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This panel from the Joe Palooka comic strip published in a Columbia, SC newspaper on March 16th, 1943, features Joe Palooka watching a belly dancer and stating that "She couldn't even git a job in a boilesqe show in Weehawken. Phooey! This item is…

Resident Virginia Martin purchased this old telephone contract from 1912 some years back at an estate sale when the property at 13 Clifton Terrace was being sold and has kindly donated it to the Weehawken Historical Commission.2022-09-09 - According…

Medal commemorating the 75th anniversary of the incorporation of Weehawken Township in 1934. Front shows a sailing ship (the Half Moon), an Indian and Pilgrim. On reverse, the following wording: WEEHAWKEN PURCHASED FROM THE INDIANS BY THE DUTCH. THE…

Clipping from an unknown newspaper, hand dated 1934 in ink, describing the preparations for the 75th anniversary of the Town, celebrated on September 28, 1934. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.

Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping quoting the poem Weehawken Heights by James Restine which was originally published in Godeys Lady Book and Magazine. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission