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Black and white photograph from Mayor Meister's scrapbook, showing a manned information booth outside the Lincoln Tunnel, in the shape of the Trylon and Perisphere, symbols of the 1939 fair.

According to this advertisement from the January 17th, 1938 issue of Time, the drilling of the tunnel was made possible by printed forms from the Hammermill Paper Company of Erie, PA.

This advertisement, by the Port of New York Authority, with photograph of a tunnel tube and rendering of the Lincoln Tunnel approach roadways appeared in the Northern Hudson County Recognition Number and Industrial Guide published by the Chamber of…

Undated black and white photo postcard of what is clearly the helix approach to the Lincoln Tunnel in Weehawken, NJ, not Jersey City. The Mayrose Publishers, New York.

Colored photo postcard of the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel that never existed. Postmarked August 8, 1943 from Red Bank, NJ.

This drawing by Grant Wright shows the playground just below the town hall at 400 Park Avenue in what was called the Valley area of Weehawken before construction began on the Lincoln Tunnel. Far left is old Boulevard East, at right is Park Avenue…

1935 pen and ink drawing by artist Grant Wright of the Weehawken playground area, looking south toward the Lipton Tea building in Hoboken. At right is Park Avenue, with trolley and cars. The area was traversed on foot through a series of steps and…

Novel about a terrorist attack on the Lincoln Tunnel aimed at assassinating Israeli General Moshe Dayan as he is driven from Newark Airport to Manhattan. Written by Richard Cunningham Copyright 1978 Sheed Andrews and McMeel Inc., Publishers ISBN…

Black and white photograph of a bus on its way from Weehawken to New York City. Based on the style of bus and the surrounding cars, this photo (taken by Charles Schneider) appears to come from the 1940s. From the collection of the Weehawken…

Newspaper clipping from the Hudson Dispatch, Union City, N.J., THursday, August 19th, 1937. This includes a picture of the construction in progress as well as an article entitled 'Second Tunnel Bore Through.' This item is in the collection of the…