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Chiquita Bananas Travel NYC
Article from the April, 1953 issue of the New York Central Railroad Headlight Newsletter featuring the Banana Building on the Weehawken waterfront... Text of the article: BIG BUNCHES OF BANANAS, CALLED STEMS: ARE STACKED GENTLY IN REFRIGERATOR CARS…
Tags: Railroad, Transportation, Waterfront
Clifton Bluff showing Clifton Hose Co.'s Headquarters, Weehawken, NJ
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.
Tags: Fire, Palisades, Waterfront
Coal Shipping Receipt - Lackawanna Coal
This receipt, dated August 17, 1870, shows that 287 tons of Lackawanna stove coal was shipped from Weehawken to Providence, RI on the Schooner W.O. Irish via the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.
Tags: Business, Transportation, Waterfront
Colonel Berdan and His Sharpshooters
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…
Tags: People, Waterfront
Colossus of Weehawken - Railroad Magazine - August 1951
Article from the August 1951 issue of Railroad magazine (page 94) describing the giant passenger/freight elevator that used to grace the waterfront.
Tags: Railroad, Transportation, Waterfront
Commuters on Pershing Road in the Snow
This black and white photo shows commuters on their way to the ferry terminal on a snowy day. There is no date, but it appears to be from around 1940, based on the models of buses seen. The photo was taken By Weehawken resident, Charles Schneider.…
Tags: Streets, Transportation, Waterfront
Drawing - Hamilton Plaza - Peter Fiordalisi
Pen and ink drawing of Hamilton Plaza by Weehawken artist Peter Fiordalisi, dated 1947. Peter Fiordalisi was born in Union City, N.J. in 1904 and resided in Weehawken and West New York, NJ until his death in 1988.
Tags: Boulevard East, Waterfront
Drawing - Palisades and Waterfront - Peter Fiordalisi
Pen and ink drawing of the Weehawken Palisades and waterfront by Weehawken artist, Peter Fiordalisi, dated 1950.
Tags: Waterfront
Drawing - Pershing Road - Peter Fiordalisi
Pen and ink drawing of Pershing Road by Weehawken artist Peter Fiordalisi and dated 1938. Peter Fiordalisi was born in Union City, N.J. in 1904 and resided in Weehawken and West New York, NJ until his death in 1988. He studied art at the Mechanics…
Tags: Waterfront
Duelling Ground, Weehawk.
Illustrations and Text - The Hudson from the Wilderness to the Sea (1866).
Tags: Hamilton - Burr Duel, Waterfront
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West Shore RR Tunnel, Clifton Park, Weehawken, NJ
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…