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Sepia tone photograph from the collection of Mark Wright, who tells us that the Sunbonnet Sues were a social club which was probably associated with the ME Church in the Shades. Click above for more pictures and information about the Sues and their…

Undated sepia toned photograph of Peter Scentel, a member of the Baldwin Hose Company and also Sunday School Superintendent of the W. 19th St. Methodist Episcopal Church. From the collection of Mark Wright.

Sepia toned photograph of girls at the Lincoln School, circa 1895. Row 3 (top) -- Mary Burns , ? the teacher , --- MacFadden Row 2 (middle) -- Laura Banks, Lucie Bruker, Ida Wright, Ida Pankowski Row 1 (bottom) -- Jessie Wright, Barbara Geary, Bertha…

Sepia toned photograph of The Reverend Frank E. Wittkamp (born c. 1886 in Pennsylvania), a young and popular pastor to the West 19th St. M.E. Church, standing in front of the church. Wittkamp left in 1915 and went to Stone Ridge Church in NY (now the…

Sepia tone photograph of members of the Sunday School Class posing in front of the 19th Street ME Church. According to Mark Wright: (l-r) Tillie Brucker, Thomas C. Wright, Ruth ___ (became a missionary), others unidentified. From the collection of…

Sepia tone photograph, dated 1915, of a flag day parade, The view looks east from the church along West 19th Street. From the collection of Mark Wright.

Black and white photo from 1955. The Time Machine user who sent in this photo tells us..."This photo shows the Memorial Day Parade in 1955. It was taken on Park Avenue opposite the Lincoln Tunnel entrance. You can see the former town hall in the…

Black and white undated photo showing a group of World War I vintage tents and soldiers at the bottom of the Hackensack Water Company reservoir adjacent to Highwood Avenue. Photo donated to the WHC by Weehawken resident Carlota Barreda.

This black and white photo, sent in by Lauren Sherman, shows famed sculptor Karl Bitter (on the stairs) surrounded by some of his works in his Weehawken studio, which was located in what was the Rheinish Castle at Eldorado. The building was on the…

Undated black and white photograph (early 20th century) of a class at the Lincoln School or PS #1, opened in 1890. This was the first school built after the 4-room schoolhouse on Baldwin Avenue and Boulevard East that opened in 1862. From the…