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Woodrow Wilson Jr. High Delegation to the NJ Tercentenary

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Barbara Helmich sent in this photo and explains: This is a picture of a lot of my classmates at Woodrow Wilson Junior High in 1964. We participated in a NJ Tercentenary celebration and each of us represented (in our gym suits!) a NJ county.

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Woodrow Wilson HS Senior Play 1939

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Program entitled: The Senior Class of the Woodrow Wilson High SchoolWeehawken, New Jersey Presents the annualSchool Play You Can't Take It With You Friday Evening, March 31, 19398:30 o'clock  

Won't Honor Affair of Honor

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Article from the New York Daily News - Wednesday, March 31, 1976, detailing why Weehawken decided not to reenact the Hamilton Burr Duel. It references Lillian Stokes who was a retired school principal and former head of the Historical Society. Some…

Winter in Weehawken

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Winter in Weehawken, painted by Henry Reuterdahl, who bought Karl Bitter's home and studio after Bitter died. The painting was awarded the Silver Medal in the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915. From the collection of the University of…

William Peter Van Ness

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William Peter Van Ness was Aaron Burr's second in the infamous duel with Alexander Hamilton, which took place in Weehawken on July 11, 1804. This engraving is from the book Aaron Burr; a biography written, in large part, from original and hitherto…

William Peter Brewery delivery wagon

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Sepia toned photograph of Wm. Peter Brew's Lager Beer delivery wagon. The brewery was located in Union Hill (today's Union City.)

Wikipedia Entry: West Shore Railroad

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Entry from the open source Wikipedia encyclopedia on the West Shore Railroad.

When Dreams Come True - The Lincoln Tunnel

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This article about the tunnel appeared in the Northern Hudson County Recognition Number and Industrial Guide published by the Chamber of Commerce of Northern Hudson County in 1939 or 1940.

What's This? Leading Weehawken Citizens in Political Exploitation!

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Clipping from an unidentified newspaper stamped September 24, 1934. This story describes the platform of the Republican Party of Weehawken's claim that the committee to commemorate the Town's anniversary was exploiting the occasion for political…

West Shore, R.R. Yards, and Ferry, Weehawken, N.J.

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Colored photo postcard view from the Palisades down to the railroad yards, ferry house and river. Note Clifton Road (later Pershing) in the foreground. Postmarked from Weehawken. Valentine and Sons Publishing Co. Ltd of New York, printed in Great…