A group of members of the Order of the Eastern Star pose for a photograph. Some are dressed in tuxedos and some are wearing white dresses and corsages. The group consists of charter members, past matrons, and past patrons of the Virginia E. Holland Chapter 86 of the Order of the Eastern Star.
Several people gathered on the sidewalk near the Sun Inn for a dedication ceremony. A few individuals are holding the flags for Greece, Hungary, France, Portugal, Italy, Poland, and Pennsylvania.
A group (including Robert L. Dutt, Gary Dologite, Jackson Strohl, Edward Hudak, A.C. Snyder, Walker Daniels, and Mayor H. Gordon Payrow, left to right) can be seen holding shovels about to dig into the dirt at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new city center at 10 E. Church Street.
Members of the Edgeboro Women's Democratic Club seated and standing behind a long table which has a large cake on it. The group was celebrating the club's fourth anniversary.
A crowd of people can be seen waving to President Harry S. Truman and the First Lady, Bess Truman, who are standing on the platform of a railroad car and waving back to the crowd. The former President and First Lady were on a whistle-stop train tour, stopping at Jersey Central Station to campaign for the 1948 presidential election.
Graduates of the Red Cross Home Hygiene and Care of the Sick Course (including Thelma Francis Jenkins, center back row) pose for a photograph. Four of the graduates in the front row are holding on to Red Cross flags. The graduates are the first group of Black women to complete the course.
Several members of the fire department lined up on Main Street near Comenius Hall. Most members are seated in carriages that are harnessed to horses. A couple of members are seated in an automobile.
A view of Main Street looking south from the corner of Market Street. There is snow on the ground and a few pedestrians can be seen on the sidewalks and street. The Eagle Hotel can be seen on the right.
A view of Main Street looking north from Church Street. A person can be seen walking on the street and a bicyclist can be seen heading north up Main Street. The construction of Hotel Bethlehem can be seen in the background.
A view of a hangar at Bethlehem Airport located at the east end of South Mountain. An automobile can be seen in the foreground. An airplane can be seen in the air past the hangar.
An aerial view of Main Street looking south. Several automobiles are parked along both sides of the street. The Sun Inn can be seen on the left. The belfry of Central Moravian Church can be seen at the other end of the street.
