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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.

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…

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…

Black and white photograph looking north west towards the intersection of 48th Street and Boulevard East. The photograph was taken from the

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

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.

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…

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…

Clipping from an unidentified newspaper (probably the Hudson Observer) stamped March 21, 1947 and describing the demolition of 1 Hackensack Avenue in The Shades. This building was Weehawken's first Police HQ and Jail in 1870. The article provides a…

On May 5th, 1928, famed baseball player Babe Ruth made an unscheduled stop in Weehawken when he was pulled over by police for speeding. A court date was set for May 21st, and as word spread around town that the Bambino was to appear before a…