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Hillside - West Hoboken Showing Lower Weehawken, N

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Hand colored postcard photo of lower Weehawken (the Shades) from the Palisades. Postmarked December 26, 1912 from Weehawken. Postcard published by Union News Co., New York.

Steps from lower Weehawken to West Hoboken, N.J.

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A long flight of stairs in the Shades. Look closely and you'll see some people walking down as well as someone at the top of the flight.  

Main Altar, St. Lawrence's Church, Weehawken, NJ.

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Black and white photo postcard of the altar of the original St. Lawrence Church (built in 1887). Rev. J.J. Preston, Pastor Specially designed and executed in Scagliola by Daprato Statuary Company Chicago-New York According to Weehawken Historical…

Photograph - Shades

Black and white photograph(circa 1930s) looking north between West 18th and West 19th Streets. From the collection of Weehawken resident Bobby Reed.

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Undated Photograph of a Creek in the Shades

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According to Jim Chieco, an ex-Weehawkenite now making his home in Fresno, CA, this picture was probably taken from Hoboken. Jim writes that "...today it would be well behind the dump company where the old Coal Buildingwas to the left in the picture.…

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Along the Palisades, West Hoboken, N.J.

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Black and white photo postcard of the Palisades looking southwest, with the Shades directly below. Card dated 9-13-06.

Photograph - Shades - West 18th Street

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Black and white photograph of 18th Street looking west towards the Palisades. From the collection of Weehawken resident Bobby Reed.

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Photograph - Shades - Hackensack Avenue near 19th Street

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Black and white photo of Hackensack Avenue, which was was the main business block in the Shades. Pictured are several storefronts, including a barbershop with a pole. According to an 1897 business directory, one Charles Carmici owned the shop at 25…

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Photograph - Shades - St. Lawrence Place

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Black and white undated photograph (from the 1930s) looking north from the tracks up Saint Lawrence Place to Hackensack Avenue. Note the Abbey Inn atop the Palisades. Photograph from the collection of Weehawken resident Bobby Reed.

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Photograph - Shades - West 18th Street and Hackensack Avenue

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Black and white undated photograph of Hackensack Avenue and 18th Street. The house on the left belonged to George Roman, a Civil War veteran, general contractor and real estate investor. His house was the first Weehawken jail, moved from 11th Street…

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