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Bond - The Weehawken Ferry Company

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One thousand dollar bond (number 93, issued on December 31, 1870, payable between 1871 and 1881) issued to Jules S. De Lacroix.

Charters of the Weehawken Ferry Company and Weehawken and Ramapo Plank Road Company

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This 1853 document contains the charters of these two companies as well as a prospectus for investors. It is 19 pages long.

Destruction of the Weehawken Ferry House

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Engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of August 1, 1863, showing participants in the New York Draft Riots of July 15th, 1863 burning down the New York terminal of the Weehawken ferry in an effort to stop Federal troops from entering the…

Electric Ferry Advertising Ink Blotter

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Undated advertising card for the Electric Ferry which ran between Boulevard East in Weehawken and West 23rd Street in New York City, carrying passengers and vehicles. According to a New York Times article, the Electric Ferry ceased operating from…

Electric Ferry Niagra

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This colored photo comes to us from Eileen Kelly whose father, Mark Kelly, worked for the New York Central's West Shore Railroad at night while he was still in High School (where he caught a few winks on occasion). One of Eileen's grandfathers,…

Engineering News - New Freight and Weehawken Ferry Terminal

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From the November 21, 1891 issue of Engineering News... Article entitled "The New Freight and Weehawken Ferry Terminal for the West Shore R.R. at the foot of Franklin Street, New York"

Ferry Boat, West Shore RR, Bound for Weehawken, NJ

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Colored photo postcard view from the bow of a ferryboat bound for, actually, New York, if you look at the wake! Postmarked 1912. Published by the Union News Company, New York, NY.

Ferry Ticket

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This ticket bought passage between Weehawken and the foot of Cortlandt Street in New York City's financial district.

Ferryboat Circa 1940s

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Black and white photograph of commuters on the Weehawken ferry taken by Charles Schneider in the 1940s. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.

Fish Faces Protest Weehawken Ferry Closing

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UPI News black and white photo dated 9/4/1958 - Weehawken commuters protest via fish masks the impending shutdown of the Hudson River ferry they're about to board on 9/4. Fish can swim the river, they say, but commuters can't and the boat is the only…