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Undated engraving of James Brown, owner of NY banking firm Brown Brothers and Company. Brown's mansion is still standing (the oldest extant building in Weehawken) and is currently a Hindu temple. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical…

Police Captain Charles A. Hessner, posed on the stairs of the old town hall/police station at 309 Park Avenue, today's VFW and Historical Commission headquarters. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.

From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.

Photograph ofMayor Simon KellyJudge John SimonCommitteeman DavisCaptain A Chas. HessnerTaken in front of the old Police Station at 1945 Park Avenue

This black and white photo shows US Marines on the Pacific Island of Iwo Jima during World War II with a little piece of Weehawken in the Pacific Theater. According to Time Machine user Pat Keegan, the Marine on the left is her uncle, Weehawken…

From a publication called The Educational Service of the Public Schools of Weehawken, published in 1930. The caption above the photo reads: In the intermediate unit sewing classes these girls made the dresses they are wearing. From the collection of…

These photos show the medical professionals of the North Hudson Hospital (predecessor to today's Palisades Medical Center) located on Park Avenue in Weehawken. From an anniversary publication of Palisades Medical Center., in the collection of the…

The family of the then very young Fred and Adele Astaire lived on Eldorado Place in the early years of the twentieth century. This photo and article from the Weehawken Reporter (1987) provides some background to the famous dancer's time here, as told…

This 1973 colored photo of WHS' Varsity Cheerleading Squad comes to us from Time Machine user Barbara Helmich. Time Machine user Mary DeMuro Boruch sent in these names for the people in the picture: Starting with the front row, left to right: Row 1:…

Weehawken resident Barbara Helmich sent in a group of black and white photos of Weehawken High School's Flag Twirlers (of which she was one) in 1967.