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Photograph - Town Officials - 1905
Photograph ofMayor Simon KellyJudge John SimonCommitteeman DavisCaptain A Chas. HessnerTaken in front of the old Police Station at 1945 Park Avenue
Tags: Government, People, Police
Photograph - Patrick Mc Gann - Weehawken PD Chief 1907-1921
Patrick McGann served as Weehawken Police Chief, was also a member of the Weehawken Board of Health for several years and ran a popular saloon named for himself in the Shades. Weehawken resident Billy Rapacki found this photograph at a yard sale.
Tags: Government, People, Police
Photograph - August Klassen - Weehawken PD Chief 1921 - 1939
Black and white photograph of Police Chief August Klassen. He was born in Germany, came to NY as a child and moved to Weehawken in 1899, working his way up in the department. Klassen became Chief when Patrick McGann died in 1921. Weehawken resident…
Tags: Government, People, Police
Photo - Weehawken Police Commissioner Harry Stearns and his attorney
Caption: N 74583 "P & 4 PHOTOS"WATCH YOUR CREDIT (PHOTO SHOWS L to R HARRY STEARNS, POLICE COMMISSIONER OF WEHAWKEN, N.J., AND HiS ATTORNEY, CHARLES STUHR) INFORMER IN JERSEY RUM SCANDAL SWEARS HE SAW FOLICE HEAD CHECKING RUM LOADFATHER BENNETT…
Tags: Crime scenes, Government, Police
New York Central Railroad Police Badge - Weehawken
Beautiful old eagle top nickel shield from the (defunct) NYC Railroad Company. The New York Central hired Traffic Officers from the Hudson County Boulevard Police Department from 1923 to 1947 to direct traffic at the New York Central Railroad Station…
Tags: Police, Railroad, Transportation
Matchbook - Help Help!
A matchbook advising voters to vote YES for a fire and police pay hike.
Looking Backward - Turn of the Century Weehawken Policemen
Newspaper clipping (unknown date or paper) from the collection of Chief Edward Kirk ahowing Weehawken's finest and their spiffy uniforms and mustaches in 1901. Henry Frank was mayor at the time. Patrick McGann was "leading politician".
Keeping Police Batteries Charged in a Hilly Square Mile
This article, written by Weehawken Police Chief Edward Kirk, appeared in the November, 1946 issue of The American City magazine, in the ever popular Traffic Control and Facilitation section.
It describes how the problems caused by those new fangled…
Tags: Government, Police, Transportation
Intersection of 48th Street and Boulevard East from Pershing Road
Black and white photograph looking north west towards the intersection of 48th Street and Boulevard East. The photograph was taken from the
History of the Weehawken Police Department - 1928
Sketches and drawings related to the Weehawken Police Department in 1928, drawn by artist Grant Wright, with contributions of Police Lieutenant Edward Kirk.
Tags: Government, Police
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West Shore RR Tunnel, Clifton Park, Weehawken, NJ
Colored postcard of the West Shore railroad tunnel, parallel to 48th Street into the Palisades that comes out in North Bergen, just west of Tonnelle…