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Hoboken Historical Museum Online Archive
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Ad: Venus 10¢ Pencils. American Pencil Co., Venus Building, Hoboken, N.J.; Sat. Evening Post, June 21, 1930.
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Ad: Venus Pencils, 17 Shades of Black. American Pencil Co., Venus Building, Hoboken, N.J.; Sat. Evening Post, March 29, 1930.
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Ad: Venus Pencils, A Venus fairly flows over the paper. American Pencil Co., Venus Building, Hoboken; Sat. Evening Post, Aug. 16, 1930.
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Address book from 1942-1944 belonging to Mrs. Alex [Amelia] Craig, 409 Washington St., Hoboken.
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Admittance card for visiting the S.S. Deutschland, at Hamburg-American Line piers in Hoboken, July 15, 1900.
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Admittance card: Applied Housing, Tenth Anniversary Celebration, Pier C, Hoboken, Sept. 10, 1983.
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Ads, magazine, 3, for Venus Pencils in campaign "...was started with a pencil." American Lead Pencil Co., Hoboken, N.J. 1934
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Ads, magazine: Venus Pencils; "The American Drawing Pencil." American Pencil Co., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1942.
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Ads: Maxwell House Coffee, 12 full-page magazine ads from Life magazine, published 1948-1950.
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Advertisement for Venus Drawing Pencils, American Pencil Company, Hoboken. Published in Pencil Points, November 1936
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Advertisement for Venus Pencils, American Pencil Company, Hoboken. No date, copyright is "1934, A.L.P.CO."
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Advertisement: Guild Bass Amps manufactured by Guild Musical Instruments, Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1970-1974.
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Advertising handbill: Ukelin Case; Other Accessories for Ukelin. International Musical Corporation, Hoboken, N.J., n.d., (1929.)
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Advertising insert: Here's the Key to Lower Costs on Financing a New Car. Get an Auto Loan From Washington Savings Bank, Hoboken. N.d., ca. 1965-1975.
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Advertising novelty: Dial-A-Care for the Care of Cut Flowers. Jos. LaPaglia, Inc., Florist, 160 1st St., Hoboken, N.J.; copyright 1959.
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Advertising poster: Chocolat-Menier. [French girl writing on wall; basket of chocolates], Paris, 1893. 2010 reproduction.
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Advertising specimen leaf: 3 printed candy labels including Fisher's Pine Apps (made by S. Fisher & Co., Hoboken), n.d., [1927.]
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Agreement Between the Hoboken Land & Improvement Co. and The Manor Real Estate & Trust Co., 1899.
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Agreement between Terminal Service, Inc. & D.L. & W. R.R. for taxicab privilege at Ferry Terminals in N.Y., from Sept. 25, 1936 to Sept. 25, 1937. Dated & signed Nov. 18, 1936.
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Album clipping of a photo of the Junior Choir of The First Methodist Episcopal Church of Hoboken from a church program, no date, ca. 1900-1920.
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Album leaf with five mounted black-and-white photos of the Hoboken docks and on board the S.S. St. Paul, North German Lloyd Line, 1914.
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Album leaves, 2, with newspaper or fanzine clippings related to Frank Sinatra circa 1946-1947.
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Album, "Just for Fun": 84 printed black-and-white caricatures of notable Hoboken businessmen, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1907-1925.
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Album, photo views: Bremerhaven, Geestemunde, Lehe und Spreckenbuttel. In 20 Ansichten. (1908).
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Album, photo: 42 B+W photos of merchant & passenger vessels (some Holland America Line), n.d., ca. 1935-1950.
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Album: Guastaferro. Paternal Lineage. San Guiseppi Vesuvius, Italy to NJ, FL, VA & CA, U.S.A. 1896-2010.
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Album: In Memoriam. William J.D. Keuffel. 1908. Akademischer Verein von Hoboken [Hoboken Academy]. Oct. 6, 1908.
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Album: Kindergarten, Mary Pascatore [Mildred Marion "Mollie" Pescatore], School No. 8., [Hoboken], no date, (1915-16).
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Ambassadors Link. Lipton Retirees Newsletter. 9 issues, 1994-2001. Published by Lipton Ambassadors Club (Lipton, Inc.), Englewood Cliffs, N.J.
ArchiveAn Act to Incorporate the Hoboken Land and Improvement Co. Supplement and Other Acts. Hoboken: Hudson County Democrat Print, 35 Washington St. 1859.
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Anchorage Rebekah Lodge No. 107, I.O.O.F., Hoboken, N.J. Invitation: Anchorage Rebekah Lodge No. 107, I.O.O.F., Sept. 22, 1957 to Columbia Fraternity Lodge No. 63, Hoboken, for Barn Dance, 61 3rd St., Hoboken, Oct. 19, 1957.
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Announcement & admittance card to Closing Reception, Company C, 2nd Regt., De Long Guard, N.G.N.J., Hoboken, 1886.
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Announcement & invitation Aug. 4, 1876 to City of Hoboken by N.J. Centennial Comm. to attend reception by Governor Bedle at the State Bldg., Aug. 24, 1876.
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Announcement / guide map: 3rd Sundays: Hoboken's Monthly Gallery Walk; for 2012; issued April 2012.
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Announcement card + hang tag: 10th Annual Hoboken Baby Parade. Presented by HHM, May 15, 2011.
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Announcement card for Members' Meeting, Railroad YMCA, Oct. 6, 1896, Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken.
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Announcement card: Introducing a New Lithograph by Carroll N. Jones, III, American Realist, "Antique Christening Dress." Nathaniel Graphics, Hoboken, N.J. 1985.
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Announcement card: Lamppost Reunion. A Play by Louis LaRusso II, ArcLight Theatre, New York City, Nov. 2008.
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Announcement card: Like Make Believe. Christina Labey. Exhibit Oct.15 - Dec. 19, 2010; Conveyor Arts, 117 Grand St., Hoboken.
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Announcement card: Novel Night. Vol. Two. October 18th, 2008. Hoboken Public Library Benefit.
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Announcement card: The Flora Dora Girls Weekly Sewing Circle; exhibition, Big Questions. Gaia (_gaia). October 19, 2008.
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Announcement of 150th Anniversary Gala, Saturday April 9, [2005], Aboard the Cornucopia. Issued Hoboken, 2005.
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Announcement: "We're Changing Stations." Erie Railroad handbill with notice that "Effective, Saturday, October 13 [1962], all Erie and N.J. & N.Y. trains will use the Erie-Lackawanna Terminal at Hoboken...
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Announcement: Easter Egg Hunt, Apr. 16, 2011, Mama Johnson Field, 4th & Jackson Sts., Hoboken.
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Announcement: lecture at First Church of Christ, Scientist, 829 Bloomfield St., Hoboken, Nov. 6, 1962.
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Annual Report of Races. New Jersey Homing Pigeon Concourse Association, Inc. 1952. Old Bird and Young Bird Races.
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Annual Report of The Chief Engineer of the Hoboken Fire Department. Dated May 1, 1918. Marked copy.
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Annual Report of the National Board of Health, ca. 1879-1880. Appendix H: Hudson County schedules.
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Application to HHPC, Hoboken, Nov. 17, 2003 for 1018 Washington St., Hudson City Savings Bank.
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Appointment card of Madeline Miller for Dr. Edward Becker, Dentist, 801 Washington St., Hoboken, Feb.-Apr.25, 1975.
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Architect's rendering: Hoboken Cove Beach at Maxwell Place on the Hudson; credit: Magdy S. Barsoum; n.d, ca. 2000-2002.
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Architectural plan: City Hall Hoboken First Floor. F.G. Himpler, Architect & Civil Engineer. June 22, 1880. (Version 1)
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Architectural plan: City Hall Hoboken First Floor. F.G. Himpler, Architect & Civil Engineer. June 22, 1880. (Version 2)
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Architectural plan: City Hall Hoboken Second Floor. F.G. Himpler, Architect & Civil Engineer. June 22, 1880. (Version 1)
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Architectural plan: City Hall Hoboken Second Floor. F.G. Himpler, Architect & Civil Engineer. June 22, 1880. (Version 2)
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Architectural plan: Cityhall Hoboken Basement. F.G. Himpler, Architect & Civil Engineer. June 22, 1880.
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Architectural plans & views submitted to HHPC, June, 2004 for 52 Washington St., Eastview office building.
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Architectural plans of Free Public Library and Manual Training School, Hoboken, N.J., no date, circa 1895-1897.
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Archive of digital images of postcards and photos relating to the Hudson & Manhattan Rail Road and its successor, PATH.
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Archive of documents related to the Hoboken Historic Commission, 2003-2008. Ca. 5 cubic feet.
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Archive of programs for The Flicker Film Fan Club later Monthly Movie, Hoboken, Dec. 19, 1975 to Jan. 13 [1977.]
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Army Extension Courses. Combined Protractor and Scales, 1941 Revision. Time and Space Scale.
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Article & illustration about proposed North River Bridge. Published: New York Illustrated News, Vol. III, No. 106, Sat., Feb. 1, 1890.
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Article & illustrations on cricket & baseball matches in Hoboken, Harper's Weekly, Oct. 15, 1859.
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Article (D.L. & W. R.R.): A Heavy Floor for a Double-Track Bridge. Engineering Record, Vol. 61, No. 3, Jan. 13, 1910.
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Article (H. & M.R.R.): The Beginning of Train Service Under the Hudson River at New York. In: The Engineering Record, V.57, N.9, Feb. 29, 1908
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Article (Hamburg-American Line Hoboken piers): Die neuen Docks der Hamburg - Amerikanischen Packetfahrt - Actien - Gesellschaft “ in Hoboken, New Jersey. June 1883.
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Article (Hamburg-American Line): Provisions for a Modern Liner. Published in The Christian Herald, Oct. 3, 1906, pg. 830.
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Article (re Edward J. Florio): A Racketeer Takes Over an American City. By Jules Weinberg. Look, July 17, 1951; Log Cabin ad.
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Article [Hoboken Turtle Club]: One of New York's Queer Institutions. Published in The New York Times, August 28, 1898.
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Article [Holland Tunnel]: Linking New York and New Jersey. By Clifford M. Holland; in The American City, Vol. XXIV, no. 3, March 1921.
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Article about Stevens Institute of Technology in Scientific American, Volume LXVI, No. 25, June 18, 1892.
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Article dedicated to Dr. Hans Kudlich (1821–1917); Hoboken immigrant. By Tobias Weger, 2013.
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Article discussing german culture at West Hoboken park, pp. 701-704, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Oct. 1878.
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Article discussing german culture at West Hoboken park, pp. 701-704, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, V.57, No. 341, Oct. 1878.
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Article from Harper's Weekly: "Two Disastrous Fires in New York Harbor." Circa July - August 1900
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Article re Antonio Muzzarelli: A Cave Full of Mushrooms; What a French Chemist Is Doing in Hoboken Under the Palisades; Producing Artificially Great Fungi... Newspaper: The World, July 29, 1878.
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Article re Hoboken Shore Railroad: New Electric Freight Locomotive; in The Railroad Gazette, Vol. XXX, No. 2, Jan. 14, 1898.
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Article re Hudson & Manhattan R.R.: Delays to Trains In The Hudson Tunnels. Electric Railway Journal, Nov. 12, 1910.
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Article, Bergen Tunnel: A Special Type of Track Construction for Tunnels & Subways. Engineering News, Aug. 19, 1909.
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Article, magazine: Memories of Augustine Tolton, Black Priest, 1854-1897. Published in The Josephine Harvest, Summer 1986.
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Article: "Hoboken Terminal Power Plant, D., L. & W., R.R." in The Railway & Engineering Review, May 9, 1908.
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Article: "Hoboken: Portrait of a Sick City" in newspaper, PM, vol 1, no. 40, New York, Monday, August 12, 1940.
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Article: "Keuffel and Esser Art Show a Success." By Linda Dunn, Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J., July 8, 1966.
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Article: "Tami Mauriello was a contender." Newsclipping of column "do you remember" by Bill Twomey, Bronx Times Reporter, November 29, 2007, page 37.
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Article: "The Wurst of Times." [re Helmer's Restaurant] By Paul Drexel. New Jersey Monthly, August 2006,
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Article: An Old Gem in Trendy Hoboken. Review of Helmers' (restaurant) by Miriam Newman; The Record, Apr. 30, 1982.
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Article: Baked Enamel Painting on the Cars of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad. Electric Railway Journal, Vol. XLI, No. 4, Jan. 25, 1913.
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Article: Cities of New Jersey: Hoboken. Article published in New Jersey Bell, Dec. 1954, V. 28, No. 3.
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Article: Coal Handling Plant at the Hoboken Terminal of the Lackawanna R.R. The Engineering Record, Vol. 52, No. 24; Dec. 9, 1905.
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Article: Coffee Roasting Plant in Hoboken. Published in Engineering News-Record, Oct. 26, 1939, pp. 73-75.
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Article: Cycling through Hoboken after the Cyclone. By Robert Foster, Director, Hoboken Historical Museum. 2013.
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Article: Design of Lackawanna's Reinforced Concrete Freight Terminal Warehouse at Jersey City. Published in The Engineering News-Record, March 27, 1930.
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Article: Eight Minutes to New York. The Story of the Hudson & Manhattan Tubes. Reprint from American History Illustrated, Aug. 1974.
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Article: Family Finds Success on the Hard-Shell [re Biggie's Clam Bar, Hoboken.] Bergen Record, November 12, 2002.
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Article: Four Generations of Tradition. Biggie's Clam Bar, winner of recent award ... The Hoboken Reporter, Dec. 15, 2002
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Article: Gravity Coal Piers of D.L. & W. R.R. Co., Hoboken, N.J.; Scientific American, Apr. 15, 1882.
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Article: Gravity Coal Piers of D.L. & W. R.R. Co., Hoboken, N.J.; Scientific American, Apr. 15, 1882.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. Barnum; Indians; Elysian Fields. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 25, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. Barnum; buffalo hunt; Elysian Fields. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 27, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. Colonel John Stevens developing Hoboken; ferry; pavillions. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 16, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. Colonel John Stevens developing Hoboken; land auction; Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 15, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. Ferryboats; ferry. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 18, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. Ferryboats; ferry. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 20, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. Ferryboats; ferry. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 21, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. First house; First brewer. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 13, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. History / origin of city name. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 11, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. Resort; Turtle Club; Colonade. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 22, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. River Walk, Elysian Fields; ferry. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 16, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. Sybil's Cave; steam locomotive; circular railway. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 23, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH. Toboggan run; elevated & cable railways. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 24, 1896.
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Article: HOBOCAN HACKINGH.Colonel John Stevens purchase of Hoboken; Baron Steuben. Extract from Winfield, published in Hoboken newspaper, Jan. 14, 1896.
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Article: Hillside Railroad Loop Line, Hoboken, N.J. Published in The Engineering Record, June 2, 1894.
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Article: Hoboken - an American town. 8-page article with 14 photos by John Conn. In Hasselblad 63, June 1980.
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Article: Hoboken. A Terminal of the North German Lloyd Line. 1863-1917. Offprint: Yearbook of the Bremen Historical Soc., v. 90, 2011.
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Article: Indoor Curling. (Thistle Association club house); Scientific American, Vol. LXVI, No. 9, Feb. 27, 1892.
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Article: Laugh at Hoboken, and You Laugh at the Real U.S.A. By Rita Christopher. Jerusalem Post (NYT, Op-Ed), Aug. 17, 1980.
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Article: Liner America is Towed Across the Hudson and Laid Up. NYT, Sept. 29, 1953. With two other articles.
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Article: Living High in Hoboken. By Stuart James. Published in New Jersey Monthly, Aug. 1977.
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Article: Mayo, Lynch is Bullish on Hoboken. By Donald DeMaio, Center for Analysis of Public Issues, Princeton, N.J. Feb. 1977.
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Article: Mayo, Lynch is Bullish on Hoboken. By Donald DeMaio, Center for Analysis of Public Issues, Princeton, N.J. Feb. 1977.
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Article: Municipal Research Helps City Officials and Saves Money in Hoboken. From: The American City Magazine, Aug.1926, pp. 209-212.
ArchiveArticle: New Interlocking Plant, Hoboken Terminal Yard, Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Ry. Published in Engineering News, V.59, N.5, Jan. 30, 1908.
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Article: New Jersey Reels from Storm's Thrashing. In: NYT, Nov. 1, 2012, pg. 1, dateline: Hoboken, N.J.
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Article: New York Harbor From a Different Angle. An Exhibition About Immigrants in Hoboken. By Tammy La Gorce, New York Times, Oct. 3, 2014.
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Article: Prohibition As It Is. 1. Hoboken-Buffalo-Detroit. By Rollin Lynde Hartt; in The World's Work, Jan. 1925.
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Article: Rapid Erection of Pier Shed Frame, D.L.& W. R.R.; Engineering News, Vol. LIV, No. 12, Sept. 21, 1905.
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Article: Slide Rule Built Thriving Concern. Keuffel & Esser Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary. NYT, July 30, 1967.
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Article: Sorrento and Hoboken - Extraordinary Similarities. By Antonino De Angelis. As published in Sorrentium, No. 9, October, 2006.
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Article: Step right up to Counter Parts. re Schnackenberg's film by Nicole Lucas. Ca. Oct. 1990.
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Article: THE PROPOSED HUDSON RIVER SUSPENSION BRIDGE. Article in Scientific American, Vol. LXIV.- No. 21, May 23, 1891.
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Article: The Detained Immigrant. Published in Harper's Weekly, August 26, 1893, pp. 821-822.
ArchiveArticle: The Eighth Wonder: The Holland Vehicular Tunnel. Gray & Hagen. Smithsonian Annual Report, 1931.
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Article: The New Fireproof Piers of the North German Lloyd Steamship Co. at Hoboken; in Engineering News, Vol. XlV, No. 1, Jan 3. 1901.
ArchiveArticle: The New Hoboken Freight Terminal of the Lackawanna R.R.. Published in The Engineering Record, V.53, N.1, Jan. 6, 1906.
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Article: The New Hoboken Freight Terminal of the Lackawanna R.R.; in The Engineering Record, V. 53, No. 1, Jan. 6, 1906.
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Article: The New Terminal Station and Ferryhouse of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R. at Hoboken, N.J.; Engineering News, V.56, N.12, Sept. 20, 1906.
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Article: The Stevens Battery. Interesting Experiments in Hoboken. Published in NYT, Jan. 5, 1862.
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Article: The Story of the Great Hoboken Fire. Munsey's Magazine, September 1900, pp. 769-778.
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Article: The Two-Story Street Railway Terminal of the Public Service Railway, Hoboken, N.J. Engineering News, Vol. 63. No. 16, April 21, 1910.
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Article: Unusual Foundations at the Hoboken Terminal of the Lackawanna R.R. The Engineering Record, Vol. 52, No. 20; Nov. 11, 1905.
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Article: When a Road Opened Under the Hudson. By Kevin Coyne. NYT, March 4, 2012, (ARTS | NJ.)
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Article: Where the North Sea Meets North River: Quaint and Quiet as a Holland Village is This Street in Hoboken. Robert M. Coates; NYT, March 28, 1928.
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Articles from The Jersey Journal, March 3, 1988 with obituary of Mayor Thomas Vezzetti of Hoboken who died in office March 2, 1988.
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Articles re Hoboken YMCA Hudson Hut; Railroad Association Magazine, Volume VIII, No. 1, Jan. 15, 1920.
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Articles: "Hoboken: Change Bringing Problems." & "Hoboken: Fear of Fire Haunts Many." NYT, Nov. 8, 1981.
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Artist bookwork: hoboken palm trees. Manipulated SX-70 Polaroids, Hoboken, N.J. 1986. Bruce Tamberelli, 2013.
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Artist's bird's-eye view of Davis OK Baking Powder Works, Ferry & Jackson Sts., Hoboken, ca. 1904.
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