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Badge number 49 from the Weehawken Fire Department (now part of the North Hudson Fire and Rescue). This badge belongs to Dennis Cosgrove (WFD, ret.) who sent this image in to the Time Machine.

This shoulder patch from the Weehawken Fire Department (since merged into the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue) adorned the uniform of Dennis Cosgrove (WFD, ret.) Thank you for the image, Dennis!

This black and white photo shows a major fire at the S.B. Penick Drug Company, located on the northeast side of the Willow Avenue Bridge (1819 Willow Avenue). The fire occurred on September 15, 1937, at the site of the S. B. Penick Drug Co., 1819…

Undated news clipping of members of the Duer Hose Co., circa 1895, posing in the rear of the Firehouse. Thanks to Time Machine User Ruth Egan.

Colored photo of the American La France fire engine, which was an antique when it was photographed in 1953 on Park Avenue.

This black and white photo postcard shows Engine 4 from the Highwood Hose Company (1900-1960s).

Black and white photo of an early fire engine marked "Weehawken F.D." According to retired NHRFR Captain Willie Demontreux: The photo shows the engine from Jane street of the Palisades Hose Company 2 or just the Weehawken Fire Department after 1926.…

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)…

Hand colored photo postcard of the Clifton Hose Company headquarters perched atop the Palisades at the site of today's Old Glory Park. Postmarked August 8, 1908 from Jersey City.

Insignia of the Weehawken Fire Department before it was absorbed into the North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue in 1999.