Lehigh Valley

Local history, kept.

Maps, aerials, posters, and photographs documenting the Lehigh Valley’s past.

Matthew’s own Lehigh Valley work hangs in the museum’s Lehigh Valley Wing

Hand-drawn map of the Lehigh Valley Railroad's Barber Quarry branch in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania

Lehigh Valley Railroad Barber Quarry Map

Hand-lettered 1942 track map of the Lehigh Valley Railroad's West End Branch through west Allentown, Pennsylvania, labelling each industrial siding and the business it served

Lehigh Valley Railroad West End Branch Map

1901 bird's-eye view map of Allentown, Pennsylvania, bordered by engraved vignettes of local buildings

1901 Map of Allentown

Composite fire insurance map of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, 1904, color-coded by building construction

Bethlehem 1904

Sanborn fire insurance map of Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1911

Allentown’s Streets of 1911

Sanborn fire insurance map of the Bethlehem Steel works along the Lehigh River, 1912

1912 Bethlehem Steel

Mosaic of 1938 aerial survey photographs covering the Lehigh Valley

1938 Lehigh Valley Aerial View

1976 illustrated poster celebrating Allentown as an All-America City

Allentown All-American City | 1976 Poster

Panoramic bird's-eye view drawing of Allentown, Pennsylvania

Allentown Aerial

Illustrated pictorial map of Northampton County, Pennsylvania

Northampton

Cover of a booklet titled History of Lehigh Valley Transit Company, Railway Operations, with the company's interlocking monogram printed in green on pale grey card

History of Lehigh Valley Transit Company — Railway Operations

Booklet cover printed in green on cream: The Liberty Bell Route's Heavy Interurban Cars, above a photograph of a two-car interurban train on track through bare winter woods

The Liberty Bell Route's Heavy Interurban Cars — History and Rosters

Booklet cover: The Liberty Bell Route's 1000 Series Interurban Cars, with a photograph of a streamlined interurban car signed Express Philadelphia beside a red Liberty Bell emblem

The Liberty Bell Route's 1000 Series Interurban Cars — History and Roster

Booklet cover in red and black: Short Trolley Routes in the Lehigh River Valley, around an oval photograph of three trolley cars and their crews on a small-town street

Short Trolley Routes in the Lehigh River Valley

Cover of the Hess's Patio menu: the word patio in white on deep blue, above an illustrated spread of desserts, a tall iced drink and salads

Hess's Patio Menu

Bethlehem 1987 Poster