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Hoboken Historical Museum Online Archive
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Photographs
Cabinet photo of unidentified small girl posing at the bottom of front stoop, no place, no date. ca. 1893-95.
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Cabinet photo of woman taken by [Christian] Durstewitz, 502 Washington St., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1892-1900.
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Cabinet photo of young Sanntrock family members posed in photographer's studio; Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1885-1886.
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Cabinet photo of young boy in Teutonic costume; imprinted: "Alvary, Jr., as Siegfried." Dimmlers, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1880-1891.
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Cabinet photo of young man posed in photographer's studio, Hoboken or Bergen Point, N.J., n.d., ca. 1895-1910.
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Cabinet photo of young man posed in photographer's studio, Hoboken, N.J., n.d., ca. 1895-1910.
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Cabinet photo of young woman taken by [Christian] Durstewitz, 192 Washington St. (old number), Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1880s-1891.
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Cabinet photo: wedding portrait of Axel & Emma Jacobson in Dimmers Photo Studio, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1892-1899.
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Carte-de-visite of 5 girls playing game, blind man's bluff, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1880-1887.
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Carte-de-visite of a baby posed in photographer's studio, Hoboken, no date, circa 1875-1890.
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Carte-de-visite of a boy posed in photographer's studio, Hoboken, no date, circa 1875-1890.
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Carte-de-visite of a girl posed in photographer's studio, Hoboken, no date, circa 1875-1890.
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Carte-de-visite of an unknown young woman posed in studio, Hoboken, no date, circa 1879-early 1880s
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Carte-de-visite of man and woman by Hoboken photographer C.F. May, n.d., circa 1864-1873.
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Carte-de-visite of man with mustache posed in photographer's studio, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1880-1887.
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Carte-de-visite of young boy with a hoop in photographer's studio, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1870s-1887.
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Carte-de-visite of young girl with hat posed in studio of Louis Nagel, 192 Washington St., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1867-1880.
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Carte-de-visite, 3, of Germans probably related to Sanntrock family of Hoboken; from studios in Hannover, Germany, n.d., ca. 1885-1900.
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Carte-de-visite: middle-aged man with long beard and formal wear, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1875-1887.
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Carte-de-visite: woman posed in studio of Louis Nagel, 192 Washington St., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1867-1880.
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Color & b+w photocopies of photo of Louise Weissbach (at left) in group with other girls, Hoboken, 1917.
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Color 4" x 5" transparency of the 1866 Currier & Ives print "The American National Game of Baseball", no date, ca. 1995.
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Color Photo: Ground-breaking ceremony on west side of 100 block of Hudson St., Hoboken. no date, ca. 1973.
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Color aerial photo looking east from Washington along 5th Street, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1990.
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Color aerial photo of General Foods, Maxwell House Coffee plant, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1960-1980.
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Color aerial photo of Hoboken from Clinton Street to the waterfront; 4th to 13th Streets, April 27,1987.
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Color aerial photo of Hoboken from Clinton Street to the waterfront; Newport, Jersey City to 6th Street, April 27,1987.
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Color aerial photo of Hoboken from Grand Street to the waterfront; Newport, Jersey City to 2nd Street, April 27,1987.
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Color aerial photo of Hoboken from Grand Street to the waterfront; Newport, Jersey City to 2nd Street, April 27,1987.
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Color aerial photo of The Shipyard & former Maxwell House Coffee plant, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1997-1998.
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Color aerial photo of the Weehawken waterfront and Lincoln Tunnel west portal area, April 27, 1987.
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Color aerial photo of the northeast quadrant of Hoboken including the northern waterfront, April 27, 1987.
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Color aerial photo of the northeast quadrant of Hoboken including the northern waterfront, April 27,1987.
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Color aerial photo of westside Manhattan piers & Lincoln Tunnel ventilation towers, from over Hudson River near Weehawken, n.d., ca.1990.
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Color aerial photos, 2, of Maxwell House Coffee plant; Elysian Park; Lipton Tea, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1990.
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Color aerial photos, 2: wide view of Hoboken from south; Exchange Place, Colgate Clock, Paulus Hook, Jersey City, n.d. 1990.
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Color copy of a B+W photo of Fire Captain Henry "Pep" Kruse in front of Engine Co. No. 4, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1950.
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Color copy photo of B+W photo of winter view of six men standing outside the Lawson & Macmurray Lumber Co. office, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1934-35.
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Color copy photo of Cunning children (l-r): Edward, (below him) Janemarie, Helen, Joaneileen, Bernadette, John, & Danny, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1970s.
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Color copy photo of a B& W photo of May Walk Party parade street scene in the Third Ward, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1945-1949.
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Color copy photo of a B& W photo of a crowd on Washington Street on Election Night, Hoboken, May, 1947.
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Color copy photo of a B& W photo of tree planting ceremony at an unidentified street corner, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1935-40.
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Color copy photo of a B&W photo of an assembly in a school auditorium, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1945-1950.
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Color copy photo of a B&W photo of two motorcycle patrolmen with a nurse to the right of Rex's Beer Garden exterior, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1925.
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Color copy photo of a B+W group photo of the Hoboken Police Department, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1950's.
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Color copy photo of a B+W group photo of the graduation of the Sergeants School, Hoboken Police Department, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1950's.
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Color copy photo of a B+W image of the Hoboken Playgrounds Field Band, Memorial Day, May 30, 1933.
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Color copy photo of a b+w photo of the street between the Hoboken Land Company building and 77 River St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1945.
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Color copy photo of a ca. 1900 postcard "Castle Point Terrace, North of 9th Street, Hoboken, N.J.," no date, ca. 1990.
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Color copy photo of a ca. 1900 postcard "Firemen's Monument, Church Square Park, Hoboken, N.J.," no date, ca. 1990.
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Color copy photo of a ca. 1900 postcard "Hudson Square Park, Hoboken, N.J.," no date, ca. 1990.
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Color copy photo of a ca. 1900 postcard "Hudson St. looking South, Hoboken, N.J.", no date, ca. 1990.
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Color copy photo of a ca. 1900 postcard "Hudson Street looking North, Hoboken, N.J.," no date, ca. 1990.
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Color copy photo of a ca. 1900 untitled postcard of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Hudson St. between 8th & 9th Sts., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1990.
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Color copy photo of a ca. 1910 postcard "Newark Str. looking West, Hoboken, N.J.," no date, ca. 1990.
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Color copy photo of a ca. 1920 postcard "View of Hudson Street North of 9th Street, Hoboken, N.J.," no date, ca. 1990.
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Color copy photo of a ca. 1940 postcard "Serventi's (Clam Broth House) 36-38 Newark Street, Hoboken, New Jersey," no date, ca. 1990.
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Color copy photo of a ca.1907-1914 postcard "Hoboken Trust Company, Washington & Fourteenth Streets, Hoboken, N.J."
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Color copy photo of a color photo of young Frank Sinatra in a dark suit with white neck tie, no place, no date, ca. 1950.
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Color copy photo of a sepia-tone photo of May Walk street scene in the Third Ward, Hoboken, N.J., May, 1950.
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Color copy photo of a sepia-tone photo of a ceremony on a field marked with a baseball diamond, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1945-50.
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Color copy photo of a sepia-tone photo of a costume parade on an unidentified street, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1930-1940.
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Color copy photo of a sepia-tone photo of a group celebration for a Hoboken baseball team, Hoboken?, no date, ca. 1945-50.
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Color copy photo of a sepia-tone photo of an assembly in the Connor's School auditorium, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1945-1950.
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Color copy photo of a sepia-tone photo postcard of Cybil's (sic) Cave and River Walk, Hoboken, ca. 1880 by E. F. Walter.
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Color copy photo of b+w photo of a winter view of the Lawson & Macmurray Lumber Co., ca. 11th St. & Hudson River, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1934-35.
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Color copy photo of b+w photo of a winter view of the Lawson & Macmurray Lumber Co., ca. 11th St. & Hudson River, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1934-35.
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Color copy photo of hand-tinted photo of the Empire Theatre, Hudson St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1895.
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Color copy photo of hand-tinted photo of the Empire Theatre, Hudson St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1900.
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Color copy photo of photo of a woman who is related to the Gerrino family of Hoboken, no date, ca. 1900.
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Color copy photo of photo of postcard detail of the side-wheeler Priscilla, equipped by W.& A Fletcher, Hoboken, 1904.
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Color copy photo of photo of the chief engineer in the S.S. Ticonderoga engine room, no place, no date, ca. 1900.
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Color copy print: River Terrace, westside of River St. from 3rd St. towards 4th St., Hoboken, N.J., July 1,1886.
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Color digital photos, 11, of HHM exterior walkway & interior showing exhibitions, Hoboken, Aug. 15, 2013.
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Color film of the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard area after a snow storm, Hoboken, n.d., ca.1978
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Color group photo of members of the Monte San Giacomo Democratic Club, Inc. outside the building at 531 Adams St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 2000.
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Color image of exterior view of the entrance to the Hotel Victor, 44 Hudson Place, Hoboken, 1977.
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Color image of exterior view of the entrance to the Hotel Victor, 44 Hudson Place, Hoboken, 1977.
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Color images of enameled badge worn by a sandhog working a caisson for Lincoln Tunnel, no date, circa 1934-1944.
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Color index print of 25 photos of riverfront park groundbreaking ceremony, Hoboken, 1998.
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Color inkjet copy print of Tami Mauriello and Frank Sinatra mugging in a publicity shot, no place, probably New York, circa 1940-1946.
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Color inkjet print of scanned color photo of members of the Pescatore family, no place, no date, ca. 1990-2000.
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Color photo close-up of sign for Skyline Graphic Management, 601 Adams Street, Hoboken, Jan. 3 & 4, 2002.
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Color photo close-up of wall sign for Cunningham Marine Hydraulics, 201 Harrison Street at 2nd Street, Hoboken, Jan. 3 & 4, 2002.
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Color photo detail of metal wall sign for Earl L. Bosworth Funeral Home, 311 Willow Avenue, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of painted sign on wall for J. Medina Auto Repair, near Jefferson and Fourth Sts., Hoboken, Jan. 3 & 4, 2002.
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Color photo detail of sign for Stemple Pharmacy, 266 Seventh St. at Willow Avenue, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of sign for Stemple Pharmacy, 266 Seventh St. at Willow Avenue, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of sign for Stemple Pharmacy, 266 Seventh St. at Willow Avenue, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of sign lettering on canvas marquee for Saint Mary Hospital, 308 Willow Avenue, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of sign lettering on canvas marquee for Saint Mary Hospital, 308 Willow Avenue, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of sign lettering on canvas marquee for Saint Mary Hospital, 308 Willow Avenue, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of stone lettering Free Public Library at main entrance of Hoboken Public Library, 5th St. & Park Ave., Hoboken, Sept. 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of the hanging sign for Rocco Liquors, 600 Clinton Street, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of the hanging sign for Rocco Liquors, 600 Clinton Street, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of the star on south side of 315 Willow Avenue, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of the tiled address sign over the main entrance to 63 Willow Terrace, Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo detail of wall sign for Tidal Engineering Company, 611 Adams Street, Hoboken, Jan. 3 & 4, 2002.
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Color photo from Castle Point of southern waterfront showing site of former Port Authority Piers Hoboken, Spring 1996.
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Color photo from Maxwell House Coffee plant looking north at construction site of The Independence in The Shipyard, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 2000.
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Color photo from north end of Maxwell House Coffee plant at 12th St. & Frank Sinatra Drive N., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 2000.
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Color photo from north end of Maxwell House Coffee plant at 12th St. & Frank Sinatra Drive N., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 2000.
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Color photo from north end of Maxwell House Coffee plant at 12th St. & Frank Sinatra Drive N., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 2000.
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Color photo from north end of Maxwell House Coffee plant building no. 1 looking at The Shipyard, Hoboken, n.d, ca. 2000.
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Color photo from the north end of Maxwell House Coffee plant building no. 1 looking NW, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 2000.
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Color photo looking north up River St. with the Main Post Office at center right, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1975.
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Color photo negative of Mary Ann Samperi Soule and young girl, Patricia Soule, on Hudson St. near Davidson Lab, Hoboken, no date, circa 1971.
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Color photo negative of Patricia Samperi on Fourth St. near River St., Hoboken, no date, circa late 1971.
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Color photo negative of panoramic view of Edwin S. Stevens Hall, 5th St. between Hudson & River Sts., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1991-1994.
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Color photo of the painting "Hoboken Waterfront 1930" by Ernest Lawson (Amer), 1873-1959 in the Norton Museum, W. Palm Beach, FL.
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Color photo of "Girls from Jac's," Jac-O-Dine Luncheonette, 401 Bloomfield St., Hoboken, ca. 1962.
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Color photo of 2 boys standing at gas pumps at Joe's Auto Repair, 219 Clinton St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1990.
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Color photo of 2 people eating in a booth at Schnackenberg's Luncheonette, Hoboken, August 8, 2006.
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Color photo of 3 signs at 410 8th St.: Gallery 410, Artist Studio, 410 8th Street, Hoboken, Jan. 3 & 4, 2002.
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Color photo of 50th wedding anniversary celebration of William & Edith Schubin at Philharmonic Hall, Lincoln Center, N.Y., Oct. 25, 1981.
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Color photo of A.J. Demarest Middle School sign at the corner of Garden and Fourth Sts., Hoboken, Sept., 1-5, 2001.
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Color photo of Amy Young and female Glenwood Primary School student painting a handprint on the Georgia Children's Memorial Flag, Rome, Georgia, Sept
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Color photo of Amy Young and female Glenwood Primary School student preparing paint for Georgia Children's Memorial Flag, Rome, Georgia, September, 20
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Color photo of Amy Young at the Glenwood Primary School with the completed Georgia Children's Memorial Flag, Rome, Georgia, September, 2001.
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Color photo of Biggie's Clam Bar (former Clam Broth House), 36-42 Newark St., Hoboken, Apr.14, 2012.
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Color photo of Bloomfield Street looking north to Ninth Street, Hoboken, September 24, 1989.
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Color photo of Castle Point, taken from below on River St.(Sinatra Drive) near the Hudson River, Hoboken, September 24, 1989.
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Color photo of Charlie Kosbab standing in the doorway of the Rigging Gear Loft at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken Division, ca. 1980.
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Color photo of Charlie Kosbab standing under the sign, Rigging Gear Loft,at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken Division, ca. 1980.
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Color photo of Church of the Holy Innocents exterior, 6th St. & Willow Ave., Hoboken, late winter or early spring 1977.
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Color photo of Dolly Sinatra being kissed by her son, Frank Sinatra, no place (probably Villa Scalabrini Italian Retirement Center, L.A., CA), Dec. 1976.
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Color photo of Dolly Sinatra with son, Frank Sinatra, in front of painted portrait of Martin Sinatra, n.p. (possibly Cathedral City, CA), n.d., ca. 1969-1970.
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Color photo of Dominic Pescatore & group of women outside St. Joseph's Church, 61 Monroe St.,Hoboken, no date, ca. 1960.
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Color photo of Donald or Ducky Fontana with 3 men & motorcycle outside restaurant, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1965.
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Color photo of Edward Cunning Jr. (right) in front of Our Lady of Grace Church Hall at time of confirmation, Hoboken, New Jersey, no date, ca. 1970.
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Color photo of Eighth & Hudson Streets area from Stevens Institute campus, Hoboken, Oct., 1981.
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Color photo of Ellis Island taken from a ferry during the NJ Transit Train Festival, Hoboken 1989.
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Color photo of Erie Lackawanna Railway passenger coach car 4316 at Hoboken, Jan. 15, 1976.
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Color photo of Frank Sinatra Memorial Park taken from on the Hudson River, Hoboken, Spring 1999.
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Color photo of Frank Sinatra on Christmas keepsake from The Frank Sinatra Society of New York, no place, Dec., 1980
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Color photo of Frank Sinatra with President Ronald Reagan, Governor Thomas Kean et al at Saint Ann Feast, Hoboken, July 26, 1984.
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