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 NEW YORK. 
 
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 Copyright, 1894, 
 
 Aua. H. Leibkrt, 
 Bookseller, 
 Betlilehein, Pa. 
 
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 .KTHLKHEM, South Bethlehem and West Bethleheni, a trio of thrivmg boroughs wkh 
 
 separate and distinct municipal governments, are situated on both sides of the Lehigh 
 
 River, at its junction with the Monocacy. . ., , • . ^ Ko^v t^ t-^t 
 
 The first mentioned, the oldest of the three towns, carries its history back to I/41. 
 
 when the first house was erected and occupied and its name was given to the prospective 
 
 The settlers were Moravians who came hither from Georgia, where under the patronage of 
 General ffglSho^rthev had joined his colony with the chief object of bringing the U ord of 
 the Cross to the aborigines of that region. 1 f..«ct i^nrl in Pennsvl- 
 
 This motive, too, actuated them to purchase the tracts of prmieval ^^ fff.. fJ^f.-^^-f^^.f "'^ 
 vania, in the forks of the Lehigh ; and for the furtherance^ of this ^york the ^l3"^\YiSm wL 
 the red men who here had their ancestral seats, the rapidly growing town of Bethlehem \^a^ 
 maiiiSired as an economv, where all labored for a common cause. This quasi-conimunal system 
 wS abolished hi 1762. .X^'ith the exception of the first two houses, f-^^^ -/Ifj^f^^^'JgL dav' 
 built of heavv masonrv and, clustered more or less closely on Church Street remain to this da) 
 a spot of unfaimig interest to the visitor, buttressed and gambrel-roofed. veritable ensamples of 
 the architectural style of Saxon-Germany, of the seventeenth century. ^..,,^^^ Besides 
 
 The superiority of its educational facilities has ever been the P^^^^^ ^^ ^|^$Xool a sem- 
 its excellent public schools, the Moravian Church maintains '-^ l^f^%^X,^^\^i, f^^^^^^^^ 
 inarv for vouii<^ ladies and a Theological Seminary and College. South Bethlehem is the ^eat 
 rShigh University with its numerous elegant and massive buildings, splendidly arranged and 
 equipped for students in the scientific and technical branches. .tnT.f.nf1n,m 
 
 The manufacturing industries of the Bethlehems are not very numerous ; yet the stnpendous 
 plant of the Bethlehem^ Iron Companv. situated in South Bethlehem represents as much capital 
 and is of as great commercial importance as a score of smaller e/tabhshments^ 
 
 The works of the Lehi<rh Zinc and Iron Companv are located in South Bethlehem also ana, 
 in tru?ii Z historv of the^inanufacture of both Metallic Zinc and Zinc Oxide in America begins 
 at Bethlehem for here were these products first made on a commercial scale 
 
 One roomv and wen equipped silk mill has been established in each of the three towns. 
 
 The environs of Bethlehem are eminently picturesque and the town has long been a favor- 
 ite resort for summer tourists. 
 
Bethlehem and the Old Bridge. 
 
First House in Bethlehem— 1741. 
 
Moravian Church, erected ISO;. 
 
The Gemein Haus — erected 1742. 
 

 Sisters' House— erected 1742. 
 
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Widows House— erected 1768. 
 
First Seminary for Girls— erected 1746. 
 
Interior of Moravian Church— 1891. 
 
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 Old Chapel, erected 1751. 
 
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 Young Ladies' Seminary 
 
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 The Schnitz Haus. 
 
Moravian Church and Young Ladies' Seminary- Hear View. 
 
The Juliana Nitschmann Tokb. 
 Old Moravian Cemetery 
 
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 Penn School. 
 
 South Main Street and Post Office. 
 
Person & Riegel's. 
 Main Street— View East. 
 
Eagle Hotel. 
 
 Sun Inn. 
 
 American House. 
 
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 The Cutter Silk Mill and West Bethlehem. 
 
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 Manocacy Bridge. 
 
General Offices-Lehigh Valley R. R. 
 

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 L.EHIGH Valley h. R. station. 
 
 View down the Lehigh— New Street Bridge. 
 
Moravian Parochial School. 
 Webster Public School. 
 
 Neisser School. 
 
 BiSHOPTHORPE school. 
 
 South Bethlehem High School. 
 
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 Bethlehem Iron Works, from New Street Bridge. 
 
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Lehigh Zinx Works. 
 
Church of the Nativity— South Bethlehem. 
 
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 St Luke's Hospital. 
 
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Railroad Bridge and Boat Landing. 
 

 Fountain Hill Residences— South Bethlehem. 
 

Moravian Theological Seminary. 
 
Packer Memorial Church. 
 
Lehigh Gap. 
 
 Bethlehem and South Bethlehem, from Lehigh University. 
 
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