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A collection of Weehawken Police Department mug shots from the 1940s. We don't have any information on who these people were or what they were accused of doing.

This 1941 calendar declares the Jersey Observer as the paper with the: Largest Circulation in Hudson County, New Jersey and notes that the County had a population of 651,175 in 1940.  

This is an advertising calendar from the Weehawken Trust Company, which was, of course, located in (wait for it) Union City, on Bergenline Avenue at 48th Street.

1941 Public Service Bus #16 Timetable

Orange pin back button reading 'Weehawken 1941 School Toboggan Slide.' The first toboggan slide originally opened on December 24, 1938. Two tracks, each 600 feet long, were installed on a knoll just north of the Town Hall and stretched down and…

This handbill for Democratic candidate Lester F. Cosgrove promises "Business-like, Effective and Progressive Government" if he is elected Third Ward Committeeman. Image provided by Dennis Cosgrove.

A petition requesting pay raises for Weehawken Police Department personnel for the year 1955.

This advertisement from a 1957 issue of Business Week magazine highlights this Weehawken company's role in equipping the Texas Towers, which were off shore defense platforms built during the Cold War. Click on the links for more on Blickman and Texas…

Time Machine user Craig Berteele sent in this image, which he describes as follows: This is the 1957 Home Fuel Oil team, National League designation at the time. We were the champions that year. Mr Hirsch was very kind to us. We all sported a new…