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Names written on the back:
Bottom, left to right, managers: Schoffstahl, Izzy Schwartz
Middle, left to right: Forward S. Newcomer, Center R. Newcomer, Captian and forward L. Williams, Guard H. Dilliard, Guard C. Fritzinger
Back, left to right,…

This bank was on the est side of Main Street just above the Presbyterian Church (my grandmother always called it the "upper bank."). The National Bank first opened in 1875; not originally in this building, which was erected in 1903.

Westbound CNJ freight with No. 932 in charge steams past the Lehigh Coal & Navigation Company's abandoned Lock No. 18 and its associated lock-tender's house. The L&NE Lehigh Gap bridge looms over the tracks in the distance. The faint easement line…

Not the best scan because of the curved nature of the stereoscope image. View is on the northwest side of Lehigh Gap, looking eastward towards the gap.

Smith Hall was the basketball arena and gymnasium connected with the Slatington high school. It was dedicated in 1937 in honor of Norman Smith (1896-1926). It was a great place for a basketball game and stood behind the Lincoln elementary school. It…

Looking north from the intersection of Main and Church streets into the central business district of Upper Main Street.

The Fireman's Drinking Fountain (1909) is on the National Register of Historic Places. I always thought that the drinking trough for horses was the most interesting part of the monument.  There is a similar monument at Union Cemetery. The fountain…

The congregation first formed in town abut 1850, and the first stone (slate) structure was built about 1854. In 1874 construction was begun on the wooden frame building, which stood at the bend in Main Street. The parsonage was alongside the church,…