Postcards from the Chris Eline Collection

Chris Eline, retired from the Bethlehem Fire Department, is also a photographer and collector of local history. He co-authored Firefighting in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1742-1917 with Karen Samuels and Nancy Rutman. Originally from Bethlehem, he now lives in Philadelphia.

In 2017, Chris Eline donated a collection of postcards dating from 1906-1908, all mailed to Frank H. and Ella G. Kramer, Center Valley, PA. Frank H. Kramer was born in 1859, married to Ella G. in 1884, and died in 1944. He was a farmer.

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First Ladies Seminary, Built 1749, Bethlehem, Pa. The American News Company. 1907.

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Bethlehem, Pa. Comenius Hall and the Helen Stadiger Borhek Memorial Chapel, Moravian College and Theological Seminary. 1907.

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Moravian College for Men, Bethlehem, Pa. The Mebane Greeting Card Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

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Moravian Church built 1803, Bethlehem, Pa. Souvenir Post Card Co. 1907.

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Colonial Hall, Ladies Seminary, Bethlehem, Pa. The American News Company. 1908.

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Christmas Decoration on Hill to Hill Bridge, Bethlehem, Pa. J. Carroll Tobias. The Mebane Greeting Card Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

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Hill to Hill Bridge, Bethlehem, Pa. The Mebane Greeting Card Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

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View of the Lehigh River, Bethlehem, Pa. 1907.

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Liberty High School, Bethlehem, Pa. The Mebane Greeting Card Company, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

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Adelaide Silk Mill, Allentown, Pa. The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co.

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Main Building, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa. Souvenir Post Card Co. 1908.

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Y.M.C.A. Allentown, Pa. 1908.

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Battle Monument, Trenton, N.J. The Valentine & Sons Publishing Co. 1908.

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Girard College, Philadelphia. J. Murray Jordan.

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Washington and his family at Mount Vernon. Raphael Tuck & Sons. 1908.

►Chris Eline Postcards