Photos, videos and docs of Alan Mays, with the keywords: "Northampton County"

Wishing You All a Happy New Year, 1908

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Sat, 01 Jan 2022 17:20:02 +0000

Twenty-four adults and one child posed for this real photo postcard, which was used as a New Year greeting.

Handwritten message (at right): "Wishing you all a Happy New Year. Lovingly, Emma."

Addressed on the other side to Mrs. John Kreisel, 17 Cherokee St., S. Bethlehem, Pa., and postmarked in Allentown, Pa., on Jan. 3, 1908.

Compare this photo with New Year Gathering, Chicago, Illinois, 1912.

The Everitt Family, Easton, Pa., April 8, 1917

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 17 Dec 2018 04:58:58 +0000

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A Vintage Photos Theme Park photo for the theme of piercing, unusual, or distinctive eyes (a photo featuring someone or something with expressive eye; the eyes can belong to people, animals, or face-like objects).

Embossed at lower right: "Felker's Studio, Easton, Pa."

Handwritten name and date on the back of this real photo postcard: "Harry Johnson Everitt. April 8th, 1917."

With their frowns and staring eyes, this family doesn't appear to be enjoying their photo session. I'm not sure if Harry Johnson Everitt is the name of the father or the son.

Aluminum Lecture Ticket, Lehigh University, April 28, 1891

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Tue, 10 Jan 2017 22:12:10 +0000

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"Lecture by Joseph W. Richards, M.A., A.C., M.S., on 'Aluminium.' The Chemical Society of the Lehigh University. April 28, 1891, 8:00 p.m. Please present this ticket at the door. Seat no. 15."

Fleetwood Jack and His Nevada Ranch Barn Dance Gang, St. Roch's Carnival, Weona Park, Pen Argyl, Pa., August 10 to 15, 1942

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Wed, 20 Apr 2016 14:41:08 +0000

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St. Roch's Carnival, Weona Park, Pen Argyl, Pa., August 10 to 15, 1942

Free attractions. Fleetwood Jack and His Nevada Ranch Barn Dance Gang. Flo Irwin's Society Circus. Servais Sylvester the Magician. Doc Hudspeth and Mme. Iris.

Rides and concessions. War stamps awarded nightly. Queen contest. Patriotic pageants. Amateur contests.

Lehigh House, South Bethlehem, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 22 May 2015 15:52:12 +0000

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"Lehigh House, South Bethlehem, Pa. Convenient to university. Newly refitted. European and American plans. Reduced rates for students. P. Alexander Hunt, prop. Free 'bus."

As far as I can determine, Lehigh House was a hotel located in what is now Bethlehem, Pennsylvania ("South Bethlehem" is no longer used as a place name). I haven't been able to figure out the hotel's exact location, but its proximity to Lehigh University ("convenient to university") was apparently why the proprietor offered "reduced rates for students" and a "free [omni]bus."

The only mention of the Lehigh House hotel that I've uncovered so far is in Alfred Mathews, History of the Counties of Lehigh and Carbon, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia: Everts & Richards, 1884), p. 144: "In 1833, [Caspar] Kleckner built the hotel now known as the Lehigh House, which he kept until 1841, when his son-in-law, John G. Schimpf, took possession of it, and remained as landlord until 1858. Following him there were two or three other landlords, who remained for short terms, and in 1862 the house was sold to James Allen Trexler, whose son H. A. Trexler, is the present proprietor."

I suspect that this business card dates to the 1880s or 1890s, when P. Alexander Hunt presumably succeeded H. A. Trexler as proprietor.

Central Fire Station, Easton, Pa.

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 18:31:18 +0000

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Big-Bang Real Noise for Boys

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 19:27:52 +0000

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"Big-Bang. Real noise for boys. No matches, no gunpowder. The Conestoga Company, Inc., main office and factory, Bethlehem, Pa., U.S.A."

Independence Day / Easter Compliments

nobody@ipernity.com (Alan Mays) — Fri, 04 Jul 2014 21:16:24 +0000

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"Independence Day. 101. Easter compliments of T. G. Daub, grocer."

One advertising trade card, two holidays! Theodore Gustav Daub, a grocer from Easton, Pennsylvania, printed an Easter greeting on this Independence Day trade card.