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Black and white undated photo showing a group of World War I vintage tents and soldiers at the bottom of the Hackensack Water Company reservoir adjacent to Highwood Avenue. Photo donated to the WHC by Weehawken resident Carlota Barreda.

Hand colored photo postcard of the roadway leading to the ferry, with people on sidewalk and cars on the road. Postmarked November 22, 1932 from Union City.

Hand colored postcard view of what is now Pershing Road, looking south, with trolley at left.   Postmarked May c, 1922 from Weehawken.

Newspaper clipping from an unknown paper, stamped Jan 22, 1973, describing the King family and their homes in the area. It also tells how their estate were divided into 293 lots and sold by NYC realtor Hugh N. Kamp as the Highwood section of town.

Black and white undivided photo postcard. Thanks to Weehawken resident Til Globig for this caption information: A view from the old reservoir looking to the east, at the intersection of Highwood Avenue with Duer Place and Boulevard East. The large…

Black and white undivided photo postcard looking east towards Highwood Avenue, Duer Place, the back of the Highwood Hose Company No.4, and Boulevard East. Postmarked July, 19, 1907 from New York.

Undated black and white photo (circa 1915) of the Van Clief Hotel at Pershing Road and Boulevard East. Note the Clifton Hose Co. headquarters in the distance. from the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.

Two black and white photographs of Van Clief's Hotel, at the intersection of Boulevard East, Pershing Road and 47th Street. Note the trolley heading down Pershing to the West Shore Ferry Terminal and Clifton Hose Co. #3, located in what is now Old…

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.

Undated photograph (circa early 1920s) of a toll gate on Hackensack Plank Road, one of the oldest roads in the County, laid out 1718. Also know as the Hackensack or Bergen Turnpike, it was built with a surface of plank decking from Hoboken up through…