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Peter/Arnoldi House in the 1930s - Pre Library
The building that today houses the Weehawken Free Public Library was once the Peter Mansion, owned by Emil Peter the son of a leading brewer in North Hudson, William Peter.
Charles H. Arnoldi, a Union City pharmacist, purchased the house in 1934,…
Panorama of New York West Side and Highwood Park, New Jersey
This 360 degree panoramic photograph appears to have been taken from the top of the Water Tower. It was taken by August Patzig and was deposited for copyright in the Library of Congress on May 19, 1909. This image is part of the Library of Congress…
Palisade Avenue, West Hoboken and Weehawken, NJ
Colored photo postcard of Palisade Avenue.
Postmarked August 9, 1913 from Weehawken.
Palisade Avenue and Shippen Street, West Hoboken and Weehawken NJ
Colored postcard photo looking south on Palisade Avenue towards Shippen Street.
Peter Hoffmann publisher, Union Hill, NJ Printed in Germany.
Painting of Highwood by Grant Wright
Water color painting of Highwood, the estate of James Gore King, painted by Grant Wright and based on a 1957 charcoal drawing of Highwood by Thomas Ayres. Ayres did a series of drawings of the Highwood estate, which reside in the New York Historical…
Newspaper Clipping - Historic Weehawken Mansion
This unidentified and undated clipping from a newspaper shows the mansion of Archibald Gracie King, known as The Bluff. The drawing of the house is captioned Copyright by Jas L Wells, 1894. It is mounted next to a letter to the editor of the New York…
Newspaper Clipping - Demolition in the Valley
This identified newspaper clipping shows the demolition of houses in the Valley section of town in preparation for the building of the approaches to the Lincoln Tunnel. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
Morgan Street, Weehawken, N.J.
Hand colored photo postcard of Morgan Street, which was in Union Hill, and became 40th Street in 1926. The image does look like Weehawken. It was not uncommon for postcards to be mislabeled. Postmarked November 9, 1909 from Milford, Mass Printed in…
Meister's Mansion, Highwood Park, Weehawken, NJ
Black and white photo postcard, looking north from Hamilton Avenue, of a quite stately mansion that was located at what is now the south end of Hamilton Park. The impressive house with wrap around porches and an elaborate cantilevered gazebo on the…
Looking West, Clifton Park, Weehawken, NJ
Colored photo postcard of Fulton Street, from Potter Place looking west towards Park Avenue. Published by the Union News Company, New York
