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Public Service Car Climbing the Hill From Weehawken

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Black and white photo, dated July 31, 1949 showing trolley car number 2804 climbing the hill from the Weehawken waterfront. The trolley is marked Union City. This image was taken one week before trolley service to and from the Ferry terminated.

View of New York Harbor From Weehawken

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Colored photo postcard of a painting of the duelling place of Burr and Hamilton by E.C. Coates. Issued by the New York State Historical Association in Cooperstown, New York.

Sign - 42nd Street Ferry

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This sign apparently led the way to the ferry from Weehawken to Manhattan. Can anyone put a date on this? From the collection of Steve Dorio

The Face of America: Helix

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2 page color photo spread from the Saturday Evening Post, September 6, 1958 (pp 22-23) showing the Helix at night. Caption: That great curving ramp, called a helix by the engineers who built it, leads down into three of the world's most expensive…

Colonel Berdan and His Sharpshooters

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From Harper's Weekly - August 24, 1861... an article and two illustrations describing a shooting exhibition by a Colonel Berdan and "his famous sharp shooting regiment" at Weehawken. Click on the links for more information about Berdan and his…

The Men of the Union Dry Dock and Repair Company Circa 1914

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This postcard is a 1991 reproduction of a circa 1914 photo. It has the following caption: Incorporated in 1908, the Union Dry Dock & Repair Company was headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey, until 1984, when it purchased the former Pennsylvania…

Ferry from Weehawken to New York

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A 1950s era black and white photograph of The New Brunswick Ferry on its way from Weehawken to New York.

Weehawken Ferry - 8-31-57

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Photograph taken 8-31-57 according to the handwritten note on the reverse.

Clifton Bluff showing Clifton Hose Co.'s Headquarters, Weehawken, NJ

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Hand colored photo postcard of the Clifton Hose Company headquarters perched atop the Palisades at the site of today's Old Glory Park. Postmarked August 8, 1908 from Jersey City.

The Bridge That Never Was

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Colored photo postcard of a bridge spanning the Hudson that was never built. If civil engineer and bridge designer Gustav Lindenthal had his druthers, Weehawken would have been the New Jersey terminus of a suspension bridge linking 57th Street in…