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Sketchbook by artist, Grant Wright, made for his friend and historical colleague, Lt. Edward Kirk.

A nineteenth century song sheet - Isabella, with the gingham umbrella, or, The barber's daughter of Weehawken, as sung by Tony Pastor. H. De Marsan, Publisher, 54 Chatham Street, N. Y. [n. d.] LYRICSISABELLA, WITH THE GINGHAM UMBRELLA. Or the…

Song sheet parodying a popular song of the day, mentions Weehawken. LYRICS - MOTHER WOULD wallop me. A PARODY on Mother would comfort me. Written for Pony Smith, the famous personator of Burnt-Cork eccentricities, by John Casten Cross. Wounded and…

Commemorative envelope from the Weehawken Township Centennial in 1959. From the collection of Steve Dorio.

This document is a transcription of the mentions of Weehawken in a book called The Iconography of Manhattan Island, 1498 - 1909. This amazing book is a day by day diary of the history of Manhattan and contains information on Weehawken as a ferry…

Article on the Weehawken Centennial from the Hudson Dispatch of June 8, 1959. The full page includes text and photographs. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.

News clipping from an unidentified newspaper (probably the Observer) which describes a radio broadcast in which a comedian recounted the history of Weehawken. The clipping is stamped Oct 27, 1939.

Clipping from an unidentified newspaper stamped September 28, 1934 describing poet James Restine and his poem "Weehawken Heights."

Clipping from the Hudson Observer, July 29, 1935. Describes the search for a long lost pond in the Valley behind King's Bluff. It was found by E. Robert Grauert, son of Mayor Emile Grauert. Much is made of the younger Grauert's besting of Weehawken…

Clipping from an unknown paper (probably the Hudson Observer) stamped December 6, 1938 and describing police lieutenant Edward Kirk's presentation to the Alumni Association of Woodrow Wilson High School on the Town's history. Lt. Kirk lectured to 100…