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This black and white photo shows US Marines on the Pacific Island of Iwo Jima during World War II with a little piece of Weehawken in the Pacific Theater. According to Time Machine user Pat Keegan, the Marine on the left is her uncle, Weehawken…

A new postmaster is chosen for Weehawken - Sophia Merklein replaces Julius P. Merklein, deceased.

A new postmaster is chosen for Weehawken - Julius P. Merklein.

This article, written by Weehawken Police Chief Edward Kirk, appeared in the November, 1946 issue of The American City magazine, in the ever popular Traffic Control and Facilitation section. It describes how the problems caused by those new fangled…

Black and white photo of Eagan and his office staff in October of 1912. John J. Eagan, Democrat, and founder and President of The Eagan Schools of Business in Hoboken, Union Hill, Hackensack, NY and Brooklyn, ran for Congress in 1912 and was elected…

From the New York Times of January 11, 1908... Mayor for a Week. Weehawken executive put out of office for use of abusive language. At a meeting of the Town Board of Weehawken last night, a resolution of ouster was passed against Mayor Morris Frost,…

This black and white photo appeared in the Northern Hudson County Recognition Number and Industrial Guide published by the Chamber of Commerce of Northern Hudson County in 1939 or 1940.

Weehawken Mayor Meister and NYC Mayor Laguardia meet on October 15, 1937 in the Lincoln Tunnel for an inspection. This photo is from the Edward Kirk scrap book, which is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.

Mayor Meister is shown lighting the town's 75th birthday cake at the foot of the steps of Town Hall in 1934. This picture is from the Edward Kirk scrap book, which is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.

A scrapbook kept by Mayor John Meister with news clippings related to Weehawken and its politics from 1951-1953.