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Hoboken Historical Museum Online Archive
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Document: Petition from John Manion for appointment as sluice gate keeper to City of Hoboken, May 8, 1883.
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Document: Proposal by the FLOW Group, Hoboken Island Memorial Park, Hoboken September 11th Memorial Competition. 2004.
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Document: Typed rhyming tribute to John J. Grogan by Nathan Marcus, Hoboken Merchants Association, December 1963.
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Document: real estate offering for sale or lease 720-732 Grand Street and 727-733 Adams Street, Hoboken, n.d., circa 1993-1994.
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Documentation. "Green Gate." Mu Chapter House, Chi Phi Fraternity, 801 Hudson St., Hoboken, Spring 2002.
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Documents & plans, 6, relating to United States Post Office, 89 River St., Hoboken, N.J., various dates, 1933-1996
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Documents re Frank Sinatra including death and tributes, various places and formats, ca. 1997-1999.
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Documents regarding genealogy of Max Straube family, Hoboken & Jersey City. Prepared ca. 2006-2011.
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Documents related to Richard P. Widdicombe Endowed Scholarship, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, Feb., 2007.
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Documents related to inventory and return of equipment by Local Board No. 1, March-April 1919.
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Documents relating to mural painting of Hoboken done by Robert Bushnell in 1956 for Pier B, Hoboken Marine Facility and commissioned by the Port Authority of New York.
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Documents, 2: Final Notice. Water Commissioners' Office, City Hall. Hoboken, N.J. May 24, 1899.
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Documents, 2: Water Bill. Water Commissioners' Office, City Hall. Hoboken, N.J. Aug. 1, 1899.
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Documents, 3, related to Kostelecky Bros. Garage business at 216 & 218 Bloomfield St., Hoboken. V.d., 1949-1966.
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Documents: 4 Orders of Commitment to St. Mary's Hospital, Hoboken, Overseer of the Poor, v.d., 1910
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Documents: Indenture between Erie Lackawanna Railroad Co. and Jersey City re easement for 18th St. sewer project, dated April 19, 1972.
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Documents: Works in Cut Paper by Hiro Takeshita. Simple Beauty: Views of Hoboken. HHM Upper Gallery, Hoboken, Apr. 18-May 31, 2009.
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Documents: ca. .5 cu. ft. of files relating to Hoboken Celebration 1982, Hoboken Cultural Council & other community activities ranging from 1975-1996.
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Draft letter by Mrs. Mary H. Markey to L.G. Smith, Washington, D.C., undated, circa early December, 1919, re visit by Mr. Barrett to the Admiral Benson Club, Hoboken; decision to keep club open until first of the year.
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Draft letter in pencil by Florence Miller(?) to a Mr. G.H. Cash regarding installation of a General Electric oil furnace at 716 Bloomfield St., [1934]
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Drawing of sign submitted to HHPC, Hoboken, Dec., 2003 for 231 Washington St., Hoboken Oral Surgery Group.
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Drawing, technical, from Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard for work on the S.S. Los Angeles, Hoboken, April, 1976.
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Drawing, technical, from Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard for work on the S.S. Los Angeles, Hoboken, February - March, 1976.
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Drawing: D.L. & W. R.R., M. & E. Div., Map Showing Land to be Leased to the D.L.&W. Coal Co., Hoboken & Jersey City, N.J. Aug. 27, 1909.
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Drawing: First & Adam [sic -Adams] Sts., Hoboken, N.J. Original art attributed to Albert Rothstein, ca. 1945-1955.
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Drawings: Hudson Tea Building, Section 6/6A, Section F. [105 Fifteenth St.], Hoboken, N.J. 2009-2010.
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Drawings: artwork for winning flags in "Design-a-Hoboken-Flag Contest" sponsored HHM, May 2009.
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Drawings: artwork for winning flags in "Design-a-Hoboken-Flag Contest" sponsored HHM, May 2009.
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Dues and Record Book, 1962-1966, Ladies Missionary Society of the Reformed Church of Hoboken.
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Duplicated play script: A Slight Case Of The Shorts. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Acorns In Moondust. A new play. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Another Side Of The Story. A new play. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Billy Sunday Revival. A Play With Music. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Brooklyn. A play in two acts. By Louis LaRusso II. Based on a screenplay by Andrew Dice Clay. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Coming And Going. A new play. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: December Song. A new play. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date. Older revised.
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Duplicated play script: December Song. A new play. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date. Two copies. One with changes.
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Duplicated play script: Each Other. A one act play . By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Hello,Thank You And Good- Bye.Three one act plays. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Hobo Christmas. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date. Also Contact Sheets(2) and stage plan.
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Duplicated play script: Hobo Christmas. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date. Marked "Final".
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Duplicated play script: Hobo Christmas. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date. Marked "New".
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Duplicated play script: Hobo Christmas. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date. Marked "Original".
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Duplicated play script: Kipling's Jungle. A musical based on Rudyard Kipling's works of India. Book by Louis LaRusso ll. No place,no date.
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Duplicated play script: LaRusso by Larry Masters. A new play. By Louis La Russo ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Lackawanna Rogues. A new play. By Louis La Russo ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Lamppost Reunion. A play in three acts. By Louis La Russo ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Late One Night At Charlies'. A play in two acts. By Louis La Russo ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Marlon Brando Sat Right Here. A new play. By Louis La Russo ll. No place, no date. "Re writes".
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Duplicated play script: Momma's Little Angels. A play in two acts. By Louis La Russo ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: My Brother's Life. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Notes Of An Unfinished Spring. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Only In Hoboken. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: River Street Is Haunted. A silly new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Rocco And Raymond. A play in three acts. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Sanctimonious Monday. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Sea Mother's Son. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. Los Angeles. No date.
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Duplicated play script: Sid and Marty Krofft's Broadway Babies. By Louis LaRusso II. Pound Ridge Productions. NYC, no date. Third Draft.
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Duplicated play script: Sid and Marty Krofft's Broadway Babies. By Louis LaRusso II. Random notes regarding the show. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Sigiliano. A musical comedy in two acts. Book by Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Sweat Shop. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date. Marked "Louie's copy.'
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Duplicated play script: Thanksgotten. A play in two acts. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Adventures Of 1958. A new play. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Battle Of Beverly Hill's. A new play. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Black Marble Shoe Shine Stand. A new play . By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Fall Of Thirty-Five. A new play. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Flora Dora Girls Weekly Sewing Circle. A new play. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Ghosts Of My Soul. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Heart Collection. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Honeymoon. A play in three acts. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Night The Road Turned. A one act play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Prince Of Dreams.A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Rumbamaster. A Musical Fairy Tale For The Modern Romantic Soul. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Tales Of Robin Hood. A book for a rock musical. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: The Zonk City Blues. A trilogy. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: This Haunting Shore. A new play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Vespers Eve. A play in three acts. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Vespers Eve. A play in three acts. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Washington And Cornwallis. A one act play. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated play script: Wheelbarrow Closers. A play in two acts. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: "Past Perfect." A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date. Final version.
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Duplicated screenplay script: "Singapore Or Bust". Screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: A Piece Of Cake. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Brother Orchid. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Cus' Boys. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, March 1992.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Dance Madness. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Feathers. A film script. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Five. Original screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, June 10, 1977 (No. 00489).
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Duplicated screenplay script: Louie's Widow. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Lucky Luciano, Father Of The Gods. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Lucky's Charm. A comedy of death. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Mahattan Charmer. An orignal screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Maria One Love. Screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Marvin and Tige. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Murder Hill. An original mystery adventure for the screen. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Operation Desert Signal. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Our Father. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place. First draft, 11/26/80.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Quartette (Four Women). A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Romeo & Juliet ( The Hoboken version ). By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Rooftops. An original screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Stormy Women. A Screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date. Second draft.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Street Music. A Screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Streetnights. A Screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: Streetnights. A Screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Artist. A film script. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Cat. First draft screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place. No. 00971, January 17, 1984.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Closer. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Curse of Segura. A screenplay by Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Dance. A Film script. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Dance. A film script. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Finder. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Fisherman. A film script. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Golden Ducks Of Summer. An original screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Killing Of Georgie. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Killing Of Georgie. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Noise Maker. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Ropes. A film script. By Louis LaRusso ll. No place, no date.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Trial Of The Man Who Can Make Noises That Cause People To Do Strange Things. By Louis LaRusso II.
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Duplicated screenplay script: The Walk. A film script. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date. Copyright 1970.
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Duplicated screenplay: du Barry's Tomb. A screenplay. By Louis LaRusso II. No place, no date.
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ERA [Electric Railroaders Association] Headlights, Vol. 11, No., 1, Jan. 1949. (Lackawanna Railroad)
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Earning statements (pay stubs), three, of Jeanne G. Avegno from the Hoboken Board of Education, 1975.
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Earning statements (pay stubs), three, of Theresa Sylvia Avegno from the Hoboken Board of Education, 1975.
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East-Bound Waiting Room. Lackawanna R.R.Terminal & Hoboken Ferry Co. Sheet No. 207. Nov. 5, 1904. Kodalith photostatic copy.
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Eight quarterly City of Hoboken water bills from 1953-1954 to the Estate of James Miller for 716 Bloomfield St., Hoboken.
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Electricians Handbook. Sponsored by Electrical Department, Todd Shipyards Corp., Hoboken Division. N.d., ca. 1942-1945.
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Elementary Instructions for Operating the Slide rule. Copyright 1928 by K&E, probably 1942-1950 printing.
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Elementary Instructions for Operating the Slide rule. Copyright 1928 by Keuffel & Esser Co., probably 1942-1950 printing.
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Elementary Instructions for Operating the Slide rule. Mannheim type. Copyright 1928 by Keuffel & Esser Co., probably printed 1928 to ca. 1940.
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Eleven City of Hoboken property tax bills from 1949-1973 to the Estate of James Miller for 716 Bloomfield St., Hoboken.
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Embarkation Regulations. Headquarters, Port of Embarkation, Hoboken, New Jersey, February 12, 1918.
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Embroidered coat label: Holly Heather, Div. of Alorna [Coat Corp., 1515 Willow Ave., Hoboken.] N.d., ca. 2000-2003.
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Employee Information Booklet. R. Neumann & Co., Hoboken, N.J., 1978. Factory Regulations. Labor Agreement.
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Enclosure, news clipping: Terror victims from Hudson County. Article in Jersey Journal, Oct. 8, 2001.
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Enclosures: 2002 memorial commemoration items from St. Mary Hospital, Hoboken regarding Sept. 11, 2001 attack on World Trade Center.
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Engineering drawings propeller blades, 3, Columbian Bronze Corp, N.Y.; from Ferguson Propellor Co. site, Hoboken. 1984-1985.
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Engraved calling card of Mrs. H. Otto Wittpenn with holographic ink note, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1925.
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Engraved invitation to Madeline Miller from the Alumni Assn., New Jersey State Normal School at Montclair, for Alumni Day, May 4, 1968.
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Engraved invitation to graduating exercises, Academy of the Sacred Heart, Hoboken, June 9, 1911.
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Engraved invitation with holographic entries to Madeline Miller from Martha Harms for luncheon, Thursday, Jan. 20, no year.
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Engraved wedding invitation to Madeline Miller for wedding of Lygia Maria Paganelli and Anthony Francis Posteraro, New York, June, 1943.
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Engraving: (Hoboken - view of the Hudson River.) Plate from book. N.d., ca. 1845-1855. Smillie; Hinshelwood.
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Engraving: A Game of Football. - Drawn by J. Davidson. [Harvard - Columbia's first game, Nov. 5, 1877.] Harper's Weekly, Dec. 7, 1878.
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Engraving: Boat Race Between the Atalanta Boat Club of New York and the Mutual, of Albany, on Saturday, June 30, at Hoboken, New Jersey. Engraving printed on page 284 of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, July 21, 1866.
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