Items

• USS Weehawken: Intrepid Civil War Monitor

  This undated paper by William Ray Heitzman of Villanova University was distributed by the Weehawken Historical Society. It describes the exploits of the Union monitor Weehawken. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Columbia Magazine - Duel Degree

  Columbia Magazine (Winter 2004-2005) article entitled Duel Degree, which describes the re-enactment of the Hamilton Burr Duel held in Weehawken in July 2004. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Auction Prospectus - Highwood Park

  This is a copy of an Auction Prospectus for 293 choice lots in Highwood Park adjoining Eldorado Station in Weehawken Heights, NJ. The auction was to take place on Wednesday, May 30, 1894 at noon and was conducted by James L. Wells, Auctioneer of 59 Liberty Street. The 8 page document includes many maps and engravings. Unfortunately, this is a poor quality photocopy. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Graphic Picture of Progress to Date on Weehawken-Midtown

  Newspaper clipping, hand dated October 4, 1937, from The Hudson Dispatch including a panoramic view of the tunnel cut and approaches as of that date. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Steps from Park Avenue to Union City

  Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping with the following caption: Twice a Day on These and Mountain Climbing Is Child's Play Before you reach this ascent from Park Avenue, Weehawken, to Twentieth Street and Gregory Avenue, Union City, you have climbed 22 steps. Then you go straight up 249 steps, gasping for breath at each landing, and you are just at the boundary of Union City. - A.F. Lozio This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Tray Made from Copper from Hamilton School Roof

  Small tray (ashtray sized) with a label on the reverse reading: This tray is made of metal taken off the roof of the old Hamilton School in Weehawken, N.J. Built in 1901. Torn down in 1939. Made by A. Bergmann. This item is in the colleciton of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Kay's Conception of Tunnel Highway with Apartments

  Unidentified and undated newspaper clipping showing an artists rendition of the depressed highway approach to the Lincoln Tunnel. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Weehawken Loop of Lincoln Tunnel Open to Traffic Next Sat

  Newspaper clipping from Saturday, October 8, 1938 from an unknown paper showing the entrance to the Lincoln Tunnel and loop road leading in to it. This is only the first page of a multi page article; the remaining pages are missing. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Kings Woods - Two Views

  Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping showing two 1889 views of the Kings Woods area, which at the time of the clipping, made up part of the new Lincoln Tunnel approach. Caption reads: Kings Woods - Two Views. It is in this section that traffic from New York now pours out of the Lincoln Tunnel. Both views were made in 1889. In the picture below, derbied camera companions stood like statues on the bridge. This item is part of the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clippings - Rural Weehawken Before the Tunnel

  Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping showing pictures of a very rural looking Weehawken (The Kingswood area, circa 1900) prior to the building of the Lincoln Tunnel. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Proposed Meadows Highway To Open Dead End Tunnel

  Unidentified newspaper clipping which appears to be an opinion piece from the Hudson Dispatch from1938 in favor of the addition of a highway connecting the Lincoln Tunnel and the Pulaski Skyway, opining that adding connecting highways would spur greater usage of the tunnel and impel the Port Authority to complete the second tube. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Will Approve Tunnel Plan

  Newspaper clipping hand dated 10/21/34 from an unidentified newspaper describing the pending approval of the plans for the tunnel between Weehawken and midtown Manhattan. Includes 2 illustrations. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Weehawken Public School Attendance Book - 1865

  Photo copy of the Attendance Book of the Weehawken Public School for April, 1865. The book shows the school closures for assassinated President Abraham Lincoln's funeral and procession. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission
• Newspaper Clipping - Weehawken Aroused Over Death Trap Plan For Tunnel Approach

  Newpaper clipping from the Hudson Dispatch of Thursday, February 28, 1935 describing a plan for approach roads for the Lincoln Tunnel which looks very much like what we have in place today with the Helix. The previous plan called the Hairpin Turn plan is not shown. This document is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Bonn Effort to Solve Weehawken Traffic

  Newspaper clipping from the Hudson Dispatch of Saturday, June 12, 1926 describing the giant elevated railway built in 1891 from the West Shore Ferry to Fulton Street and the Eldorado. This is presented in the context of the 1926 efforts of Weehawken home owners to deal with traffic. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Weehawken Gets New Tunnel Plan

  Article from the New York Times of Sunday, October 21, 1934 describing the 148th proposal offered by the Port Board for the layout of the Lincoln Tunnel and approaches. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - New Midtown Tunnel Plaza

  Clipping from the Jersey Observer of Thursday Evening, October 10, 1935 showing the proposed layout of the Lincoln Tunnel Plaza and approaches. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Historic Weehawken Mansion

  This unidentified and undated clipping from a newspaper shows the mansion of Archibald Gracie King, known as The Bluff. The drawing of the house is captioned Copyright by Jas L Wells, 1894. It is mounted next to a letter to the editor of the New York Herald Tribune, dated March 7, 1938 and signed by a Mrs. Vera Rourke, headlined Deserted Mansion on a Hill. The letter describes the later fate of the house.
• Lincoln Tunnel Access By $16,000,000 Road

  News clipping from the Hudson Dispatch of Wednesday, August 17, 1938 (?) describing plans to build an access road from the Pulaski Skyway to the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Weehawken Rocks

  Unidentified and undated newspaper clipping showing a woman standing under some of the dramatic overhang of rocks along the Palisades, in West New York. Unfortunately, this is only one of two pictures in the set. The other showed the same woman standing in the same spot forty four years earlier and highlighted changes in the rock formation. The second image is a photograph of the same rock taken by Willie Demontreux in 2005.
• Scenic Beauty of Weehawken Inspired Poet 78 Years Ago

  Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping quoting the poem Weehawken Heights by James Restine which was originally published in Godeys Lady Book and Magazine. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission
• Weehawken's First Police Force

  Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping of a photo of Weehawken's first police department and their mascot. Front row (left to right): Judge Robert Noble Sergeant John Mayer the mascot Roundsman Edward Clifford Roundsman Patrick McGoey Back row (left to right): William Dietz Louis Schafer Jailer Thomas Murray Timothy Conroy J. Timoney This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Dead End Steps on Kings Bluff, Weehawken

  Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping with a photo of some rather forlorn looking steps that led from the bluff down to Boulevard East, near the Lincoln Tunnel Plaza.
• The Spick-and-Span Lincoln Tunnel Occupies This Weehawken Area Now

  Unidentified and undated newspaper clipping with a picture taken by a Mr. Allen in the winter of 1889 showing a very rural looking spot in the Kingswood section. The Spick-and-Span Lincoln Tunnel Occupies This Weehawken Area Now Mr. Allen made this picture during the winter of 1889 in one of his favorite spots in historic Kings Woods. We believe Henry R. Allen and his wife, Mary, lived in the Weehawken/Union Hill/West Hoboken area from about 1870 to 1900. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Only 148 Steps

  Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping with a view of the stairs from Pershing Road to Boulevard East. The caption notes the presence of another stairway up the cliff with an additional 88 steps. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission