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GapPanorama.jpg
This view looks south towards Lehigh Gap from Palmerton. This is a three-panel postcard.

Penn Lynn Quarry.jpg
Old stereoscopic image of the quarry on the outskirts of Slatington (now filled in and used by the borough).

Penn Lynn Acme 1 web.jpg
Quarry has been filled in and is now the site of the borough's municipal building. Acme supermarket building was to the left on top of the quarry refuse pile.

Lehigh Gap before 1911 web.jpg
before the construction of the Lehigh and New England bridge

Quarry2.jpg
Interior view of the building in which slabs of slate were cut and polished to the desired dimensions.

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Library.jpg
The old post office, in the A.P. Berlin building, which was later the site of the public library. Both the library and post office are in different locations now. This building, once connected with a slate quarry operation, now houses an antique…
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