Beckel Images
These photographs are part of the Bethlehem Public Library's collection of the personal papers of Frederick Truman Beckel.
The photographs include family photographs reflecting his research into his family's genealogy, other areas of local history, his involvement with the South Bethlehem and Bethlehem National Banks and his friend Ralph Bond Hess, who lived with him in his later years.
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3rd Street looking westThe doorway on 3rd Street looking west. The doorway is decorated for the Semi-Centennial.
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South Bethlehem National BankThe teller windows in the South Bethlehem National Bank.
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South Bethlehem National BankThe lobby interior in the South Bethlehem National Bank. Notes on back: Old building. Opposite corner. Third & Adams.
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McCrory 5 & 10 BuildingThe McCrory 5 & 10 Building in 1957.
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Unidentified buildingAn unidentified building on 3rd Street.
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Unidentified buildingAn unidentified building on 3rd Street.
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Quality Resturant BuildingThe Quality Resturant Building.
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Phillips Sporting GoodsPhillips Sporting Goods.
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Unidentified buildingAn unidentified building on 3rd Street.
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McCrory 5 & 10 BuildingThe McCrory 5 & 10. The note on the back reads: After C. P. Hoffman moved across the street 5 & 10 went in, after 5 & 10 fire building was torn down and South Bethlehem National Bank bought land and built bland building accd to Fred Beckel
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Bethlehem National BankWorking space inside the Bethlehem National Bank.
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Bethlehem National BankThe lobby of the Bethlehem National Bank.