Items

• Postcard - First Street Looking West, Weehawken, N.J.

  Postcard of an unpaved First Street postmarked 1909. This street is now known as Cooper Place.
• First Street Renamed to Cooper Place

  This letter was sent from Mayor Meister to Weehawken resident Paul Marsicano on April 24, 1940, acknowledging the implementation of his suggestion to rename First Street for resident Alvah Cooper, who at 85 years old, was the oldest resident on the block and had resided at 15 First Street for 41 years. Also an undated newspaper clipping about the street name change and its namesake. Many thanks to Dennis Cosgrove for this great piece of local history!
• First Street looking West, Weehawken, NJ

  Colored photo postcard view of First Street, now known as Cooper Place, looking west.
• First Street looking West, Weehawken, N.J.

  Colored photo postcard of street scene looking west on a very quiet First Street (today's Cooper Place). Postmarked September 2, 1909 from Weehawken.