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New York Evening Graphic -Hudson Bridge Special - 1925 Newspaper supplement from the New York Evening Graphic, a tabloid style newspaper that was published between 1924-1932. The Hudson Bridge Special, published in 1925, was a supplement promoting a bridge between New York and New Jersey. -
Weehawken High School Basketball Schedule - 1945-1946 Weehawken High School schedule of basketball games for 1945-1946. Listed are players, cheerleaders. Scores have been written in pencil for some games. -
American Legion Building Undated black and white photograph of the American Legion Post #!8 building at the corner of 49th Street and Boulevard East. -
Before the Lincoln Tunnel 1935 pen and ink drawing by artist Grant Wright of the Weehawken playground area, looking south toward the Lipton Tea building in Hoboken. At right is Park Avenue, with trolley and cars. The area was traversed on foot through a series of steps and pathways. This area, just south of the Town Hall, gave way to the stadium, tennis courts and entrance plaza to the Lincoln Tunnel. -
Indian Ink - Weehawken HS publication - June, 1971 Volume XXX, no. 4 June 1971 copy of a Weehawken High School newspaper, published and contributed to by a staff made up of students. -
1914 West Hoboken Observers Baseball Team Undated newspaper photograph of the 1914 Observers, a baseball team organized in the Lossberg section of West Hoboken. Players (except for 2) and manager are identified. -
Deas deed conveyed from Jane Ann Fowler to James Brown - 1864 Original handwritten deed between Jane Ann Fowler and James Brown, both of New York City, conveying a 10 acre parcel of land known as Peacock Meadows, being a part of Slaugh’s Meadow, originally conveyed to James Deas by Alexander Peacock, bounded on the east by the Hudson River, in the “Township of North Bergen” (now Weehawken), dated October 22, 1864. The deed is signed by Jane Ann Fowler, C.B. Wheeler & J. Cambreberg (witnesses), and signed and stamped by Thomas Sadler (Commissioner for New Jersey) on the commissioner’s slip. James Deas, to whom this parcel was originally conveyed, was a successful ship captain after the American Revolution and built an estate in Weehawken known as Deas Point (or Day's Point). It is believed that the land he owned encompassed a secluded area known as the dueling grounds, where New Yorkers came to duel. Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr dueled there on July 11, 1804. James Deas and Alexander Hamilton, both being of Scottish heritage, were members of the St. Andrews Society of New York and knew each other well. After Hamilton died, Deas allowed the Society to install a memorial on the dueling site in 1806. Most of the land was sold by Deas' heirs to James Gore King by about 1830, where King built his home called Highwood. James Brown's home, called Clifton was built circa 1840. Part of the home is still standing at the rear of the Shri Swaminarayan Hindu Temple ISSO, located on Louisa Place, across from the Roosevelt School. -
Memorial Day Pamphlet - 2019 2019 Memorial Day Pamphlet. Along with the usual yearly ceremony, nine additional names were engraved at the bottom of the Soldiers and Sailors Monument, to mark the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I. The monument was refurbished and unveiled on May 27, 2019. One additional name was engraved on the Korean War monument as well. The additional names were found a result of research by the Weehawken Historical Commission. -
Doctors Pharmacy Eye Dropper and Box 3-1/2" long glass eye dropper, with rubber disc and tip. Comes in cardboard box, with corrugated paper to protect glass, with instructions on one side. Label reads: The Doctors Pharmacy Sol Susselman, PhG , Nat Bronfman, BS Ph Date: 4-1-58 The address of the pharmacy was 2500 Palisade Ave,, cor. Dodd St., Weehawken, N.J. Phones: Union 5 9813, 7 9688 A pharmacy, operated by a Herman Wouters opened on this site in 1896. -
Steps to Highwood Park Colored unused postcard of the wooden steps leading from Clifton Road (now Pershing Road) up to the top of the Palisades at Boulevard East. -
Map of Highwood Bluffs 1909 Map of Highwood Bluffs, the extension of High Bluff Terrace, printed in 1909. The area was purchased by S. E. Renner and Thomas Henry, developers of this area and also Sterling Avenue, on the other side of the Hudson Boulevard, now Boulevard East. Drawn over lots 27-30 is the outline of Highwood Bluff, or the Bluff, the home of Archibald Gracie King, son of James Gore King, who settled in Weehawken in 1832. Archibald died in 1897, but the home remained standing until the mid-1920s. -
Woodrow Wilson School Graduation - 1978 Graduation Exercises program of Woodrow Wilson School, June 21, 1978. -
Peter Skripka Sr. working at Jay-Dee Wine & Liquor Scan of an undated black and white photograph of Pete Skripka, Sr, serving a very young customer at Jay-Dee's, a liquor store that apparently also sold soft drinks and candy. The store, which was located at 88 Highwood Terrace, is present day Highwood Cleaners. -
NY Central Freight and Passenger Railway Scanned photograph of the NY Central Freight and Passenger railyards, taken in 1946. -
Pier K, Weehawken - 1946 Scan of black and white photograph of Pier K, looking south towards lower Manhattan. Pier K was part of the NY Central Railway system. The image was taken from the top of the Palisades. -
West Shore Ferry - 1946 Scan of black and white photograph of the West Shore Ferry terminal, looking across to New York City. The photograph was taken in July, 1946. -
Pigeons in War and Peace A three page description of how the homing pigeon can be used during wartime and in peace, from a Philadelphia Wartime Conference publication, 1944. -
Putnam Lofts blank pedigree sheet A blank Putnam Lofts pedigree sheet, featuring images of two of its winning pigeons, -
Clock mechanism for pigeon racing Description of the clock mechanism and procedure to time pigeon racing -
Putnam Lofts, Senger Brothers pigeon loft postcard ads Black and white postcard/ad of the Putnam Pigeon Lofts of Bernard Senger, black and white postcard/ad of Senger Brothers lofts in Hboken, Teaneck and Ridgewood -
Bernard Senger in front of pigeon lofts - 1940 Black and white photograph of Bernard Senger, taken in 1940, posing in front of one of his pigeon lofts in his backyard on Kingwood Road. -
Alice and Bernard Senger Black and white photograph of Alice and Bernard Senger, taken outside their home, against the backdrop of New York's skyline, circa 1970. -
Duels at Weehawken - by Charles H. Winfield A list of duels and participants that took place in Weehawken, taken from the History of Hudson County, New Jersey, by Charles H. Winfield. The first duel occurred in 1799 and the last in 1845, where bullets were replaced with corks by the seconds of both duelists. This page, a copy, appeared in a publication of School No 1, the Lincoln School, dated February 18, 1904. -
West Hoboken Honor Men for the National Army Undated 8" x 10" black and white photograph of men posed outside U.S. army enlistment center, West Hoboken, NJ. A number of Army officers are seen with the civilian recruits dressed in suit jackets and hats, or shirtsleeves. New recruits sport badges on their shirts or jackets. Unstated is that the men (volunteers or draftees) were to go to Camp Dix for basic training. Also of interest is a printed placard on the garage door at the left: Leave Your Books Here We'll Get Them For the Soldiers "Over There" Hudson Observer War Book Campaign Damage to upper right, lower left and lower right corners of photograph.
