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Greetings1914web.jpg
Postcard features some thumbnail images of Slatington churches.

LehighGap1910web.jpg
Looking south through Lehigh Gap, clearly showing the canal's aqueduct over the Aquashicola Creek. Yes, the canal went over the creek.

Silsby 1 web.jpg
Silsby #1013 fire engine pumper, from Slatington, was originally purchased by Hose Company #1 in 1891. Fifty years later it was sold to the Insurance Company of North America (later part of CIGNA) for a museum display. CIGNA then transferred the…

Lutheranchurch.jpg
Originally the Lutheran and Reformed congregations shared a church, built in 1869, on Second Street, but in 1881 the Lutheran congregation began building its own church, dedicated in 1883.

Palmertonandlehighgap.jpg
Mostly a view of east Palmerton

NationalBank.jpg
One of Slatington's two banks; often called the "lower" and the "upper." This would be the "upper."

MainStreetlookingsouth.jpg
Presbyterian church is straight ahead. Notice that it still has its steeple at this date.
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