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Petition by 10 Hoboken residents to the Hoboken City Council Hoboken regarding use of $48,000 in city treasury to provide volunteers for military duty, June 4, 1864.

Petition to Board of Police Comm'rs, Hoboken, from Francis J. Goldthwaite, June 1876 re ferry terminal incident & request for dismissal of Officer Hammond.

Petition to Mayor & Hoboken City Council from Bloomfield St.property owners, 600 block, re unsightly signage at 624 Bloomfield St., Sept. 22, 1898.

Petition: Hoboken Section, Hudson County Artillery & citizens to Mayor & City Council, June 13, 1866, requesting 50 dollars for July 4th celebration cannon ammunition.

Petition: Protest of property owners of River St. against the granting of a license for the southwest corner of River and Fourth Streets, Hoboken, May 21, 1890.

Photo Christmas holiday postcard from Mayor David Roberts and family, 618 Hudson St., Hoboken, no date [2004].

Photo article about Dr. Charles Covino who founded General Magnaplate in a Hoboken garage in 1952.

Photo illustration: "Wading Pool in Hoboken Park Playground, Hudson County Park System, New Jersey" (Designed by Charles N. Lowrie of New York.) Published 1935.

Photo illustration: wagon / truck elevator or incline, Marshall Street between Ferry & 1st Streets, Hoboken, 1907.

Photo illustrations, 2: First National Bank, Hoboken, N.J.; Kenneth M. Murchison, Architect; published in The American Architect, May 11, 1910.

Photo of Anna Maria Gallagher, Sept., 1925 as published in Reminisces, Sept. 2008.

Photo of Board of Health, Hoboken; Fat & Bone License 1935.

Photo of City of Hoboken $1000 bond issued 1880 for erection of a City Hall.

Photo of La Paglia Florists delivery van. Image received not used.

Photo of The Geismar Shop, 226-228 Washington Street, Hoboken, circa 1907.

Photo of Washington St. looking north from Fifth to Sixth Sts., Hoboken, circa 1873-1879.

Photo of Washington St. looking north to Fourth St. with Girl Scouts marching in Decoration Day parade, Hoboken, 1922.

Photo of William Schubin family gathered for a Passover Seder, 516 Washington St., Hoboken, March 28, 1964.

Photo of Windfield Athletic Association, Hoboken, N.J. baseball team as published in unknown baseball publication, ca. June 1908.

Photo of a parade on Washington Street looking south from Fifth to Fourth Sts., Hoboken, ca. 1913.

Photo of funeral procession for victims of 1900 dock fire, Washington St. looking south to Fourth St., Hoboken, 1900.

Photo of the interior of the Brass Rail Bar, 135 Washington St., Hoboken, ca. 1935-1940.

Photo of the interior of the Brass Rail Bar, 135 Washington St., Hoboken, ca. 1970-1975.

Photo print: 208, 210 & part of 212 Willow Ave. Hoboken, NJ, Shoe Repair and Candy Store at No. 208; ca. 1942.

Photo: Hoboken Girl Scouts protesting imminent sale of scout house while marching in 1997(?) Saint Patrick's Day parade, Hoboken.

Photocopied newsclippings from Hoboken including a June 3, 1943 "Observer" article concerning the donor's enlistment in the WAVES.

Photocopied reproductions of the floor plans of the first & second floors of Hoboken City Hall, ca. 1911.

Photocopied typescript of a Bibliography of Hoboken materials prepared by Brigid A. Cahalan, Hoboken, 1983.

Photocopies from The New York Times, July 1-4, 1900, of partial articles about the 1900 pier fire.

Photocopies of 2 newsclippings re shooting of NYC Mayor William Gaynor, 1910. From Hudson Dispatch, May 4, 1974; Jersey Journal, Nov. 19, 1981.

Photocopies of 6 photographs of August & Gesina Engelbart, once residents of Hoboken, ca. 1917-1940.

Photocopies of four 1993 fax pages concerning requirements for Frank Sinatra's dressing room, staff room, catering menu and Don Rickles.

Photocopies of photos, documents and ephemera relating to Thomas Godson and family with donor's correspondence & notes.

Photocopy 1907 article about Lackwanna Terminal & Ferryhouse, Hoboken.

Photocopy of 1879 article about a "Floating College" being outfitted in Hoboken from "Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper."

Photocopy of article about Donald "Red" Barrett in the Sunday New York Times, Jan. 26, 1992.

Photocopy of booklet, On Liberty in Hoboken, N.J., issued by War Camp Community Service, Hoboken Branch, no date, ca. 1917.

Photocopy of menu from Banquet Commemorating the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of the City of Hoboken, March 28, 1905.

Photocopy of newspaper clipping, letter to the editor, "Why waste the money?" re Erie Lackawanna Terminal, September 4, 1974.

Photocopy of obituary of William Miller [Sr.] from Secaucus Home News, December 9, 2004.

Photocopy of site plan for a proposed Hoboken-Stevens Lab School on the former Maxwell House Coffee plant site, no date, (2003).

Photocopy: 1972 reprint of 1906 article about Lackwanna Terminal & Ferryhouse, Hoboken.

Photocopy: article "The Great Harbor Fire: The North German Lloyd Disaster of 1900", N.J. History, Vol 100, Nos. 3-4, Fall/Winter 1982.

Photograph album belonging to Jack O'Brien, Hoboken covering family images from the 1910's to ca. 1970.

Photograph album hand lettered "Greetings from Your Y, Christmas, 1929, Hoboken."

Photograph album of 32 images of ships taken by William Craig, ca. 1932-40. Most were taken at the United Dry Dock Company, Fletcher Plant, Hoboken.

Photograph album with 26 mounted sepia-tone albumen photos of R. Neumann and Co., Hoboken, N.Y. & Newark, N.J., n.d., ca. 1885-1890.

Photographic album from Mildred Marion "Mollie" Pescatore, with images of her and her family, ca. early to mid 1920's.

Photographic album from Mildred Marion "Molly" Pescatore of Hoboken with images from ca. 1916 to 1939 (plus one from the 1950's.)

Photographic b+w reproduction: Jeu de Barre. Published wood-engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1866.

Photographic b+w reproduction: Slaughtering the Dogs - "Andy" in his glory. Published wood-engraving in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1858.

Photographic b+w reproduction: The Great Pigeon Shooting Match. Published wood-engraving & article in Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, 1866.

Photographs of Arrival at New York of the Nieuw Amsterdam, Flagship of the Holland-America Line. Maiden Voyage - May 16, 1938.

Photogravure print of the western facade of Stevens Castle (Villa) with gold borders, [Hoboken], no date, circa 1890-1900.

Photostatic copy of 1906 map "General and Historical Map of the City of Hoboken" published by Robert C. Brelle.

Physical Characteristics of NJ Transit. Including Portions of Conrail & Amtrak Territories. Issued by Rules Dept. 3rd edition, Aug. 1992.

Pigeon Diploma for Hillside Loft of Hoboken, N.J. racing pigeon, Sept. 9, 1990.

Placemat: Lackawanna Railroad. The Route of Phoebe Snow. No date, ca. 1951-1960.

Plaintiffs & Defendants Index to Entry Docket No. 3, commencing May 2, 1884. (Hoboken District Court)

Plan and Profile for the Repaving of First St.from Harrison St. To a line 100 feet East of Jackson Str. April 30th 1875

Plan and Profile of Adams Street from Newark Avenue to First Street, Hoboken, 1866.

Plan and Profile of Grand Street from the Northerly Line of First Street to the Southerly Line of Second Street, (Hoboken, 1867.)

Plan and Profile of Proposed Drain from 7th Street to 15 St., Hoboken, N.J. Beyer & Tivy, C.E., N.d., ca. 1860-1870.

Plan of Drainage of Hoboken Meadows made by Order of the Council of City of Hoboken by Spielmann & Brush, 1881.

Plan of Marquise. Lackawanna R.R.Terminal & Hoboken Ferry Co. No. 219. Jan. 16, 1906. Kodalith photostatic copy.

Plans for the Ferry Houses of the Hoboken Land & Improvement Co., Hoboken, N.J, 1883.

Plans of Kitchen & Lunch Rooms. Lackawanna R.R.Terminal & Hoboken Ferry Co. Sheet No. 2xx. Feb. 28th(?), [1905]. Kodalith photostatic copy.

Plans submitted to HHPC, ca. 2001 for 1001 Washington St.

Plat Book of Hudson County, Volume II. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins Co. (1909).

Plate 1 from Plat Book of Hudson County, Volume II. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins Co. (1909). Reference images.

Plate 1 from Plat Book of Hudson County, Volume II. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins Co. (1923).

Plate 12 from Plat Book of Hudson County, Volume II. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins Co. (1909). Reference images.

Plate 12 from Plat Book of Hudson County, Volume II. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins Co. (1923).

Plate 17 from Plat Book of Hudson County, Volume II. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins Co. (1909). Reference images.

Plate 2 from Plat Book of Hudson County, Volume II. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins Co. (1909). Reference images.