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Weehawken Police Blotter (1898-1903)
This desk blotter records the activities of the Weehawken Police Department and the people whom they served, protected and arrested from 1898 through 1903.
Tags: Government, People, Police
Weehawken PBA Patch
Sew on emblem of the Weehawken chapter of the Police Benevolent Association (local 15).
Tags: Government, Police
Weehawken Junior Rifle Club Patch
Gold and Blue patch: Weehawken Police Junior Rifle Club, NRA Affiliate. According to Time Machine user John Haug (WHS '66)... The Weehawken Junior Rifle Club met in the attic of the Town Hall in the early 60s. There was a 50s pistol range there at…
Town Leaders in 1895
This photo from the Edward Kirk Collection (now in the Weehawken Historical Commission collection) shows a number of township leaders standing in front of the old Police Station at 1946 Park Avenue: Mayor Simon Kelly Judge John Simon Committeeman…
Tags: Government, People, Police
Town Hall & Police Headquarters, Weehawken, N.J.
Black and white photo of old town hall building at 309 Park Avenue. Three men standing on the steps - two appear to be uniformed policemen.
This building is now the Veterans of Foreign Wars post 1923 for Weehawken and well as the home of the…
Tags: Government, Police
Tooling at 16MPH Rated A Ticket Back in 1918
This news clipping features a photo of Chief Ed Kirk (before he was Chief) on his motorcycle getting ready to run down anyone who dared speed through Weehawken's streets at the unheard of speed of 15 mph. Probably from the Jersey Journal.
The Weehawken Headquarters
Drawing of Weehawken's Police Headquarters and Township Prison. The caption reads: Created 1870 when an Ordinance was passed describing its location as follows: The Building next easterly from the Hackensack Pl. Road, being about 200 feet there from…
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Policemen at 4th Street (48th Street) and the Boulevard
This photo from the early 1900s shows Patrolman Sy. Clute of the Weehawken Police Department and Boulevard Officer Patrick Dolan, who later became chief of the Hudson County Police Department. It was taken at the corner of 4th Street (today's 48th…
Police Hall of Fame - Chief Edward J. Kirk
This two page profile from the October 1949 issue of True Crime Stories focuses on Weehawken Police Chief Edward Kirk. It begins:
When Edward J. Kirk was twelve years old, he played the part of a policeman in a grade school play. From that day…
Tags: Government, People, Police
Police Captain A. Charles Hessner
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.
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Bulls Ferry Road north from 2nd Street, Weehawken, NJ
Black and white photo postcard view of a Weehawken streetscape - looking north to the east side of Park Avenue (then called Bull's Ferry Road) and…