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Hoboken Historical Museum Online Archive
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Objects
Sign: K & E Precise & Sturdy; K&E Transit; K&E Level. Issued by Keuffel & Esser Co., (N.Y.), n.d., ca, 1945-1960.
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Sign: Marshmallow Sundae 70 cents [cent symbol]; from Schnackenberg's Luncheonette, 1110 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. N.d, ca. 1980-2012.
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Sign: Maxwell House Employees Only. From Maxwell House Coffee plant, Hoboken recovered ca. 2000.
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Sign: Notice. Employees Must Wash Hands... From Maxwell House Coffee plant, Hoboken recovered ca. 2000.
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Sign: Notice...Please Don't Touch Fish in Window Display! From interior of Apicella's Fish Market, 309 First St., Hoboken. No date, ca. 1980-2005
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Sign: Refreshing Raspberry Sherbet; from Schnackenberg's Luncheonette, 1110 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. N.d, ca. 1950-2012.
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Sign: Ring Me Again. Third Liberty Loan. Buy U.S. Government War Bonds. Apr. 1918 or later.
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Sign: Santa Claus Costumes for Sale and Hire. (United Decorating Co., Hoboken, ca. 1920-1940.)
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Sign: Soluble Packing Dept. Safety Record. From Maxwell House Coffee plant, Hoboken recovered ca. 2000.
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Sign: Store Hours. From interior of Apicella's Fish Market, 309 First St., Hoboken. No date, ca. 1980-2005.
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Sign: Tootsie Rolls. Delicious and Chewy. Issued by Sweets Co. of America, N.Y. or Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1930-1942.
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Sign: cast iron relief-lettered warning sign placed on exterior fire escapes of residential buildings in Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920-30.
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Sign: packing/assembly of ship float; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Macy's Parade Studio, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1990s.
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Sign: packing/assembly of ship float; Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade; Macy's Parade Studio, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1990s.
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Sign: painted wood sign lettered "R.Neumann & Co." Hoboken, no date, circa 1950-1980.
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Sign: the "last drop" from the General Foods Maxwell House Coffee plant sign, Hoboken, that formerly faced the Hudson River.
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Signs, 17, balloon loft storage locations from former Macy's Parade Studio, 1505 Willow Avenue, Hoboken, NJ. N.d., ca. 1990s-2000s.
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Signs, 5, for sandwiches with Coca-Cola; from Schnackenberg's Luncheonette, 1110 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J., ca. 1953-2012.
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Signs, 6, & sign-making kit from Schnackenberg's Luncheonette, 1110 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1950-2012.
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Silkscreen for poster: artwork - Thanks But No Tanks. Produced by The Other Side, Hoboken, 1975.
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Silver shooting medal from the Bernh. Seidenburg, Schutzen-Verein, Hoboken, 1923-1928.
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Silver tray presented to Henry Rathjen and wife on their silver anniversary by his Hoboken Masonic Lodge Brothers, June 21, 1893.
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Silver trophy given to Mildred Marion "Molly" Pescatore, Sept. 9, 1914, as a prize in the 1914 Hoboken Baby Parade.
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Silver water pitcher presented to a Hoboken Police officer in 1893 recognition of 25 years of service.
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Silverplate loving cup, Hoboken Tennis Club, Mens Round Robin, First Prize, Fred. Schulz, Jr., 1913.
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Sinatra limited edition record album: Frank Sinatra: A Man and His Music. Reprise Records 1016. 1965.
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Sinatra record: "Aren't You Glad You're You" & You Brought A New Kind of Love to Me" sung by Frank Sinatra, V-disk, ca. 1944.
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Sinatra sheet music: "(Love Is) The Tender Trap". Lyrics by Sammy Cahn. Music by James Van Heusen.
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Sinatra sheet music: "All The Way." From the Paramount Picture "The Joker is Wild" featuring Frank Sinatra. 1957.
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Sinatra sheet music: "There'll be a Hot Time in the Town of Berlin When the Yanks Go Marching In" introduced by and featuring a photo of Frank Sinatra
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Sinatra sheet music: Close to You. Introduced & Featured by Frank Sinatra. Barton Music, 1943.
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Sinatra sheet music: Learning the Blues. Words and Music by Dolores Vicki Silvers. Barton Music Corp., N.Y., 1955. Sinatra photo on cover.
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Sinatra sheet music: The Miracle of the Bells. Theme song from the motion picture. Lyrics by Russell Janey, Music by Pierre Norman. Leo Feist, N.Y., 1
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Sinatra sheet music: The Wedding Of Lilli Marlene. Words and music by Tommie Connor and Johnny Reine
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Single leaf from "Etudes," November 1914: "The Romance of Stephen Collins Foster" by George P. Upton.
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Slide Rule, Demonstration; model 100 for 4053-3 Polyphase slide rule, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d, ca.1954-1962.
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Slide rule, 5" pocket, model 4150-1 made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. late 1940s to 1960.
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Slide rule, Beginner's, model 4058C, made by Keuffel & Esser Co.in Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1925-1941.
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Slide rule, Beginner's, model 4058W, made by Keuffel & Esser Co.in Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1928-1940.
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Slide rule, Chemist's Adjustable Duplex, 4160, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1936-1940.
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Slide rule, Ivorite, 4181-1C, with holder manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Company, Hoboken, ca. 1953.
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Slide rule, Log Log Duplex Decitrig model 4081-3, 10", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., cpyt 1947, issued ca. 1955-1960.
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Slide rule, Log Log Duplex Trig, 4080-3S, 10",made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y., n.d., ca. 1955-1957.
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Slide rule, Log Log Duplex Trig, 4080-5, 20", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y., n.d., ca. 1940-1942.
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Slide rule, Merchants', model 4094, 10", manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. N.d., ca. 1936-1937.
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Slide rule, Polyphase (Mannheim), 4053-3, 10", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. made ca. 1915-1922.
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Slide rule, Polyphase (Mannheim), N4053-3, 10", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. ca. 1927-1928.
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Slide rule, Polyphase (Mannheim), N4053-3, 10", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. ca. 1941-1942.
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Slide rule, Polyphase (Mannheim), N4053-3, 10", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. ca. 1945-1950.
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Slide rule, Polyphase Mannheim, 68 1608 (formerly 4053-5), 20", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y., n.d., ca. 1962-1967.
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Slide rule, log-log duplex trig, model 4080-3, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., in Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1937-1940.
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Slide rule, model 4041 (Mannheim type), 10 inch, made by Keuffel & Esser Co.in Hoboken, no date, circa 1900-1915.
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Slide rule, model 4054 (advanced Mannheim type), 10 inch, made by Keuffel & Esser Co.in Hoboken, no date, circa 1937-1944.
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Slide rule, model 4055 (advanced Mannheim type), 10 inch, made by Keuffel & Esser Co.in Hoboken, no date, circa 1937-1943.
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Slide rule: "Ever-There" 4098, 5", advertising special, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. (Hoboken, N.J.), n.d., ca. 1931-1936.
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Slide rule: Graphical Firing Table, made by Keuffel & Esser Company, (Hoboken, N.J.), April 1942.
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Slide rule: Picker X-ray Fetal Medical, made by K&E Co., [Hoboken], n.d., ca. 1950s-1967.
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Slide rule: Thacher's Calculating Instrument, model 4013, made by the Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y., n.d., ca. 1900-1908.
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Soap, surgical, for civil defense shelters: 6 cakes & box, made by The Lightfoot Co., Hoboken, N.J., June 1964.
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Souvenir U.S. one dollar bill from Joseph Apicella & Sons Fish Market, 309 First St., Hoboken. No date, circa 1981-1985+.
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Souvenir advertising card for the Hamburg-America Line's Postdamfer S.S. Aller issued by John Jessen, 63 River St., Hoboken, U.S.A., no date, ca. 1891
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Souvenir advertising card for the Hamburg-America Line's Postdamfer S.S. Kaiser Wilhelm II issued by John Jessen, 63 River St., Hoboken, U.S.A., no d
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Souvenir bandanna: The Hoboken Historical Museum's Hoboken Hoedown: A Wild Saloon Party, Saturday, April 13, (2013), 7 pm
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Souvenir booklet with a history, six views and a map of the Hudson and Manhattan Rail Road, 1908.
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Souvenir card for Hamburg-American Packet Co.'s "Auguste-Victoria," New York, no date, ca. 1900.
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Souvenir card: Facsimile of Bronze Tablet..erected in Trinity Church, Hoboken, in Honor...Who Served in the War. N.d., ca. 1919-1920.
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Souvenir card: Facsimile of Bronze Tablet..erected in Trinity Church, Hoboken, in Honor...Who Served in the War. N.d., ca. 1919-1920.
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Souvenir doll: Holland America Line Cruises sailor with printed hat band. No date, probably 1950s-1960s.
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Souvenir doll: Holland America Line sailor with printed hat band. No date, probably 1950s-1960s.
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Souvenir spoon: Hoboken, N.J. Engraved depiction of marsh with mosquito. Circa 1921.
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Sperti Sun Lamp. The Miami. Model P108. Mftd by the Sperti Faraday Co., 720 Grand St., Hoboken.
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Spline weight or "lofting duck", 57 2870, made by Keuffel & Esser Co. (Hoboken), copyright 1966.
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Spool of printed ribbon: R. Neumann & Co., Fine Leathers, Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.A. No date, ca. 1960's-1970's.
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Spoon, commemorative: Fiftieth Anniversary of the Incorporation of Hoboken, N.J., 1855-1905.
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Spoon, commemorative: engraved vignette depiction of D.L. [&] W. Station, Hoboken, N.J., n.d., ca. 1907-1910.
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Sports jacket: Hoboken High School Redwings. Basketball. John Meeks, owner, (Hoboken, N.J.) N.d., ca. 1963-1963.
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Sports jacket: Hoboken High School. North Hudson [Basketball] Champions (Hoboken, N.J.) 1963-1964. Belonged to John Meeks, team captain.
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Spring Concert Program, Hoboken Board of Education, All-City Music Department, Hoboken High School Auditorium. Spring Concert Program, Hoboken Board of Education, All-City Music Department, Hoboken High School Auditorium.
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Stadimeter (optical rangefinder) made by Keuffel & Esser, New York, no date, circa 1918.
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Stained glass panel from the Madison Restaurant, SW corner of 14th & Washington Sts., Hoboken.
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Stainless steel-lettered signage from the exterior of Stemple Pharmacy, 266 Seventh Street, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1950.
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Stationmaster's box; Delaware Lackawanna & Western Railroad, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1900-1920.
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Steel bank with handle and coin slot with a plate that reads " Hoboken Trust Company, Hoboken, N.J., corner Washington and 14th Streets."-
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Steel bank with handle: from plate that reads "The Trust Company of New Jersey, 12 & 14 Hudson Place, Hoboken, N.J.," Hoboken, no date, ca. 1910-1950.
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Sterling silver medal for Safe & Sane Fourth, Hoboken, N.J., 1914. Engraved on reverse: Senior 440, G.A.B.
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Stock certificate, temporary: United States Lines Co., N.Y. & Hoboken, for 100 shares, July 22, 1943.
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Stock certificate: Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co., light brown, for less than 100 shares common stock, dated Dec. 14, 1962.
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Stock certificate: Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co., red, for 100 shares common stock, dated April 7, 1964.
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Stock certificate: Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co., yellow-orange, for 1000 shares common stock, dated Nov. 22, 1960.
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Stock certificate: Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co.,blue-green, for less than 100 shares preferred stock, dated June 16, 1966.
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Stock certificate: First National Bank of Hoboken, 10 shares, $25 each, issued to Mary A. Goodspeed as Executrix of William B. Goodspeed, May 26, 1900
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Stock certificate: First National Bank of Hoboken, 20 shares, $25 each, issued to Estate of John Stevens, Aug. 15, 1895. Cancelled Dec. 1907.
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Stock certificate: Hoboken Ferry Company, No. A140, unregistered, canceled, from the 1890's.
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Stock certificate: Hoboken Ferry Company, No. A148, unregistered, canceled, from the 1890's.
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Stock certificate: Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co. for 1/2 shares common stock, dated Dec. 22, 1923.
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Stock certificate: Jefferson Trust Co. of Hoboken, issued to Louis Hirsch, 10 shares capital stock, July 10, 1929.
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Stock certificate: North River Derrick Company issued to Andrew Fletcher, Jr. for 2 shares at $100 per share, Hoboken, dated February 16, 1898.
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Stock certificate: United States Lines Co., N.Y. & Hoboken; issued Apr. 29, 1948 for 30 shares.
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Stock certificate: W. & A. Fletcher Co.; North River Iron Works [of Hoboken] for 50 shares, dated February 8, 1904
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Stoneware jug lettered Kahn Bros., 337 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. No date, circa 1880-1900.
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Stonework: 4 stones from original portal entrance, Sybil's Cave, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1830s.
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Store display barrel: Davis OK Baking Powder. R. B. Davis Company, Hoboken, N.J., n.d., ca. 1900-1920.
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Straw hat that once belonged to Robert Kirchgessner, founder & proprietor of United Decorating Company, Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1910-1930.
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Straw hat with hand-stitched lettering: Hoboken Chamber [of Commerce], Hoboken, no date, ca. 1960-70.
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Stretcher boards used by Seymour Furs, 602 Washington St., Hoboken, in the production of fur coats.
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Sun lamp: Uviarc Sunshine Lamp manufactured by the Cooper-Hewitt Electric Co., Hoboken, no date, probably 1911.
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Surveying compass, model 5335, 2-1/2" needle, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. N.d., ca.1894-1900.
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Swizzle sticks, 2: Dugan's, 78 Hudson Street, Hoboken, N.J. N.d, ca. late 1930s -1950s.
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Swizzle sticks, 2: Hudson Recreation (bowling), 40 First St., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1950s.
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Swizzle sticks, 2: Oval Bar & Restaurant, 91 Washington St., Hoboken, n.d., ca. late 1930s to 1950.
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Swizzle sticks, 5: Meyers Hotel, Known the World Over, Third & Hudson Sts., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1930s.
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Sword/scabbard: Knights Templar, Pilgrim Commandery, No. 16, Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1890-1910, presented to Otto F. Reese.
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Synthetic cloth bag for holding small plastic bags with logo of the Hoboken Dog Association, Hoboken, no date, ca. 2000-2004.
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Syrup server: "Log Cabin Syrup" [Log Cabin Products Div. General Foods, Hoboken], n.d., ca. 1945-1960.
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Syrup server: "Log Cabin's Wigwam Syrup" [Log Cabin Products Div. General Foods, Hoboken], n.d., ca. 1945-1960.
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T-shirt, 1993 Russo mayoral campaign, "Fighting for Truth and Justice and a Better Way."
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T-shirt: "Always a Pleasure!" Mayor Tom Vezzetti of Hoboken. The People's Choice! Probably made ca. 1985-1988.
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