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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Hudson and Manhattan Tube, New York City. No date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: In the darkness of an air-lock. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Interior of one of the most improved tunnel cars. No date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Interior of the tunnel car, 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Lots of work for the sand hogs here., 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Manhattan Transfer Station showing Rapid Transit Train, N.Y. to Newark. n.d., ca 1913.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: McAdoo Tunnel. (cross section of tubes under river). No date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: New Park Place Station, Rapid Transit Line, New York to Newark, N.J. no date, ca. 1923.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: New York Terminal, Cortlandt & Church Sts. ... No date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: North or Hudson River Showing Cross Section Penn. Tunnel, New York City. No date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: North or Hudson River Showing Cross Section Penna. Tunnel, New York. No date, ca. 1922.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: One of the shields that burrowed under the river. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: One of the trains ready for the plunge under the river. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: One tube completed. Work is begun on the other.1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Sectional view of track floor, Terminal Building of the N.J. & N.J. Tunnel. n.d., ca. 1910.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Shaft Elevator, M'Adoo (McAdoo) Tunnel, New York, no date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Terminal Station Buildings, N.Y., Hudson River Tunnel System. No date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: The Hudson and Manhattan Railway Terminal Buildings (Largest in the world). 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: The Machinery in the shield. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: The McAdoo Tunnel, N.Y. Showing the most modern methods of construction. No date, ca.1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: The cutting end of the burrowing shield, 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: The entrance to the twin tubes. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: The entrance to the twin tubes. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: The first train through the tunnel. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: The masters of industry who built the tunnels, 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Ticket chopper at Hoboken. No date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Train in Hoboken Terminal, Hudson & Manhattan R.R. Company's Tunnel. No date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Tunnel under the Hudson River connecting Jersey City & Hoboken with N.Y. City, 1907.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Twin Hudson Terminal Buildings, New York. No date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Type of fire-proof car used in N.Y. & N.J. Tunnel. no date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: View in the Hudson & Manhattan R.R. Company's Tunnel under the Hudson River. No date, ca. 19
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: View of station and ticket booth. 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: View showing entire front of New York Terminal.... 1908.
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Digital image of Hudson & Manhattan R.R. postcard titled: Where the construction parties met in the centre of the McAdoo Tunnel, N.Y. n.d., ca. 1908.
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Digital image of offset printing plate with photographic image of Frank Sinatra performing at the Rustic Cabin, 1938-1939.
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Digital image of postcard of Bird's Eye View from Lackawanna Tower, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of postcard of Lackawanna Rail Road Terminal and Ferry to New York, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1905.
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Digital image of postcard of Pennsylvania Tunnels Interior Showing Signal Apparatus. No date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of postcard of The New Lackawanna Station, showing ferry slips, Hoboken, 1908.
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Digital image of postcard of Train Yards from Lackawanna Tower, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1907.
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Digital image of postcard of the Lackawanna Ferry and Station from River, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1910.. Courtesy of Leon Yost.
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Digital image of postcard of the Waiting Room, Hoboken Station, Lackawanna Rail Road, 1917.
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Digital image of postcard of the entrance and office of the New York Bay Cemetery, Greenville, Jersey City, N.J., no date, ca. 1900. Courtesy of Leon
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Digital image of postcard of two Erie-Lackawanna tugboats docked at the Hoboken Terminal, Hoboken, Feb. 1974.
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Digital image of postcard titled: Bringing out the excavated matter, The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co. Tunnel (McAdoo system), 1908.
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Digital image of postcard titled: New York. The site of the Tunnel Terminal of the Penn. R.R. 34th St., 1907
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Digital image of postcard titled: Pennsylvania R.R. under the Hudson River, New York City. No date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of postcard titled: Pennsylvania R.R. under the Hudson River, New York City. No date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of postcard titled: Rounding a curve under the Hudson River., Hudson & Manhattan R.R. Company's Tunnel. No date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of postcard titled: The Pennsylvania Tunnels, New York, no date, ca. 1910.
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Digital image of postcard with cameo portraits of William McAdoo & Charles Jacobs, The Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co., no date, ca. 1908.
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Digital image of ribbon badge for election campaign of Steve Cappiello, no date, circa 1960's.
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Digital image of sticker for election campaign of Steve Cappiello for Mayor and for 3 Councilmen-at-Large, Hoboken, no date, circa 1973-1985.
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Digital images of seven architectural plans for Hoboken Ferry Terminal Restoration, NY & Hoboken, ca. 2002.
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Diploma of Anna Elizabeth DeVosa received from David E. Rue [Junior High] School, Hoboken, June 26, 1929.
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Diploma of Mildred Marion "Molly" Pescatore, Class of 1926, Joseph F. Brandt Junior High School, Hoboken, 1926.
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Diploma of Theresa Sylvia Avegno for Master of Science in Education from Fordham University, N.Y., June 20, 1964.
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Diploma: Our Lady of Grace Parochial School, Grammar Department, Certificate of Graduation given to Anna Elizabeth Shelley, Hoboken, June 19, 1932.
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Display box for Madison Watches made by Arrow Manufacturing Co., 15th & Hudson Sts., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1935-1955.
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Display frame imprinted: Costello of Manewal Studio, 520 Washington St., Hoboken. N.J. N.d, ca. 1930s.
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Double deck of playing cards in case with printed image of Cornell & Underhill, Inc., Hoboken, N.J., no date, circa 1950-1960
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Double head t-square, model N2088, 48", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., New York & Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1935-1950.
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Double-sided, exterior enameled metal sign for All Saints/Holy Innocents Church, SE corner of 6th St. and Willow Ave.
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Drafting scales, 60 0628-1 & 60 0622-1 made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1960-1970.
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Drafting template: Bethlehem Standard Shapes. Bethlehem Steel Corp., no date, ca. 1980.
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Drafting tool set manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Co., New York. No date, ca. 1920-1950.
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Drafting tool set, Doric brand, Jupiter 9406, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1955-1962.
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Drafting tool set, Mercury set 9125-1/2C, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1949-1954.
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Drafting tool: K&E 1318MS Speedraft Template. Made by K&E Co., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1949-1962.
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Drawing of a bird's-eye view of the proposed John Schmalz' Sons, Inc., Model Bakery, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1898-99.
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Drawing set, similar to Anvil N996, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y., n.d., ca. 1920-1940.
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Drawing set: Pilot Drawing Instruments, set 984, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., New York, no date, circa 1916-1927.
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Drawing template: Xylonite Lettering Triangle No. 1859 B-5 made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. & Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1939-1944.
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Drawing: Pencil study of the demolition of Stevens Hoboken Academy building by F. Guidici, Hoboken, no date, ca. late May,1976.
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Drawing: Pencil study of the demolition of Stevens Hoboken Academy building by F. Guidici, Hoboken, no date, ca. late May,1976.
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Drawing: Plan of lettering for Air Tamping machine stencil, D.L.&W. R.R., Hoboken, Jan. 1917.
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Due[s] Book of James Miller for The Hoboken Ferryman's Association. Book no. 2, Jan. 1, 1905
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Earrings, pair: "Good to the Last Drop" coffee cup logo of Maxwell House Coffee. (Hoboken?), n.d., ca. 1950-1970.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "A Man And His Music". Reprise. REP J8 1016. Stereo..
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Close Up". Capitol. 8XWW 254. Stereo and Duophonic.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Come Fly With Me." Capitol. 8XY 4528.Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Frank Sinatra Sings ." Capitol/Pickwick. 8XPC-3490. Stereo
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits!." Reprise. 8FH 1025. Stereo. [S103366].
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Frank Sinatra's Greatest Hits!." Reprise. M 81025. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Frank Sinatra's GreatestHits, Vol.1." Reprise. REP M8 1025.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Frank Sinatra's GreatestHits, Vol.2." Reprise. REP. M 81034.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "I Rembember Tommy." Label not known. Number SO 4.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "My One And Only Love." Capitol. 8XF 725. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Nevertheless I'm In Love With You." Capitol/Pickwick. 8XPC-3456. Stereo
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Ol' Blue Eyes Is Back." Reprise. REP M8 2155. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Portrait Of Sinatra." Reprise. K.864039. Stereo
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "September Of My Years ."Reprise. M 81014. Stereo
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "September Of My Years ."Reprise. M8 1014. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "She Shot Me Down." Reprise. M8 2305. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Sinatra & Company ." Diamond Sound. 50152. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Sinatra & Company ." Reprise. 8FM 1033. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Sinatra & Company." Reprise. M 81033. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Sinatra At The Sands ." Reprise. J 81019. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Sinatra At The Sands ." Reprise. J8 1019. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Sinatra's Swingin' Session." Capitol. 8XT 1491. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Sings Cahn And Van Heusen ."Capitol. 8X-EXE 115. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Swingin' Session ! ." Unknown label. SO 40. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "The Best Of Frank Sinatra". Capitol. 3XT 2950. Stereo and Duophonic.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "The Frank Sinatra Song Book Volume 1." Reprise. 8FH-5230. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "The Reprise Years ." Reprise. K894003 A. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "This Love Of Mine." Capitol/Pickwick. P8-3458. Stereo
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : "Twenty Golden Greats." Capitol. 8X-EMTV 10. Stereo.
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : Non commercial recording . Contents not known [tracks not listed]
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Eight-Track Cartridge, Frank Sinatra : Non commercial recording of selected tracks from the "Trilogy" Reprise boxed set.
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Electronic tube testing device in wooden box, possibly used at the Todd Shipyards during WWII.
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Elemoto Dimension Adder, model 4008, sold by Keuffel & Esser Co., Hoboken. N.d., ca. 1954-1962.
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Employee badge: Bethlehem Steel Company, Hoboken Yard, Sub-Contactor 5065. N.d., ca. 1950-1980.
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Employee identification badge of Charles (Charlie) H. Kosbab from the BethShip, Hoboken Yard, no date, ca. 1975-80.
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Employee identification badge: Maxwell House Div., General Foods Corp. 740. (Hoboken, 1960s?)
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Employee's record card for James Joseph Gaughan from the Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard.
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Encased coin: Advertising promotion for Al & Syd Kiddieland, 614 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. with encased 1951 penny.
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Encased coin: Ferguson Bros. Mfg. Co., Hoboken, N.J. with encased 1937 Canadian 1 cent coin.
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Engineer's "Y" (or Wye) level manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Co. in Hoboken, n.d. ca. 1892-1900.
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Engineer's chain scale, triangular, model 1631P, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., (Hoboken), n.d., 1940-1960.
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Engineers Wyteface 72" folding pocket rule 90-2020 made by the Keuffel & Esser Co., ca.1960-1965.
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Entry ticket for Minstrel - 59, Presented by St. Francis C.Y.O., at Brandt School, Hoboken, Dec., 1959.
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Entry ticket for the 10B Class Club Spring Dance, A.J. Demarest High School, Hoboken, April 25, 1952.
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Envelope, pay, imprinted Haven Savings and Loan Association, 621 Washington St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1975-1990.
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Envelope, souvenir: The Port of New York Preparedness Dedication, April 27-30, 1941. Postmarked April 30, 1941
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Erasing Machine, K&E Motoraser, 3474A, made by Keuffel & Esser Co. N.d., ca. 1949-1960.
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Erasing Machine, K&E Motoraser,????, made by Keuffel & Esser Co. N.d., ca. 1949-1960.
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Erasing shield N3409; stamped metal with K&E logo. Made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1942-1955.
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Erasing shield N3412; frosted plastic with K&E logo. Made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1939-1944.
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Erasing shield, stamped metal with K&E logo. Made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1950-1960.
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Exhibit button: Hoboken Historical Museum. Est 1986. Greetings From Hoboken. Jan 20 Jul 3 2008.
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Exterior signage from Apicella's Fish Market, 309 First St., Hoboken. Dismounted from building late 2007 (business closed 2005.) Apicella's Fish Market, 309 First St., Hoboken. Dismounted from building late 2007 (business closed 2005.)
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Exterior wall sign, painted, for United Decorating Company, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1960-80.
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Eyeglass case, two, imprinted: Dr. Alfred M. Portnoy, Optometrist, 1108 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1950s-1960s.
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Fabric wall panels ca. 24"w x 60"l with printed applique vignettes of women ca. 1910. Group of ca. 15 in varying condition.
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Family of Henry Arthur Bonynge (Sr.) and his wife, Lucy who lived at 931 Washington St., Hoboken. Compiled and written by Susan Bonynge Strange.
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Favorite Farm Level, Model No. 5691, made by the Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y., n.d, ca. 1920-1924.
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Favorite Wyteface 50' steel tape, model W7382P made by Keuffel & Esser Co., issued ca. 1945-1954.
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Feather duster, "Janitor" model, sold by C. Muzzi, 104 Jefferson St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1900-1925.
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Felt patch from A.J. Demarest High School for Student Council 1948-1949 belonging to Katherine Marinovich, Hoboken, 1948-49.
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Felt pennant "Our Hero" with World War I soldier, an Army star on a pennant with "Ordnance" below, no place, no date, ca. 1917-1920.
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Fife used by William H. Miller in Hudson County Boys Club Drum and Bugle Corps, Hoboken, ca. 1938-1940.
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Fifteen day excursion (roundtrip) ticket of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Co., October 1, 1931.
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File box: The Hudson File. Manufactured by Hoboken Stationery & Printing Co., 94 Hudson St., Hoboken. no date, ca. 1900.
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Fire pump water pressure gauge manufactured by W. & A. Fletcher Company, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1890-1928.
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First day cover cachet issued for the dedication of Frank Sinatra Station, Hoboken Post Office, 89 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030, May 16, 2003.
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First day cover issued for 150th Anniversary of the Stevens Locomotive, Hoboken, (Hoboken Post Office, 89 River St.) Hoboken, NJ 07030, May 13,1976.
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First day cover issued for the dedication of Frank Sinatra Station, Hoboken Post Office, 89 River St., Hoboken, NJ 07030, May 16, 2003.
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First day cover: 15th Anniversary, Signing of the Armistice, Nov. 11, 1918. Postmarked Hoboken, Nov. 11, 1933.
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First day cover: 1st American Troops Arrived in France. 20th Anniv. 1917 June 26 1937. Postmarked Hoboken, June 26, 1937.
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Five works from the "Suspended in Time: Works on Glass" series by artist Mckevin Shaughnessy, 2008.
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Fixed head t-square, model 8815, 18", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y., n.d., ca. 1940-1945?.
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Fixed head t-square, model 8815, 42", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1940-1945?
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Flexible or Pocket Leveling Rod., No. 6330 (8 ft). Made by K&E Co., N.Y. & Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1900-1908.
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Flier from the Beat'N Path poetry reading series, 125 Washington St., Hoboken, 1979.
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