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Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping with a photo of some rather forlorn looking steps that led from the bluff down to Boulevard East, near the Lincoln Tunnel Plaza.

Unidentified and undated newspaper clipping with a picture taken by a Mr. Allen in the winter of 1889 showing a very rural looking spot in the Kingswood section. The Spick-and-Span Lincoln Tunnel Occupies This Weehawken Area Now Mr. Allen made this…

Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping with a view of the stairs from Pershing Road to Boulevard East. The caption notes the presence of another stairway up the cliff with an additional 88 steps. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken…

Undated black and white photo, circa late 1930s showing the construction of the ramp from route 495 to Park Avenue. The library is visible on the right of the photo. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission

Published in the Hudson Dispatch of Friday, April 23, 1937, this map shows the layout of the approaches to the new Lincoln Tunnel. Caption: The above diagram shows how the depressed highway of the Weehawken-Midtown Tunnel will cut through Union City…

A set of 4 undated black and white photos of a house which appears to be above and just to the south of the Shippen Street horseshoe curve. The house is actually at the end of the north side of Oak Street. In the 1880s, the mansard roofed Victorian…

Newspaper clipping from the Hudson Dispatch of Saturday, October 15, 1938 (the date on the clipping was cut off, but I was able to determine the date through checking when it fell on a Saturday after 1937 and before 1940). This item is in the…

Black and white photograph dated 1892, showing the foot of Chestnut St. and West 19th Street and Pete Haye's stables in the Shades. According to a Shades inhabitant: Around where the horse and wagon are would be a place called the well - most people…

This photograph from the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission is labeled as follows: Building Boulevard Loop Cut to Lower Weehawken Boulevard and below Highwood Terrace 1896 Edw. T. Kirk Collection

Clipping from the Hudson Dispatch, January 13, 1931. This article describes the three estates that occupied the Highwood section of town - Brown, Bonn and King. It also has some interesting statistics and tells about the horse cars of yore. There is…