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Freight Yards, Weehawken, NJ
Black and white undivided photo postcard view of the freight yards, piers, Hudson River and New York skyline.
Postmarked November 3, 1907 from Hoboken.
Tags: Transportation, Waterfront
Birds-Eye View of Weehawken Ferry From Hamilton Monument, Weehawken, NJ
Colored photo postcard view of the Hamilton Monument, with the original stone bust, Hudson River and the ferry.
View of Weehawken, NJ
Colored undivided postcard view from the Palisades in West Hoboken (now Union City) looking north over the railyards towards the Weehawken bluff. Postmarked September 13, 1907 from Weehawken.
Tags: Palisades, Waterfront
West Shore Depot and Water Front, Weehawken NJ
Hand colored photo postcard view of the waterfront and rail yards from atop the Palisades.
Update - 7-3-2004: Willie Demontreux points out that the photo on this postcard seems to have been printed backwards. You need to flip it horizontally for it…
Tags: Railroad, Waterfront
Photograph - Submarine Under Construction in Weehawken
I am still researching this one, but I have been told that this is a newspaper photo of the building (in Weehawken) of a submarine for treasure hunting in 1937. I will be researching this - any info would be appreciated.
Tags: Transportation, Waterfront
Photograph - The Weehawken Waterfront
Undated black and white photo of the Weehawken waterfront with the New York City skyline in the distance.
Tags: Waterfront
Engraving - View of New York from Weehawken
According to Tom Flagg, an industrial archaeologist and print collector who has studied Weehawken extensively: This engraving titled "View of New York from Weehawken" by William Bartlett was originally published in the book American Scenery, with…
Tags: Palisades, Waterfront
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
Old Weehawken Ferry
Chapter from a book on West New York on the Weehawken Ferry and its history.From - History of West New York, New Jersey by Walter T. Eichmann, PhD. - Published in 1948 by the Golden Jubilee Committee of WNY. Thanks to Bob Schwartz for finding this.
Tags: Ferries, Transportation, Waterfront
Thy Woods and Templed Hills
Chapter from a history of West New York describing the Palisades and Ferry. From - History of West New York, New Jersey by Walter T. Eichmann, PhD. - Published in 1948 by the Golden Jubilee Committee of WNY. Thanks to Bob Schwartz for finding this.
Tags: Ferries, Palisades, Waterfront
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A Section of the Hudson County Boulevard, Highwood
Black and white photo postcard of four houses, heading north along Boulevard East, between 49th and 50th Streets. Postmarked February 14, 1902 from…