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Birds-Eye View of Weehawken Ferry From Hamilton Monument, Weehawken, NJ

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Colored photo postcard view of the Hamilton Monument, with the original stone bust, Hudson River and the ferry.

Trolley Car Descending the Palisades to 130th Street Ferry, Edgewater, NJ

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Black and white undivided photo postcard, in Edgewater, not Weehawken, but a close by look at the trolley tracks along the Palisades. Not postmarked, but dated August 24, 1906.

No. 3 - Road up Palisades to Union Hill, NJ

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Undivided black and white photo postcard of road, horse drawn carriage, and train tracks up the Palisades. The road has been called Clifton Road, Hillside Road, and most recently, Pershing Road. Postmarked November 26, 1905 from Hoboken.

Along the West Shore RR Weehawken, NJ

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Black and white undivided photo postcard of the Weehawken bluff with railroad tracks running along the bottom. Karl Bitter's home is seen at the top of the Palisades. Postmarked October 24, 1906 from New York, NY

Palisades and Public Service Trolley to Weehawken, NJ

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Colored photo postcard of Hillside Road (today's Pershing Road), the Palisades and trolley route to the 42nd Street Ferry Terminal. Postmarked from New York, NY

Ferry Boat, West Shore RR, Bound for Weehawken, NJ

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Colored photo postcard view from the bow of a ferryboat bound for, actually, New York, if you look at the wake! Postmarked 1912. Published by the Union News Company, New York, NY.

Wagon Elevator, Weehawken to Jersey City, NJ

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Colored photo postcard of the wagon elevators that used to take fully loaded horse drawn wagons from the waterfront up to upper West (now Union City.) The card is mislabeled. One car is on the way up and the other on the way back down. Postmarked…

Weehawken NJ Showing West Shore RR

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Hand colored photo postcard view of the railroad yards, ferry and the Pier 7 Grain Elevator from the Palisades. Postmarked July 5, 1913 from Weehawken

No. 23 - Loop from 14th Street Ferry to West Hoboken, NJ

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A black and white undivided photo postcard showing a view looking northeast from about 14th Street viaduct and Palisade Ave. of the streetcar (trolley) loop. Postmarked January 23, 1908 from Jersey City.

West Shore RR Tunnel, Clifton Park, Weehawken, NJ

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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 Avenue, now the Hudson Bergen Light Rail station. Postmarked September 14, 1908 from Weehawken.