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Hoboken Historical Museum Online Archive
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Digital reference image of printed b+w photo by David Plowden of the ferry Elmira on its last run, Nov. 22, 1967.
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Digital reference image of printed photo, "Some of the Stevens Family Retainers at Castle Point, Hoboken, 1895"
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Digital reference image of printed photo, "The Grand Stairway of the Hudson River Steamer Albany, Fall of 1900."
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of Joe's Auto Repair, 219 Clinton St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1990.
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Digital scan of color photo of New York Harbor with a vessel and tugboat, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of New York Harbor with the Verrazano Bridge, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of a passenger vessel with tugboat, location not given, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of a sunrise view of Hoboken & Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of a sunrise view of the Manhattan skyline from Jersey City Heights, Jersey City, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of lower Manhattan from the southeast, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of lower Manhattan from the southeast, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital scan of color photo of passenger vessel, S.S. Oceanic, location not given, no date, circa 1970-1980.
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Digital video disk, motion picture On the Waterfront, special edition. 2001 issue by Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment.
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Digital video disk: P.S.E.& G. public service film about Clock Tower Apartments/Keuffel & Esser Factory, n.d., ca. 1976-1977.
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Document for Sybil's Cave interior, sketch plan & 33 photographs, Hoboken, Sept. 21, 2010.
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Documentation photos of Church of the Holy Innocents, Sixth St. & Willow Ave., Hoboken, June-Aug.2007.
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Documentation photos of Jefferson Trust Company building, 313-315 First St., Hoboken, July 2007.
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Documentation photos of former Keuffel and Esser Manufacturing Complex buildings, Hoboken, Oct.-Nov. 2007.
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Documentation photos of horizontal exterior sign at Joseph Apicella & Sons Fish Market, 309 First St., Hoboken, January 2008.
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Documentation photos of the Hoboken Land & Improvement Company building, Newark St., Hoboken, July 2007.
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Eight color photos taken during the Sesquicentennial Parade, Washington Street, Hoboken, April 16, 2005.
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Eight printed black-and-white photographic views of the U.S.S. Siboney, no place, no date, ca. 1917-1919.
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Eleven digital color images of the Maxwell House Coffee plant site, demolition of Building Five, Hoboken, September 9, 2004.
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Film (16mm): "Working Together: A Case History in Labor and Management Cooperation." 1951.
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Film: Hoboken. Public service film produced by P.S.E.& G. re Keuffel & Esser Clock Tower Apts., n.d., ca.1976-1977.
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Five B+W prints of Lackawanna Railroad tugboats from 1903-1913 as seen in various places in New York Harbor.
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Five digital images of b+w photos of 1947 election victory celebration for Fred M. DeSapio and slate, Union Club?, Hoboken, May, 1947.
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Five digital images of the exterior of the former Grand Bakery, 738 Willow Ave., Hoboken, March, 2004.
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Five digital images: Poles in four Hoboken locations with Burczy posters, Hoboken, 1994-2003.
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Five printed B+W photographs of Leonard Sheet Metal Works, Inc., 215-221 Grand Street, Hoboken, ca. 1905-1908.
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Four digital color images St. Mary's Meat & Deli Market, 402 Washington Street, last day of business, Hoboken, September 26, 2004.
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Four digital color images of the north end of the Lackawanna Terminal showing reconstruction underway, Hoboken, September 26, 2004.
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Four digital images: Various locations with Burczy 'in-between' posters, Hoboken, 2001-2003.
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Graphic map by Paul Veeder showing "nativity" analysis of neighborhoods based on 1970 US census data and using the City of Hoboken map by mayo lynch and associates revised in 1972 for hoboken model cities
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Graphic map by Paul Veeder showing "nativity" analysis of neighborhoods based on 1970 US census data and using the City of Hoboken map by mayo lynch and associates revised in 1972 for hoboken model cities.
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Group of 12 black-and-white negatives, 120 format, of images of the 1955 Hoboken Centennial Parade, Washington St., Hoboken, March 1955.
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Group of 28 4" x 5" color tranparencies of Hoboken Brewing Company products & advertising, Hoboken, ca. 1992-1998.
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Group of 3 B+W photos of two welding generators on a trolley at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken Division, no date (ca 1950.)
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Group of 3 B+W photos with night views of drydock no. 4 at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken Division, July 6, 1959.
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Group of 4 B+W photos documenting condition of drydock no. 4 at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken Division, Nov. 7, 1958.
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Group of 5 B+W negative images of unidentifed nuns in an office, no place, no date, ca. 1900-1910.
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Group of 6 B+W photos of documentation of damage to an unidentified vessel component, at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken, no date ca. 1950-60.
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Group of 7 original photographic negatives and prints of Hoboken Service flag-raising ceremony, 1943.
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Group of twenty-six 220 black-and-white negative images of the ferry section of the Hoboken Terminal, no date, ca. 1990.
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Howard Cullman of the Port of N.Y. Authority speaking to group attending the signing of lease for new Pier C, Hoboken, 1954.
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Image of plaque honoring Gerald J. Walker of Hoboken, Vietnam War military casualty, YMCA, Hoboken.
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Image: 2 B+W photos of the interior of Donald Barrett's Hoboken apartment, no date, ca. 1960.
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Image: 3 color photos of three unidentified moored vessel at unknown locations, but not in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1965.
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Image: B+W photo of 3 longshoremen at work in the cargo hold of an unidentified vessel, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1960.
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Image: B+W photo of Holland America Line offices at the Fifth St. pier, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1960.
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Image: B+W photo of an unidentified vessel moored at an unidentified pier, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1960.
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Image: B+W photo of the S.S. Savannah moored at an unidentified pier, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1960.
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Image: Four men working on a turbine compresser shaft with two men overseeing them, no place, no date, ca. 1931-40.
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Image: MISSING. S.S. American Banker on #1 dry dock, United Dry Dock Co., Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J. no date.
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Image: S.S. American Farmer, American Merchant Line, on dry dock no.2, United Dry Dock, Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1932-39.
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Image: S.S. American Trader, United States Lines, in dry dock, United Dry Dock Co., Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J. showing propeller and rudder, no dat
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Image: S.S. Atlantic, tanker, profile view of a new stream line rudder on dry dock no.2, United Dry Dock, Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca.
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Image: S.S. Bremen of the North German Lloyd line arriving in New York on the Hudson River, 1935.
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Image: S.S. Colorado and the S.S. Cherokee in dry docks, United Dry Dock, Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1932-39.
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Image: S.S. Excalibur and the S.S. American Traveler in dry docks, United Dry Dock, Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., 1935.
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Image: S.S. Excambion in dry dock, United Dry Dock, Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1932-1939.
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Image: S.S. Exochorda & S.S. American Banker in dry docks at United Dry Docks, Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1935-38.
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Image: S.S. Independence Hall, America France Line on dry dock no.2, United Dry Dock, Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1932-39.
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Image: S.S. Leviathan sailing south on the Hudson River, New York City in the background, 1935 (actually 1934).
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Image: S.S. Manhattan, United States Lines, steaming south on the Hudson River, New York, ca. 1932-39.
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Image: S.S. Manhattan, United States Lines, with tugboat at unidentified pier, no date, ca. 1932-39.
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Image: S.S. Robert E. Lee, Eastern Steamship Co., on dry dock no.2, United Dry Dock, Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1932-39.
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Image: S.S. Santa Marta in dry dock no. 1 for general overhaul, United Dry Dock Co., Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1932-39.
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Image: S.S. Santa Marta in dry dock no. 1, United Dry Dock Co., Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1932-39.
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Image: S.S. Sixaola, United Fruit Co., on dry dock no.2, United Dry Dock, Fletcher Plant, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1932-39.
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Image: S.S. Washington, United States Lines, leaving New York on her maiden voyage, New York, 1933.
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Image: S.S.Monarch of Bermuda, Furness-Bermuda Line, in dry dock at United Dry Docks, Morse Plant, Brooklyn, N.Y. no date, ca. 1932-1939.
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Image: Two men working on a turbine compresser shaft with two men overseeing them, no place, no date, ca. 1931-40.
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Image: black-and-white photo of Marlon Brando & 3 men on set of "On the Waterfront," Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1952-1953.
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Image: color photo looking east down 14th St, to the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1965.
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Image: color photo of Donald "Red" Barrett (left) with fellow longshoreman on the Hoboken piers, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of a pile driver on the construction site of Marine View Towers, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of a pile driver on the construction site of Marine View Towers, Hoboken, no date, ca. Summer, 1974.
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Image: color photo of foundation construction for One Marine View Towers, Hoboken, no date, ca. August 1973.
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Image: color photo of foundation construction for Two Marine View Towers, Hoboken, no date, ca. August 1973.
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Image: color photo of four longshoremen working with cargo in a pier shed, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of site preparation on the construction site of Marine View Towers, Hoboken, May, 1973.
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Image: color photo of site preparation on the construction site of Marine View Towers, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of site preparation on the construction site of Marine View Towers, Hoboken, no date, ca.May, 1973
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Image: color photo of the demolition of Meyer's Hotel , 231 Hudson St., on the site of Marine View Towers and parking garages, Hoboken. no
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Image: color photo of the demolition of Nelson's Marine Bar, 300 River St., on the site of Marine View Towers, Hoboken, n.d. ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of the houses that were probably on the east side of Hudson St.,somewhere between First and Fourth Sts, Hoboken, no dat
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Image: color photo of the west side of Hudson St. near Third St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of the west side of the 200 block of River St. looking up to Fourth St,, Hoboken. no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of the west side of the 300 block of River St. looking up to Fourth St,, Hoboken. no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of the west side of the 300 block of River St. towards Third St.., Hoboken. no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of three longshoremen 'horsing around' on the Hoboken piers, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of two longshoremen working in a cargo hold, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo of two longshoremen working in a cargo hold, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1970.
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Image: color photo the corner part of The Clam Broth House at River and Newark Sts., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1975.
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Image: color transparency of several longshoremen standing in the hold of a ship moored on the south side of Pier A, Hoboken, May, 1979.
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Image: profile view of the rudder and propeller of an unidentified vessel in dry dock, no place, no date, ca. 1932-39.
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Image: sepia-tone photograph of a girl in costume holding a sign "Which is the better half?" no date, ca. 1910-20.
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Image: unmounted 35mm color transparency of 3 longshoremen unloading sacks of coffee in a cargo hold, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1979.
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John J. Grogan of Hoboken addressing a union convention in Chicago from the floor, no date, ca.1950.
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Lantern slide (missing), color?, of a corsage, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide (missing), color?, of a floral decorated room, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide transparency: Fire at First Reformed Church, 829-831 Bloomfield St., Hoboken, n.d., circa Dec. 16, 1919.
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Lantern slide, B+W, of a variety of floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, b+w, of a floor floral decoration, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, b+w, of a table floral decoration with lettering, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, b+w, of floral decoration with eagle and patriotic shield motif, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color tint: [D.L.& W. R.R., Hoboken] 12695 - From Top of Tower over Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Station. Underwood & Underwood. (N.d., probably 1907-1908.)
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Lantern slide, color, floral decorated lobby or reception room, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, floral decorated lobby or reception room, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a Christmas centerpiece with candle, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a Christmas centerpiece with pine cones & candle, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a Christmas evergreen centerpiece with berries and pine cones, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a Christmas evergreen centerpiece, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a bridal bouquet, captioned "Spring Flowers for the Bridesmaid," used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a centerpiece of black-eye susan & wild carrots, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a church interior with floral decorations, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a fancy floral decoration, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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Lantern slide, color, of a floral arrangement in basket, used for promotional display in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920.
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