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On September 15, 1937, an electrical accident at the S.B. Penick and Company mixing plant sparked a major fire, visible for miles around. More than 100 employees were evacuated with 20 injuries reported and 600 students at PS 1 (the Lincoln School)…

Undivided black and white photograph postcard of the original North Hudson Hospital, which was located in Union City, NJ. Postmarked June 27, 1908.

Undivided black and white postcard of Hudson Trust Bank Co., on Bergenline Avenue at 32nd St. It is now the Trust Co. Postmarked January 3, 1903 from New Durham.

Although this 1914 image is labeled as the High School, Craig Losche and Joel Simon correctly pointed out that this is actually the Alexander Hamilton Grammar School which stood at the same location as the present high school but was demolished and…

Although this image is labeled as the High School, Craig Losche and Joel Simon correctly pointed out that this is actually the Alexander Hamilton Grammar School which stood at the same location as the present HS but was demolished and replaced by…

Colored photo postcard of view over the houses of Union Hill (from the West) looking east towards the Weehawken Water Tower. Postcard from The Temme Company of Newark, NJ - Made in Germany - Number 2235.

A black and white photo postcard of the mansion of James Brown, principal of the Brown Brothers Bank in New York City. After Brown's death, the house was converted to a church, first as an outpost of the Grove Reformed Church on Kennedy Boulevard in…

Colored photo postcard looking north on BONN Place, Weehawken. This card was mislabeled, perhaps confused with Brown Place, which in Union City, just west of Park Avenue, off of 45th Street. The house seen at left was Mayor Grauert's home at 21 Bonn…

View looking south down Bulls Ferry Road (known as Park Avenue today) showing the Water Tower and horse and buggy traffic on an unpaved street. Postmarked September 8, 1909 from Weehawken.