Items

• THE ART OF GRANT WRIGHT- A Short Film by Mike Boldt

  Video of some of Grant Wright's sketches of Weehawken from the 1930s
• History of the Weehawken Police Department - 1928

  Sketches and drawings related to the Weehawken Police Department in 1928, drawn by artist Grant Wright, with contributions of Police Lieutenant Edward Kirk.
• Painting of Highwood by Grant Wright

  Water color painting of Highwood, the estate of James Gore King, painted by Grant Wright and based on a 1957 charcoal drawing of Highwood by Thomas Ayres. Ayres did a series of drawings of the Highwood estate, which reside in the New York Historical Society archives.
• Before the Lincoln Tunnel

  This drawing by Grant Wright shows the playground just below the town hall at 400 Park Avenue in what was called the Valley area of Weehawken before construction began on the Lincoln Tunnel. Far left is old Boulevard East, at right is Park Avenue with trolley lines. The drawing is dated 1935, and was published in an unknown paper. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Sketchbook - For the Collection of Edward J. Kirk - Grant Wright - 1934

  Sketchbook by artist, Grant Wright, made for his friend and historical colleague, Lt. Edward Kirk.
• Untitled Sketchbook - Grant Wright - 1934

  Sketchbook by artist Grant Wright, dated 1934.
• A Few Sketches of Weehawken - 1934

  Weehawken Sketches by artist, Grant Wright, dated 1934.
• A Few Sketches of Weehawken - 1926

  Sketchbook of Weehawken by artist, Grant Wright, dated 1926. This is the earliest sketchbook in the Commission's collection.
• A Few Sketches of Weehawken - 1933

  Sketchbook of artist, Grant Wright, dated 1933.
• Grant Wright's Weehawken Sketches - 1933

  Sketches of Weehawken in 1933, by artist Grant Wright.