Online Database
Explore the Hoboken Historical Museum’s Online Archive, featuring detailed information and images of photographs, newspaper clippings, cataloged items, artwork, and artifacts spanning the last 250 years. Our database is continuously updated and serves as a growing resource for researchers, historians, and the community.
Hoboken Historical Museum Online Archive
For further information about the collection or to order images, please contact Rand Hoppe at archives@hobokenmuseum.org or call (201) 656-2240.
Images are also available for media or publishing use—please reach out for details.
Ordering Custom Prints
We offer high-quality prints of collection images in various sizes. Image proportions may not always fill the page, and a minimum 1-inch white border will be present. Payment must be made in advance of printing.
Pricing
- 8.5″ × 11″ — $30
- 11″ × 17″ — $45
- 13″ × 19″ — $50
- 17″ × 22″ — $60
- 18″ × 24″ — $80
- 20″ × 30″ — $90
- 24″ × 36″ — $120
If an image requires a new scan or resizing, an additional $100 fee applies.
Shipping & Handling: $10 minimum
Plus NJ Sales Tax
Start your search below and explore Hoboken’s rich history!
Objects
Postcard: ["A" Building. Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey.] No date, circa 1970; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1900 Hoboken Pier fire.] 30. The Great Hoboken disaster, June 30, 1900. Rescuing of Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse; Saale and Bremen nearly lost.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1900 Hoboken Pier fire.] Great Fire at Hoboken S.S. Docks, June 30th, 1900. Ruins at Entrance N.G. Lloyd S.S. Co. ...N.Y. World. [1900.] Private mailing card; inscribed; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1900 Hoboken Pier fire.] The Blazing Saale in Mid Stream. Private mailing card; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1900 Hoboken Pier fire.] Towing the burning steamers, the Saale, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse and the Bremen into the Hudson River. No date, circa 1900-1901.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1905 Terminal fire.] 156. Entrance to Hoboken Ferry After Fire, 8-7-'05. Circa 1905-1907; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1905 Terminal fire.] 157. Duke's House After Hoboken Ferry Fire, 8-7-'05 [August 7, 1905.] Circa 1905-1907; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1905 Terminal fire.] 4044. Lackawanna R.R. Ruins, Aug. 8th 1905. Published by E.F. Walter. No date, circa 1905-1907; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1905 Terminal fire.] 4084. Ruins at Hoboken Fire, Aug 8th 1905. Published by E.F. Walter. No date, circa 1905-1907; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1905 Terminal fire.] 4084. Ruins at Hoboken Fire, Aug 8th 1905. Published by E.F. Walter. No date, circa 1905-1907; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1905 Terminal fire.] Fire Boat in Action North River, D.L.& W. R.R. Hoboken Fire [August, 1905.] No date of issue, circa 1907-1914; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1905 Terminal fire.] Fire Boat, "Abram S. Hewitt" at Great Dock Fire, Hoboken, N.J. Postmarked May 9, 1908.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [1921 pier fire.] Pier 5, Hoboken, N.J. Fire. Aug 24-1921. 1921; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Erie Lackawanna Tugs. Docked at EL's Hoboken Terminal in NJ...] Copyright 1991; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Hoboken Paper Mill Bldg, Fire, August 30 - 1921 #1. [[Hoboken, N.J.]; issued 1921; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Hoboken Paper Mill Bldg, Fire, August 30 - 1921. [[Hoboken, N.J.]; issued 1921; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Hoboken Paper Mill Bldg, Fire, August 30 - 1921. [[Hoboken, N.J.]; issued 1921; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Hoboken Paper Mill Bldg, Fire, August 30 - 1921. [[Hoboken, N.J.]; issued 1921; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Our New Fire Truck Engine Automobile - Gasoline driven Pumps 1000 G[allons]. pe[r minute.] [Hoboken, N.J.,] no date, circa 1916; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Rex Celluloid Co., Fire, August 28 - 1921. [[Hoboken, N.J.]; issued 1921; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Rex Celluloid Co., Fire, August 28 - 1921. [[Hoboken, N.J.]; issued 1921; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Rex Celluloid Co., Fire, August 28 - 1921. [[Hoboken, N.J.]; issued 1921; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Sept. 10 - 1908. City Straw Works, Hoboken, N.J. Circa 1908; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Sept. 10 - 1908. City Straw Works, Hoboken, N.J. Circa 1908; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Sept. 10 - 1908. City Straw Works, Hoboken, N.J. Circa 1908; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Sept. 10 - 1908. City Straw Works, Hoboken, N.J. Circa 1908; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Fire] Sept. 10 - 1908. City Straw Works, Hoboken, N.J. Circa 1908; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Hamburg-American Line pier 1, Hoboken, N.J.] No date, circa 1907-1914; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Hoboken Shore Railroad, Jersey GE locomotive.] No issue date, circa late 1990's or later; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Hoboken, New Jersey, Second Police Precinct, Willow Avenue, Sgt. John Cross, top row - right.] No date, circa 1910-1920 image; issue date circa 1980s; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Hoboken] Academy and Public Library, Hoboken, N.J. Postmarked Oct. 28, 1907.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [North German Lloyd S.S. Co. Piers at Hoboken, N.J.] No date, circa 1901-1905. Right panel of a triptych card.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Older woman in dark coat & skirt posed seated in backyard.] Hoboken?, n.d, ca. 1907-1918.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Photo of Robert Kirchgessner seated in chair near a window.] No date, circa 1920's; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Pier No. 4, U.S. Army Tranport Service.] (Hoboken.) No date, circa 1917-1919; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [QSL card] W2LST. "Don" Ferrari, 232 Jackson Street, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A. Postmarked Jan. 25, 1940.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Roundsman John Cross, Second Precinct, Hoboken Police Department, Hoboken, New Jersey.] No date, circa 1900 image; issue date circa 1980s; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Samuel C. Williams Library. Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey.] No date, circa 1970; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Schuetzen Corps procession up Washington St., Hoboken, June 1904.] Issued 1997; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Stevens Institute of Technology] Class of 1907, W.A. Curley. Postmarked Feb. 13, 1907.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [The Madison Hotel, Victorian Saloon; 1316-1318 Washington St. Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1980-1985; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [WWI] It Was "Heaven, Hell or Hoboken." We Are On Our Way to Hoboken. 15. No date, circa 1918-1919; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Washington Street] Great White Way. Hoboken, N.J. Oct. 9-16, 1916. #105. Issued 1916; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Washington Street] Great White Way. Hoboken, N.J. Oct. 9-16, 1916. #10_. Issued 1916; unposted.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [World War I Liberty Bond Ship Float, Hoboken, N.J.] Hoboken. Postmarked April 22, 1918.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [Young boy (probably George Kirchgessner) seated in chair holding a lidded stein.] Probably Hoboken. No date, circa 1920's.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: [ethnic humor card] It Cost Me Somedings in Hoboken, N.J., but Vat Iss De Use Mit My Millions Iff I Don'd Spend 'Em. Postmarked circa Jan. 12, 1917.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: announcement for lecture "Saving the Hudson & Manhattan Powerhouse," Sunday, March 8, 2003 at the Hoboken Historical Museum, 2003.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: announcement for members' preview, "Frank Hanavan: Painting the Town," at the Hoboken Historical Museum, Sunday, Sept. 14, 2003.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: photo of two workers weaving rope using fids to make a bow fender, ca. 1952; published by Hudson Waterfront Museum, West New York, 1991.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: photo view of the Dining Room, Admiral Benson Service Club, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1918-1919.
Object/Artifact
Postcard: photo view of the Lounge & Information Desk, Admiral Benson Service Club, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1918-1919.
Object/Artifact
Postcards, 2: [Woman & man standing at Stevens Gatehouse at Sixth St. , Hoboken.] N.d., ca. 1907-1918.
Object/Artifact
Postcards, 3: [A family posed at Civil War Monument, Hudson Square Park, Hoboken.] N.d., ca. 1907-1918.
Object/Artifact
Poster for Hoboken Ball, Hot Night in Havana. Presented by the Hoboken Historical Museum, Hoboken, Saturday, Nov. 1, 2003.
Object/Artifact
Poster for Secret Gardens Tour, Hoboken Historical Museum & Hoboken Garden Club, Hoboken, June 4, 2006.
Object/Artifact
Poster for opening reception for exhibition, 100 Hoboken Firsts, HHM, Hoboken, January 22, 2006.
Object/Artifact
Poster for performance: Will the Real Thomas Wiggins Please Stand Up!, Presented by the Hoboken Historical Museum, Hoboken, June 7, [2001].
Object/Artifact
Poster for the Fourth Annual Hoboken King & Queen Children's Pageant, Hoboken, 1978.
Object/Artifact
Poster for the film "Heaven, Hell or Hoboken" as top billing of a double feature, 1959.
Object/Artifact
Poster, printed, "Greetings from Hoboken, New Jersey" created by and printed for Hoboken artist Raymond Smith, Hoboken, 2005.
Object/Artifact
Poster, printed, with photo of Washington Street, Hoboken, looking north in 1893. Produced in the 1980's.
Object/Artifact
Poster, signed: Marlon Brando Sat Right Here. Play by Louis LaRusso. Benefit reading performance, Hoboken, June 5-6, 2009.
Object/Artifact
Poster: "Deconstructing Hoboken. Photomontages by Sterne Slaven", Upper Gallery exhibit at HHM, Hoboken, Jan. 30-March 6, 2011.
Object/Artifact
Poster: "Friends & Relations: Mixed-Media Sculptures by Jodie Fink & Jennifer Place", HHM Upper Gallery exhibit, Hoboken, Apr. 30-June 12, 2011.
Object/Artifact
Poster: 19th Annual, A Taste of Hoboken. Stevens Institute, Castle Point, Hoboken, Nov. 2, 2006.
Object/Artifact
Poster: A Benefit for Mile Square Theatre. Third Annual 7th Inning Stretch. 7 10-minute plays about baseball. Hoboken, (2005).
Object/Artifact
Poster: A Benefit for Mile Square Theatre. Third Annual 7th Inning Stretch. 7 10-minute plays about baseball. Hoboken, (2005).
Object/Artifact
Poster: Clearwater visits a River City Fair, Hoboken. Hoboken Environment Committee & Stevens Institute of Technology, July 27-28, 1975.
Object/Artifact
Poster: Hoboken Celebration '82. Calendar of Events. April 3 - June 20, Hoboken, 1982.
Object/Artifact
Poster: Hoboken Tunes: Our Musical Heritage. An exhibition, HHM, July 29 - December 23, [2007].
Object/Artifact
Poster: Lonesome Cowboy Songs. Grand Hotel, 3rd & Hudson Street, Hoboken, N.J. May 1, 1976.
Object/Artifact
Poster: Map of the World showing the Express Steamer Services of Norddeutscher Lloyd Bremen Lines. 1913.
Object/Artifact
Poster: Marlon Brando Sat Right Here. Play by Louis LaRusso. Benefit reading performance, Hoboken, June 5-6, 2009.
Object/Artifact
Poster: Mile Square Theatre ...& City of Hoboken Presents Cyrano. Sinatra Park. Hoboken, (2004).
Object/Artifact
Poster: Mile Square Theatre ...with City of Hoboken Presents Scapin by Moliere. Sinatra Park. Hoboken, (2006).
Object/Artifact
Poster: Mile Square Theatre presents 7th Inning Stretch. 7 ten-minute plays about baseball. Hoboken, (2003).
Object/Artifact
Poster: River City Fair, Hoboken, August 11-12, 1990. Printed card stock, 12" high x 28-1/8" wide.
Object/Artifact
Poster: The Pentecost in the Park Festival. Our Lady of Grace Church, Hoboken, 2006.
Object/Artifact
Poster: The Second Annual 7th Inning Stretch. 7 new plays about baseball from seven great playwrights. Hoboken, (2004).
Object/Artifact
Poster: Up & Down The River: The History of the Hudson, 1609-2009. HHM, Hoboken, March 1, 2009.
Object/Artifact
Poster: We Deserve Better. Thanks But No Tanks. [Hoboken Environment Committee, Hoboken, 1974.]
Object/Artifact
Poster: We Deserve Better. Thanks But No Tanks. [Hoboken Environment Committee, Hoboken, 1974.]
Object/Artifact
Poster: digital scan of an advertising poster for the film "Heaven, Hell or Hoboken" as top billing of a double feature, 1959.
Object/Artifact
Potholder with political advertising: I Love Hoboken, June 14th, Re-elect Mayor David Roberts... Issued Hoboken, 2005.
Object/Artifact
Potholder with political advertising: Warmest Holiday Wishes. Councilman Peter Cammarano. (Hoboken, n.d., ca. Dec. 2008.)
Object/Artifact
Pounce for Tracing Cloth, product 58 0690, old N3040, made by Keuffel & Esser, n.d., ca. 1956-1965.
Object/Artifact
Pounce for Tracing Cloth. Keuffel & Esser Co., General Office and Factories, Hoboken, N.J., no date, ca. 1912-1920.
Object/Artifact
Prescription medicine box from Gibian's Pharmacy, 5th & Washington Sts., Hoboken, July 24, 1915.
Object/Artifact
Presentation gavel: Presented to Henry Lippert, Mayor of Hoboken "Y" Village, January 28, 1930.
Object/Artifact
Presentation portfolio, gilt cover lettering: City of Hoboken Piers, January 11, 1984.
Object/Artifact
Print: Currier & Ives, The American National Game of Base Ball. Grand Match ... at the Elysian Fields. Hoboken, N.J., Copyright 1866. Later reprint.
Art
Print: New York from Hobuck Ferry House, no date, ca. 1900. Reproduction of the original 1800 aquatint known as "The Robertson-Jukes View."
Art
Print: black-and-white photostatic copy of an engraving of the Keuffel & Esser Co. buildings in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1930.
Art
Print: color photocopy of an "On the Waterfront" film theater lobby card inscribed and signed by screenplay writer Budd Schulberg, [Hoboken, 2004.]
Art
Print: leaf from Harper's Bazar, Saturday, May 18, 1882. Vol. XV, No. 19, being the cover [page 289] and page 290.
Art
Printed B+W wood engraved "View of Hudson River, from Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey" from "Harper's Weekly," ca 1860.
Art
Printed band label for medicine from Stemple Pharmacy, 266 Seventh St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1950.
Object/Artifact
Printed blank label for prescription container "For External Use Only" from Stemple Pharmacy, 266 Seventh St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1950.
Object/Artifact
Printed blank label for prescription container from Stemple Pharmacy, 266 Seventh St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1950.
Object/Artifact
Printed broadside program for "After Dark" at the Old Rialto Theatre, Hoboken, week of July 15, [1929].
Object/Artifact
Printed card folder for holding driver's license or registration distributed by Hoboken businesses, Hoboken, 1927
Object/Artifact
Printed cloth scarf with logo of the Hoboken Dog Association, Hoboken, no date, ca. 2000-2004.
Object/Artifact
Printed container label, Spirit of Camphor, from Washington Pharmacy, 736 Washington Street, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1950-1960.
Object/Artifact