Items

• Steps to West Hoboken from Weehawken, NJ

  Sepia toned postcard of steps leading from Hackensack Plank Road, Weehawken to West Hoboken, NJ. Published by Photo & Art Postal Card Co., 444 Broadway, NY
• Postcard - Hudson River from the Palisades

  Photograph of the Hudson from the Palisades with a three masted sailing ship in view.
• 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.
• Dead End Steps on Kings Bluff, Weehawken
• Two Grauert Causeway Images

  Two undated images, probably from a newspaper article. The first shows the Grauert Causeway steps, which were built in 1915, and led from Boulevard East down to Pershing Road and to the ferry terminal. The 236-step staircase was closed about 1959, when the West Shore Ferry closed. The second image shows two young people looking at the river and NY skyline from the steps.
• Jefferson Street Stairs Plaques

  Color photographs of Jefferson Street Stairs plaques, the first is dated 1926, when the stairs were built, under the Grauert administration. The steps were reconstructed in 1988, under the Iacono administration.
• 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.
• 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
• 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.
• West New York profile rocks

  Three black and white photographs of the "profile rocks" in West New York, taken by Weehawken resident and photographer Charles Schneider in the mid-1930s.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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
• Photo - Karl Bitter Home and Studio

  Undated black and white photo of Karl Bitters home and studio in silhouette on the cliffs above the Hudson. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Studio of Karl Bitter

  Undated newspaper clipping. Caption: This scene atop the Palisades greeted your eye more than 11 years ago if you looked up the Grauert Causeway. On the brink of the cliff you would have seen the unique studio of Karl Bitters, noted sculptor. He was killed and the property was bought by Henry Reuterdahl, famous marine artist. The studio was razed in 1926. The caption sounds as though Karl Bitter was murdered. He was accidentally killed in 1915, when hit by a carriage as he and his wife were leaving the Metropolitan Opera in New York, The caption would place this as a clipping from the late 1930s..
• Karl Bitter's home and studio in 1916

  Black and white photograph dated 1916 showing sculptor Karl Bitter's home and studio perched atop the Palisades at the site of today's Hamilton Plaza. The Grauert stairs (built in 1915) lead from Boulevard east down to the West Shore Ferry Terminal. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Sculptor Karl Bitter's Studio - 1910

  Black and white photograph of sculptor Karl Bitter's home and studio as it looked in 1910 (present day Hamilton Park.) Far left is a gazebo (a bandstand from Eldorado) cantilevered over the Palisades. At bottom, a train passes. This photograph is from the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Eldorado - Front view of the Palisades from the Elevators

  Undated black and white photograph showing a view of the Eldorado theater and amusement complex as seen from the top of the elevators which carried people from the ferry slips to the top of the Palisades. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• The Trestle Work Leading to the Elevators

  Undated black and white photo (c. 1892-1897) from the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission showing the great steam elevator which lifted ferry passengers from the foot of the Palisades to a 900 foot railroad trestle where they could board trains for the Eldorado or the Guttenberg Race Track.
• Karl Bitter in his Studio

  This black and white photo, sent in by Lauren Sherman, shows famed sculptor Karl Bitter (on the stairs) surrounded by some of his works in his Weehawken studio, which was located in what was the Rheinish Castle at Eldorado. The building was on the site of today's Hamilton Park.
• Geology in The Heights

  Black and white photographs of glacial rock in the Heights area exposed during construction of the reservoir. This picture is from the 1893 Annual Report of the NJ State Geologist, which can be accessed from the external web link to your left.
• Wagon Lift - Hoboken

  This image shows what the Weehawken Wagon Lift would have looked like in use, as it lifted a complete horse drawn wagon up the Palisades. This photo was actually taken on the Hoboken lift, according to Willie Demontreux,
• Steroscopic View of Bergen Hill and Weehawken

  Views About Bergen Hill, Opposite New York (No.5989) - Looking north across the meadows from near the brow of the Hill. Weehawken in the distance. Published by E. & H.T. Anthony and CompanyAmerican and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, 501 Broadway, New York From the NY Public Library Digital Image Collection: Call # MFY Dennis Coll 90-F458 - Stereoscopic views of northern New Jersey