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Lithograph - Weehawken Ferry - Fermin Rocker

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Lithograph of commuters exiting the Weehawken Ferryboat Catskill on foot and in their cars signed by artist Fermin Rocker.We do not have a date for this, but the clothes and cars look like they would date to the late 1940s or 1950s.

Note from Mrs Karl Bitter regarding a fireplace grate

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Undated handwritten note from Mrs. Karl Bitter to H.D. Morehouse of Utica, NY regarding the purchase of a grate for a wood burning stove. On stationery of The Studio of Karl Bitter.

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

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Video of some of Grant Wright's sketches of Weehawken from the 1930s

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…

John Marin - Weehawken Sequence Number 30

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Artist John Marin painted a series of abstract representations of the Weehawken waterfront in 1903-1904. These oil on board paintings made up his Weehawken Sequence and were based on views from around his grandparents' Weehawken home. Thanks to…

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East Wind Over Weehawken - Edward Hopper

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Painting of houses on Boulevard East (at 49th Street) by Edward Hopper (1882-1967). Oil on canvas and 34 x 50 inches, painted in 1934. The painting was held in the collection of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in the United States from 1954…

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Sketchbook - For the Collection of Edward J. Kirk - Grant Wright - 1934

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

Untitled Sketchbook - Grant Wright - 1934

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Sketchbook by artist Grant Wright, dated 1934.

A Few Sketches of Weehawken - 1934

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Weehawken Sketches by artist, Grant Wright, dated 1934.

A Few Sketches of Weehawken - 1926

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Sketchbook of Weehawken by artist, Grant Wright, dated 1926. This is the earliest sketchbook in the Commission's collection.