added to the venue. Casper Tharp and his son Chester purchased the building in 1925; moved the theatre to the ground floor and renamed it ?The Capitol Theatre?. The Tharp family also opened the Tharp?s Ice Cream Parlor next to the Theatre. The theatre was closed in 1967 and later razed. The Tharp?s Ice Cream Parlor still stands and became a restaurant that still serves the Shamokin community. These two wonderful, entertaining places were painted by Gloria Zielinskie And can be enjoyed by all as they bring back memories. _______________________________________ Anthracite Fire Company Mount Carmel, PA The Fire Company was chartered in September of 1882 and will be celebrating its 125th anniversary in 2007. Located on the Town Park, the fire company moved to its present location in 1916. A resident of Paxinos, PA Marcy Donmoyer has been studying drawing for one year. She also enjoys scrapbooking photography. We hope that you enjoy these note cards. All proceeds will go to benefit THE ANTHRACITE HERITAGE FESTIVAL. If you have questions please feel free to ask.