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Commuter monthly pass, dated 1887, belonging to a G. Ward. who used this pass to cross the Hudson from Weehawken to New York City. Date stamped on reverse, Sep 30, 1887. West Shore Railroad, NYC & HRRR CO, Lessee, Office of General…

Colored photo postcard of elevator for raising wagons up the Palisades to Weehawken Street in West Hoboken (now 19th Street, Union City). The elevator was built in 1874 by John H. Bonn's railroad company. Cars were 20 feet wide, 40 feet long and…

Chapter from a history of West New York describing the Palisades and Ferry. From - History of West New York, New Jersey by Walter T. Eichmann, PhD. - Published in 1948 by the Golden Jubilee Committee of WNY. Thanks to Bob Schwartz for finding this.

A photographic essay on the end of the Weehawken Ferry by photographer Shirley Burden which appeared in the Winter 1956-57 issue of Gentry Magazine on page 61. This item is in the collection of Willie Demontreux.

Colored photo postcard of steps up from Pershing Road to the top of the Palisades near Columbia Terrace. Postmarked August 4, 1908 from Weehawken.

6 page article from Steamboat Bill, the Journal of the Steamship Historical Society of America - Summer 1959 describing the history of ferries in Weehawken on the occasion of the ending of ferry service.

This undated glass slide is labeled 'Weehawken Ferry at 42nd Street' and 'Edward Van Altena - 29 West 38th Street, N.Y.C.'

This sign apparently led the way to the ferry from Weehawken to Manhattan. Can anyone put a date on this? From the collection of Steve Dorio

Black and white photograph, taken by noted photographer Ben Heller, looking down onto Pershing Road from the Grauert steps. Note the advertising signs that were all along the edge of the Palisades on Pershing Road.

This postcard shows one of the ferry boats which carried passengers from Weehawken to New York City.