Hardcoal Chronicles 40th
1973 - 2013
“Through Cultural Eyes” Show Opening
THROUGH CULTURAL EYES
A Look Back at The Twentieth Anniversary Retrospective of The HARDCOAL CHRONICLES
November 9, 1995 ~ The Anthracite Heritage Museum, Scranton, Pennsylvania ~ January 8, 1997
The HARDCOAL CHRONICLES was very honored to be the show selected for display through the milestone year of the Anthracite Heritage Museum Complex. It was a joint celebration of twentieth anniversaries when teamed together with the Anthracite Heritage Museum and Iron Furnaces Associates, along with the Commonwealth’s Museum Complex professionals to present “Through Cultural Eyes”.
With 210 images displayed in four custom-designed galleries, it was the largest photographic exhibit ever presented in Anthracite history. However, as photographer Scott Herring said during the formal opening on May 4th, 1996, “There’s nothing on the walls in there that’s equal to the people gathered in here”.
With representatives from 22 Anthracite mining companies, two railroads, and guests who travelled in from six states, all of Anthracite’s essential extended family was present in one place at one time, perhaps for the first time ever. The people of Tremont, Pennsylvania (who have long claimed Scott as their own) sent up an entire bus load, and after somewhat over four hundred had signed the guest registry, we ran out of pages. So, nobody really knows how many were in attendance, but the People of the Black Diamond were there, with their photographer, for their moment.
A1 Title plate
A2 Frontispiece
A3 Dedicatory
A4 Panels Intro
A5 The Region
A6 Overview
A7 Names & Titles
A8 Orientation
A9 Image Roster
A10 Farther Afield
A11 Portfolios
A12 Chronology
A13 thecoalman.com
Presentation
C1 Metamorphic
C2 Mine Pits A
C3 Coal Holes
C4 Deep Mining
C5 Breakers
D1 People
D2 Pitch Black
D3 Coal Delivery
D4 PA Bituminous
D5 Soft Coal
D6 Mine Pits B
D7 Coaling Towers
E1 Coal Trains
E2 Coal Cars
E3 Non-Coal RR
E4 Car Shots
F1 Night Images
F2 Jim Lukens Art
F3 Anthracite Racing
F4 Racing Reunion
Culmination
H1 Linking Up
H2 Homecoming
H3 Photographers
H4 “LAST CALL !”
H5 “Last Call” continued
K1 Acknowledgements
K2 Thank You
K3 Honorees
K4 Ambassador
K5 Silver Images
K6 Framers
K7 Dan's Camera
K8 Rob-Win Press
K9 Lew Graver
K10 Avanti Cigars
N1 “Year in the Life”
N2 The Work in 2011
N3 Continuity
N4 “Parting Shot”
Information
Q1 Calendar
Q2 Show Venues
Q3 Visitors Welcome
Q4 Links
Q5 “On Hold”
Q6 Copyright Notice
Q7 Gifting of Images
Q8 Site Update
R1 Return