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Spoon from the ship S.S. Weehawken
Small silver spoon engraved with the name "S.S. Weehawken"This does NOT seem to be from the Civil War monitor named after our fair township, which was the "USS Weehawken," as it was a naval vessel.This may be from a ship of that name of the…
Photo - Football at Weehawken Stadium - 1940
Photograph of a football game underway at Weehawken Stadium, dated 1940 on back.
Box of Boneset Herb from S.B. Penick & Co
Box of herbal medicine from Weehawken firm S.B. Penick & Company.
Tags: Business, Businesses
QSL Postcard from Weehawken resident John Strole
This postcard from Weehawken resident John Strole of Cooper Place, reported that he had received a short wave radio signal from radio CX in Belgium in 1948. Reception reports like this provided short wave stations with information on how their…
Tags: Cooper Place, People
Postcard - Shippen Street - Weehawken Heights, NJ
Black and white view of homes on Shippen Street.
Postcard - Palisades at 42nd Street Ferry, Weehawken, NJ
Views of Weehawken waterfront, trolley, Karl Bitter's studio and a sign advertising "Highwood Park" at the top of the Palisades.
Tags: Ferries, Ferry, Karl Bitter, Palisades, Transportation, Waterfront
Honoring Theodore Seltzer in front of 55 King Avenue
Appreciation of Theodore Seltzer, president of Bengue, Inc, the manufacturer of Ben-Gay ointment for his contributions as chairman of the Heart Association of Hudson County by neighbors and the North Hudson Junior League. They stand on the steps in…
Photographs of interior of 38 King Avenue
A series of black and white photographs of interior rooms at 38 King Avenue, taken between 1915 and 1942, after remodeling and refreshing the furnishings.
Helene Anderson Obituary
Obituary for Helene Anderson, published in the Jersey Journal on November 22, 1994.
The Queen of King Avenue
Article on Helene Eagan Anderson, published in the Weehawken Reporter in 1992, when she had turned 90 years old. Born in Hoboken, she came to live on King Avenue in Weehawken with her father John J. Eagan in 1907. Neighbors and friends came…