PHOTOVOICE This summer we gave participants at the Community Building Center disposable cameras and asked them to tell us the story of their lives in Allentown. Here are just a few of their photos, and the stories behind them.
It’s a Tamaqua tradition to decorate your windows for every holiday. I carry on that tradition. This window starts on May 1st, through Labor Day. This window here shows my Native American side. My tribe is Tuscarowa. Someone was taking the signs off my place to refurbish it, and the contractor asked me if I was Native American, just by looking at my window. And last year, an army guy in his uniform thanked me for showing the red, white, and blue. It makes me feel good when people notice.
This is just a beautiful picture. It’s a train waiting to go into the train yard. They go in and out all the time, all times of the night.
Outta sight, outta mind. Devil’s stone, 8th Street bridge.