PALMER TOWNSHIP'S HISTORY IN PICTURES
The pictures in the slideshow below are from the collection of Palmer Township resident Ed Dean. These pictures show parts of Palmer's history and the way that Palmer looked in years past.
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Alan Wagner farmhouse - 1918 Located west of Suburban EMS.
Palmer Fire Co. - Walter Ave. - 1955
Rt. 248 & Park Ave. looking north - 1971
Red Pig - 1938. Location of the current Marblehead Chowder House on Wm. Penn Highway.
25th and Northampton Sts. - 1958. Reilly Oil now Rudy's on the left and Steve's Cup in the background on the left.
Seipsville Hotel - 1941
Berks St. looking south from Freemansburg Ave - 1918
Palmer Moravian Church - Greenwood & Broad Sts - 1948
Fountain House (later Springbrook Tavern) - 1794
Rau Farm - 1968. Now Old Orchard Estates along Sutton Road.
Park Ave. at Rt. 248 looking east - 1971. The house on the left is where the Palmer Park Mall is now.
Springbrook Tavern. Current location of the Dollar Store at 25th and Northampton Sts.
On Seip Ave. looking west - 1963. The house on the left was built in 1840 and is the former home of Jacob Seip.
Palmer Dairy Bar - 1953. Currently the location of the Sushi Restaurant.
The large stormwater system being installed at the Palmer Park Mall - 1972.
Williams Cup at the location of the Williams Restaurant on William Penn Highway.
Palmer Fire Company on Dearborn St. - 1957.
After a fire at the Easton Airport - 1939. This airport was located on Hartley Ave.
Palmer Heights in the early 1900s.
Palmer Pride - date unknown.
Odenwelder's Store at 25th & Northampton Sts. - date unknown.
Nazareth Rd. (25th St.) & Northampton Sts. -1932. Looking South from Nazareth Rd. Dixie Cup plant behind the billboards. Odenwelder's store to the right. Pre Route 22.
Tracy School Fire Prevention Day. Palmer Municipal Fire Department - 1968.
Palmer Township Police Department - 1960.
Former Palmer Township Municipal Building and before that a school on Freemansburg Ave.
25th and Northampton Sts. looking north - 1932
Aerial view of the 25th St. Shopping Center area - 1971.
Aerial view of the 25th St. Shopping Center area - 1971.
Parade past the Foster House at 17th and Butler St. in Wilson Borough - 1911.
Hay Trolley line near Bushkill Park - 1918.
Island Park - cir. 1918. Island Park was on an island in the Lehigh River west of the Chain Dam.
Island Park - cir. 1918. Flooding of the Lehigh River caused severe damage to the park and took down the trolley bridge to the island in 1918. The park was never rebuilt.
Washington School - 1912. Located on Rt. 248 across from Jewel St.
Schaible Baker Shop - 1918.
Palmer Township Road crew - date unknown.
Second delivery truck owned by Schaible's Bakery in 1914.
Suburban Rescue Co. - date unknown.
John Rau homestead - 1922. Old Rt. 22 now Wm. Penn Highway. Lehigh Vally transit tracks in the foreground. Nulton Ave. going past barn.
Palmer Fire Company clambake - September 1922.
Odenwelder's Store at 25th & Northampton Sts. - date unknown.
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