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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.

New Viaduct, West Hoboken, NJ

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Colored photo postcard of the new viaduct that travels across 14th Street up to the South Wing Viaduct. Postmarked August 3, 1919 from Jersey City.

Looking Backward - Political Aspirants Used New Brooms to Sweep out the Ins

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Newspaper clipping (unknown date or paper) from the collection of Chief Kirk showing a group of distinguished gentlemen ready to sweep out the incumbent West Hoboken administration in 1885.

Jersey City and Surroundings Post Card Book

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This fold out booklet of colored postcards focuses on Jersey City, but includes some pictures of interest to the Weehawken history buff... Published by the Brooklyn Post Card Company of New York.

Hillside Road, West Hoboken, NJ

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Colored photo postcard looking northeast from West Hoboken (now Union City), above what would become the South Wing Viaduct, towards the Shades and the bluff of Weehawken. Postmarked May 14, 1908 from Jersey City.

Along the Palisades, West Hoboken, N.J.

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Black and white photo postcard of the Palisades looking southwest, with the Shades directly below. Card dated 9-13-06.

1911 Advertisement/Map of West Hoboken

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This advertisement for George B. Bergkamp appeared in the West Hoboken 50th Anniversary Journal issued in 1911 and shows a map of West Hoboken in days of yore as well as 'now' in 1911.