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Promotional calendar from 1916 with the imprint: May good luck attend you throughout the year M Gibson, Jr. 770 Park Avenue Weehawken, N.J. Telephone 1441-W Union

This promotional card from The Trust Company of New Jersey (with offices in Weehawken, West New York, Jersey City, Union City and Hoboken) advertises car loans and shows what US and Canadian licence plates looked like in 1941.

This advertising platter is from the William Peter Brewery, which was located just over the border in Union City. William Peter's son and his family lived in Weehawken in a sumptuous mansion that went on to become the Weehawken Public Library, so we…

This is a union pin from the railroad union which was active in Weehawken in 1928.

These photos, from the collection of Tom Cheplic, show the removal of the water tank from the top of the Robert Reiner factory building. Tom remembers this as having taken place in June or July, 1997.

This is a negative of a photograph of truck number 5 belonging to The Gardner and Meeks Co. Lumber Yard, Union City, NJ Click on the link for the back of this item to see an image of what the positive photo would look like.

The building housing the Weehawken Free Public Library was once the mansion of Emil Peter, son of William Peter, who owned a large brewery in what is now Union City. This web page traces the history of the Peter family and includes some pictures of…

This appears to be an early 20th century promotional key fob. The front has the Great Seal of the United States and the reverse has the follwing text: America First Emblem of Our Glorious Country The Seal of the United States of America Compliments…

A black and white postcard photo of an institution that Weehawkenites were just dying to get into. Actually located at 4101 Kennedy Boulevard in North Bergen, NJ. Was originally Becker's Castle, enlarged in 1907. Currently called Garden State…

Promotional metal note paper holder from Robert Reiner Inc. of Weehawken. Slogan: Full fashioned hosiery machines