Items

• Roosevelt School 6th Grade Class - 1976-1977

  8" x 10" sepia toned photograph of the 6th grade class of 1976-1977 at the Roosevelt School.
• Township of Weehawken Hack Driver's License

  Township of Weehawken, NJ Hack Driver's license, with black and white photograph of Driver Number 105, John J. Winn. The license should have expired January 1, 1947, however it was marked cancelled 8-16-46 by Chief of Police, Edward J. Kirk, whose signature is stamped at the bottom of the license.
• Annual Dance of the Weehawken Regular Republican Party Organization

  Booklet of the Weehawken Republican Party's Annual fund raiser dance from November 3, 1967. Contents include the 3 Republican candidates running for Township Council, the members of the Dance Committee and advertisements from residents and local businesses.
• Palisades Avenue with Weehawken Heights School, Weehawken, NJ

  Color photo postcard of Palisade Avenue looking south, with a large brick building which was the original Webster School (built in 1896) on the left. Mailed September 18, 1910 from Hoboken. Peter Hoffmann, Publisher, Union Hill, NJ. Made in Germany.
• Alexander Hamilton Statue, Weehawken, NJ

  Color postcard of the Hamilton monument (pre-1935). It is not the site of the duel. Mailed May 1, 1917. Published by the Hudson Co., Union Hill, NJ
• Bird's-eye View from Morgan Street and Bulls Ferry Road, showing Water Tower, Union Hill, NJ

  Unposted colored postcard of a view of Bulls Ferry Road (today's Park Avenue) looking north from Morgan Street n (today's 40th Street) towards the Hackensack Water Tower and reservoir at right. At left in distance is the Bermes Brewery, with flag on top. Published by Souvenir Post Card Company, Printed in Germany.
• King's Bluff Curve, Weehawken, NJ

  Black and white postcard photo of King's Bluff curve, with train running south along railroad tracks. Mailed April 30, 1910 from Weehawken. John C. Voigt Post Card Co., Jersey City, NJ. Printed in Germany.
• Weehawken Steps to Jersey City

  Colored photo postcard of the steps from Weehawken. Mailed August 18, 1910 from Hoboken. The Valentine and Sons Publishing Co,, Ltd., New York. Printed in Great Britain.
• Hamilton Monument, Hudson River and NYC in the Distance, Weehawken, NJ

  Color photo postcard of the Weehawken monument, pre-1935 with the original plaque still on it. The text of plaque in upper left hand corner. Mailed September 21, 1914 from West Hoboken. Published by Brooklyn Post Card Co., Inc., New York
• View of Palisades Showing Wooden Steps

  Unposted color photo postcard showing the wooden steps leading down from Boulevard East to Pershing Road.
• Palisades Showing Lover's Leap, Weehawken, NJ

  Color photo postcard of the rocky Palisades and railroad tracks running along the bottom. Mailed March 17, 1916 from New York. Chas. A. Daly, Union Hill, NJ
• North Hudson Hospital, Weehawken, NJ

  Color photo postcard of North Hudson Hospital, located between Clifton and Columbia Terraces on Park Avenue. Mailed June 24, 1914 from Weehawken. Published by Souvenir Postcard Company, printed in New York. From the collection of Tony Bodtmann.
• The Steps at Weehawken, NJ

  Color photo postcard of The Steps (more than 100) leading from the Heights down to Hackensack Plank Road. Mailed April 18, 1908 from New York. John C. Voigt Post Card Co., Jersey City, NJ From the collection of Tony Bodtmann.
• Karl Bitter's Studio, Eldorado Weehawken, NJ

  Unposted color postcard of sculptor Karl Bitter's home and studio atop the Palisades. Far left is the bandstand from Eldorado Amusement Park which was moved to the back of the Meister home (not seen) and cantilevered over the edge of the cliff. John C. Voigt Post Card Co., Jersey City, NJ. Printed in Germany. From the collection of Tony Bodtmann.
• West Shore R. R. Ferry House at Weehawken, NJ

  Colored postcard of the West Shore Railroad Ferry Terminal taken from a ferry on its way to New York. The reverse is blank. Published by the Union News Company, New York. From the collection of Tony Bodtmann.
• Hamilton Monument, Weehawken, NJ

  Colored postcard of the Hamilton monument, with Weehawken waterfront and New York skyline only partially colored. The bust of Hamilton is made of stone, therefore the image is dated to before 1935. The reverse is blank. Published by the Union News Company, New York. From the collection of Tony Bodtmann.
• Water Tower and Reservoir from Union Hill, NJ

  Color postcard of the Hackensack Water Tower and reservoir looking northeast from Union Hill (Union City.) Notated are the Clifton Park neighborhood (named for James Brown's home, called Clifton and located on Louisa Place), and a mislabeled Hamilton School, not Highwood Park School. Mailed April 17, 1913 from New Durham. Souvenir Post Card Company, printed in New York. From the collection of Tony Bodtmann.
• Lincoln School Graduation Class - 1905

  Black and white photograph of an 8th grade class of graduates at the Lincoln School. Note the students holding their large, rolled diplomas. This photograph was sent in by Mark Wright. According to him, the first boy at left is Charles Wright, his grandfather, Thomas Christian Wright is pictured 4th, in the top row and Charles Herme is the boy at far right. The second boy from right is Fred Lackenauer. Third row: John Pratt, ? Kennedy, John Anderson . Other boys are Eugene Venetan Welch, John Thomas Brinkmann, George McMunn, Fred L. Anderson, George Muller, Philip Schoenfeld, and Robert W. Wardell. Girls are Millie Bayer Fleming, Annie McFadden, Amanda Frankel, Jennie Virginia Meyer, Mary Veronica Smith, Adeline Stormer (one not pictured.)
• Photographs of Henry Reuterdahl

  Black and white photograph of artist Henry Reuterdahl and photograph of him in his studio. Born in Sweden in 1870, Reuterdahl died in 1925 in Washington, DC and is buried at Arlington Cemetery. He was a Lieutenant in the US Navy and is best known for his paintings of Navy warships. He also designed posters to support the war effort during World War I. He painted landscapes as well, including Winter in Weehawken. Reuterdahl bought Karl Bitter's home and atelier atop the Palsades (the site of current day Hamilton Park), after Bitter died in a trolley accident in 1915. He was a member of the Society of Illustrators and the American Watercolor Society and exhibited his work in the 1913 Armory Show, although he was not considered a modernist. He also taught at the Art Students League of New York.
• Painting of Emile Grauert

  Oil painting of Mayor Emile Grauert, painted by J. Kottgen in 1931.
• Hamilton Park

  Colored print of Weehawken's Hamilton published by the National Geographic Society. The park was newly finished in 1930, the approximate date of this image. The caption and description below the image suggest that this was the site of the dueling grounds where Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr met for their fateful duel, but that is inaccurate.
• S.B. Penick & Company Price List

  1929 S.B. Penick Price List and Manual of Crude Drugs. One of the company's plants was located in a 300-foot long building at 1819 Willow Avenue, Weehawken. S. B. Penick was founded in 1914 in North Carolina and currently has its headquarters in Newark, NJ. The company carried all types of botanicals, mostly as dried herbs, roots or in powder form. In 1937, the factory in Weehawken was destroyed by a huge fire, with losses of over $500,000. Fortunately, no one was killed, but 40 of the workers, fire fighters and local residents were injured.
• Mayor Meister with bond wagon

  Black and white photograph from one of Mayor Meister's scrapbooks, showing the Mayor at left of the bond wagon, encouraging Weehawken citizens to purchase bonds to support the war effort. Volunteers went door-to-door, pleading for sales and rewarding purchasers with stickers to display on their window or door. In this case the Weehawken Mayor led the drive. The Fifth War Loan Drive ran from June 12 - July 8, 1944.
• Hudson Boulevard Loop, Weehawken, NJ

  Color postcard of Boulevard East looking west, just east of King Avenue. A horse and buggy with occupants is making its way to the corner from King Avenue. The road appears to be unpaved. Note the awnings on the south facing homes along the boulevard. The postcard was mailed May 25, 1910 from Cliffside, NJ The Valentine & Sons, Publishing Co., Ltd., New York. Printed in Great Britain. .
• 3rd Street, Weehawken, NJ

  Black and white postcard showing the north side of today's 47th Street, looking west, with two gentlemen walking on the sidewalk. Postcard was mailed February 22 from Weehawken and stamped received, Feb 23, 1909. John C. Voigt Post Card Co., Jersey City, NJ