This is a rather typical slate quarry scene. This postcard was part of a small booklet of photos, Souvenir of Slatington, Penna. and Vicinity, sold by Jones Bros & Miller. These photos also appeared as regular, individual postcards.
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,…
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…