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Reading gas-electric #87 June 1945, built Bethlehem Steel

On the northwest corner of Main and Center Streets, downtown Slatington.

This could be the American Legion Post 16 in Slatington basketball team. That is my guess since this postcard was in a lot with other Slatington photos. The American Legion was organized in Slatington in 1919.

My guess is that this is a Slatington team because it looks like the site of the old baseball field, the "S" on the uniforms, and the other photos in the group were all from Slatington.

This barn, which was part of the grist mill site and which is no longer there, was located at the bottom of the Main Street bridge spanning Trout Creek, behind the mill building. I remember that back in the 1970s this barn appeared in a model…

The very prominent Baptist church is shown here. This 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.