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Weehawken Sketches by artist, Grant Wright, dated 1934.

Sketchbook by artist Grant Wright, dated 1934.

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

Section of a map contained in the Combined atlas of the State of New Jersey and the County of Hudson : from actual survey, official records & private plans / by and under the direction of G. M. Hopkins published by G. M. Hopkins & Co. of…

Portion of a map from a folio in the collection of the US Library of Congress entitled History of Land Titles in Hudson County, New Jersey 1609-1871, by Charles H. Winfield. This is a portion of the last of three maps in this folio. The map is…

Section of Map of the country thirty miles round the city of New York, drawn by I.H. Eddy and published by A. T. Goodrich, 1842 in New York. Weehawken is shown on this map, as is the King estate, and the monument to Alexander Hamilton. This map is…

Medal on ribbon fob, given to Weehawken residents who served in World War II. On reverse: From the citizens of Weehawken, New Jersey to (left blank) in grateful recognition of services in World War II.

On Saturday, May 26th, 1928, Weehawken residents cheered on the participants in The Bunion Derby, a foot race from Los Angeles to New York. This coverage from the Hudson Dispatch tells the story...

This review appeared in the Southern literary messenger; devoted to every department of literature and the fine arts, Volume 5, Issue 9, dated September, 1839. It is part of an article called 'Letters from New York - No. II' with a byline of…

Weehawken's role as a generic humorous place name can be traced back to at least November of 1867, when this essay, entitled Grotesque Songs was published in a New York bi-annual magazine called The Galaxy, Magazine of Entertaining Reading, Vol. IV,…