Allentown is many things to many different people. It is a historical city, a city of churches, a city of immigrants, and a place that values hard work, education, and recreation. This is a city with rich and unique stories to tell. Allentown captures historical stories such as the hiding of the Liberty Bell, early railroad and canal transportation, and the training of World War I ambulance drivers. Other stories include how politics influenced the building of a world-class park system. This rare collection of postcards depicts how the people of Allentown shaped the city into their idea of the American dream.
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Allentown native Kevin S. Gildner assembled a collection of vintage postcards to take readers back to a simpler time and remind them of Allentown's unusual charm and character.
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A few years before the opening of the Adelaide Silk Mills in 1881, Allentown's iron industry collapsed, leaving the city economically depressed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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A few years before the opening of the Adelaide Silk Mills in 1881, Allentown's iron industry collapsed, leaving the city economically depressed. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Street Bridge, Central Park, Lehigh River, William Allen New!
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Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
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