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Below is the Online Collection of the Hoboken Historical Museum containing detailed information and images of objects, photographs and archives.
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Hoboken Historical Museum Online Collection
Explore the Hoboken Historical Museum’s Online Collection, featuring detailed information and images of photographs, newspaper clippings, cataloged items, artwork, and artifacts spanning the last 250 years. Our database is continuously updated, offering a growing resource for researchers, historians, and the community.
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Architectural plans of Free Public Library and Manual Training School, Hoboken, N.J., no date, circa 1895-1897.
Archive
Archive of digital images of postcards and photos relating to the Hudson & Manhattan Rail Road and its successor, PATH.
Archive
Archive of documents related to the Hoboken Historic Commission, 2003-2008. Ca. 5 cubic feet.
Archive![Archive of programs for The Flicker Film Fan Club later Monthly Movie, Hoboken, Dec. 19, 1975 to Jan. 13 [1977.]](
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Archive of programs for The Flicker Film Fan Club later Monthly Movie, Hoboken, Dec. 19, 1975 to Jan. 13 [1977.]
Archive
Archive, unsorted, of circa 875 photographs from defunct newspaper, Hudson Dispatch, related to Hoboken from the late 1940s to 1970s.
Photograph
Arm patch, Paper Trooper, and 3 chevron stripes from the War Production Board given to Katherine Marinovich of Hoboken, no date, ca. 1943-45.
Object/Artifact
Armband: Civil Defense, Repair Squad, Local Defense Council, City of Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1950-1960.
Object/Artifact
Army Extension Courses. Combined Protractor and Scales, 1941 Revision. Time and Space Scale.
Archive
Art Nouveau style plate or medallion "Modesty" with nude cast by C. Buchholtz Company, Hoboken, N.J., 1923.
Object/Artifact
Article & illustration about proposed North River Bridge. Published: New York Illustrated News, Vol. III, No. 106, Sat., Feb. 1, 1890.
Archive
Article & illustrations on cricket & baseball matches in Hoboken, Harper's Weekly, Oct. 15, 1859.
Archive
Article (D.L. & W. R.R.): A Heavy Floor for a Double-Track Bridge. Engineering Record, Vol. 61, No. 3, Jan. 13, 1910.
Archive
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
Archive
Article (Hamburg-American Line Hoboken piers): Die neuen Docks der Hamburg - Amerikanischen Packetfahrt - Actien - Gesellschaft “ in Hoboken, New Jersey. June 1883.
Archive
Article (Hamburg-American Line): Provisions for a Modern Liner. Published in The Christian Herald, Oct. 3, 1906, pg. 830.
Archive
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.
Archive
Article about Stevens Institute of Technology in Scientific American, Volume LXVI, No. 25, June 18, 1892.
Archive
Article dedicated to Dr. Hans Kudlich (1821–1917); Hoboken immigrant. By Tobias Weger, 2013.
Archive
Article discussing german culture at West Hoboken park, pp. 701-704, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Oct. 1878.
Archive
Article discussing german culture at West Hoboken park, pp. 701-704, Harper's New Monthly Magazine, V.57, No. 341, Oct. 1878.
Archive
Article from Harper's Weekly: "Two Disastrous Fires in New York Harbor." Circa July - August 1900
Archive
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.
Archive
Article re Hoboken Shore Railroad: New Electric Freight Locomotive; in The Railroad Gazette, Vol. XXX, No. 2, Jan. 14, 1898.
Archive
Article re Hudson & Manhattan R.R.: Delays to Trains In The Hudson Tunnels. Electric Railway Journal, Nov. 12, 1910.
Archive
Article, Bergen Tunnel: A Special Type of Track Construction for Tunnels & Subways. Engineering News, Aug. 19, 1909.
Archive
Article, magazine: Memories of Augustine Tolton, Black Priest, 1854-1897. Published in The Josephine Harvest, Summer 1986.
Archive
Article: "Hoboken Terminal Power Plant, D., L. & W., R.R." in The Railway & Engineering Review, May 9, 1908.
Archive
Article: "Hoboken: Portrait of a Sick City" in newspaper, PM, vol 1, no. 40, New York, Monday, August 12, 1940.
Archive
Article: "Keuffel and Esser Art Show a Success." By Linda Dunn, Jersey Journal, Jersey City, N.J., July 8, 1966.
Archive
Article: "Tami Mauriello was a contender." Newsclipping of column "do you remember" by Bill Twomey, Bronx Times Reporter, November 29, 2007, page 37.
Archive
Article: "The Wurst of Times." [re Helmer's Restaurant] By Paul Drexel. New Jersey Monthly, August 2006,
Archive
Article: An Old Gem in Trendy Hoboken. Review of Helmers' (restaurant) by Miriam Newman; The Record, Apr. 30, 1982.
Archive
Article: Baked Enamel Painting on the Cars of the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad. Electric Railway Journal, Vol. XLI, No. 4, Jan. 25, 1913.
Archive
Article: Cities of New Jersey: Hoboken. Article published in New Jersey Bell, Dec. 1954, V. 28, No. 3.
Archive
Article: Coal Handling Plant at the Hoboken Terminal of the Lackawanna R.R. The Engineering Record, Vol. 52, No. 24; Dec. 9, 1905.
Archive
Article: Coffee Roasting Plant in Hoboken. Published in Engineering News-Record, Oct. 26, 1939, pp. 73-75.
Archive
Article: Cycling through Hoboken after the Cyclone. By Robert Foster, Director, Hoboken Historical Museum. 2013.
Archive
Article: Design of Lackawanna's Reinforced Concrete Freight Terminal Warehouse at Jersey City. Published in The Engineering News-Record, March 27, 1930.
Archive
Article: Eight Minutes to New York. The Story of the Hudson & Manhattan Tubes. Reprint from American History Illustrated, Aug. 1974.
Archive
Article: Family Finds Success on the Hard-Shell [re Biggie's Clam Bar, Hoboken.] Bergen Record, November 12, 2002.
Archive
Article: Four Generations of Tradition. Biggie's Clam Bar, winner of recent award ... The Hoboken Reporter, Dec. 15, 2002
Archive
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.
Archive
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.
Archive
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.
Archive
Article: Hillside Railroad Loop Line, Hoboken, N.J. Published in The Engineering Record, June 2, 1894.
Archive
Article: Hoboken - an American town. 8-page article with 14 photos by John Conn. In Hasselblad 63, June 1980.
Archive
Article: Hoboken. A Terminal of the North German Lloyd Line. 1863-1917. Offprint: Yearbook of the Bremen Historical Soc., v. 90, 2011.
Archive
Article: Indoor Curling. (Thistle Association club house); Scientific American, Vol. LXVI, No. 9, Feb. 27, 1892.
Archive
Article: Laugh at Hoboken, and You Laugh at the Real U.S.A. By Rita Christopher. Jerusalem Post (NYT, Op-Ed), Aug. 17, 1980.
Archive
Article: Liner America is Towed Across the Hudson and Laid Up. NYT, Sept. 29, 1953. With two other articles.
Archive
Article: Living High in Hoboken. By Stuart James. Published in New Jersey Monthly, Aug. 1977.
Archive
Article: Mayo, Lynch is Bullish on Hoboken. By Donald DeMaio, Center for Analysis of Public Issues, Princeton, N.J. Feb. 1977.
Archive
Article: Mayo, Lynch is Bullish on Hoboken. By Donald DeMaio, Center for Analysis of Public Issues, Princeton, N.J. Feb. 1977.
Archive
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.
Archive
Article: New Jersey Reels from Storm's Thrashing. In: NYT, Nov. 1, 2012, pg. 1, dateline: Hoboken, N.J.
Archive
Article: New York Harbor From a Different Angle. An Exhibition About Immigrants in Hoboken. By Tammy La Gorce, New York Times, Oct. 3, 2014.
Archive
Article: Prohibition As It Is. 1. Hoboken-Buffalo-Detroit. By Rollin Lynde Hartt; in The World's Work, Jan. 1925.
Archive
Article: Rapid Erection of Pier Shed Frame, D.L.& W. R.R.; Engineering News, Vol. LIV, No. 12, Sept. 21, 1905.
Archive
Article: Slide Rule Built Thriving Concern. Keuffel & Esser Celebrates Its 100th Anniversary. NYT, July 30, 1967.
Archive
Article: Sorrento and Hoboken - Extraordinary Similarities. By Antonino De Angelis. As published in Sorrentium, No. 9, October, 2006.
Archive
Article: Step right up to Counter Parts. re Schnackenberg's film by Nicole Lucas. Ca. Oct. 1990.
Archive
Article: THE PROPOSED HUDSON RIVER SUSPENSION BRIDGE. Article in Scientific American, Vol. LXIV.- No. 21, May 23, 1891.
Archive
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.
Archive
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.
Archive
Article: The New Hoboken Freight Terminal of the Lackawanna R.R.; in The Engineering Record, V. 53, No. 1, Jan. 6, 1906.
Archive
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.
Archive
Article: The Stevens Battery. Interesting Experiments in Hoboken. Published in NYT, Jan. 5, 1862.
Archive
Article: The Story of the Great Hoboken Fire. Munsey's Magazine, September 1900, pp. 769-778.
Archive
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.
Archive
Article: When a Road Opened Under the Hudson. By Kevin Coyne. NYT, March 4, 2012, (ARTS | NJ.)
Archive
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.
Archive
Articles from The Jersey Journal, March 3, 1988 with obituary of Mayor Thomas Vezzetti of Hoboken who died in office March 2, 1988.
Archive
Articles re Hoboken YMCA Hudson Hut; Railroad Association Magazine, Volume VIII, No. 1, Jan. 15, 1920.
Archive
Articles: "Hoboken: Change Bringing Problems." & "Hoboken: Fear of Fire Haunts Many." NYT, Nov. 8, 1981.
Archive
Artist bookwork: hoboken palm trees. Manipulated SX-70 Polaroids, Hoboken, N.J. 1986. Bruce Tamberelli, 2013.
Archive
Artist's bird's-eye view of Davis OK Baking Powder Works, Ferry & Jackson Sts., Hoboken, ca. 1904.
Archive
Artwork costume made and worn by Caroline & Danny Shot for 2004 Hoboken Artists Studio Tour, Hoboken, October, 2004.
Object/Artifact
Artwork for proposed streetcar or railroad advertising card prepared for John Schmalz's Sons', Inc., Model Bakery, no place, no date.
Art
Artwork, 5, by Hoboken school children for postcard class project & Kids Map Hoboken project, ca. 2005-2006.
Archive
Artwork, mixed media; 9 pieces created by artist Louise Gale, Hoboken; using modern Hoboken scenes; 2011.
Object/Artifact
Artwork: jewelry necklace with glass bead depiction of the ferry. Yankee, by Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs, Hoboken, 2008.
Object/Artifact
Assessment Map for Eight Receiving Basins on Third Street at the Intersections of Clinton & Grand Sts., Hoboken, 1876.
Map
Assessment Map for the Improvements on Adams Street from Newark Avenue to First Street, Hoboken, 1867.
Map
Assessment Map for the Improvements on Clinton Street from the Northerly line of Newark St. to the Southerly line of First St., Hoboken, 1868.
Map
Assessment Map for the Improvements on Fourth Street from the easterly line of Clinton St. to the center of Madison St., Hoboken, 1874.
Map
Assessment Map for the Improvements on Jefferson Street from Newark St. to First St., Hoboken, 1868.
Map
Assessment redemption receipts, 25, for properties of Peter Kerrigan, Grand St. Hoboken, for paid assessments, Sept. 3, 1883.
Archive
Atlas of the County of Hudson, and the State of New Jersey. Philadelphia: G.M. Hopkins, 1873.
Archive
Audio CD: Sweet Lizard Illtet. Warner Bros. Records catalog no. 9-26834-2, 1992. Recorded except for one song at Water Music Recorders, Hoboken.
Object/Artifact
Audio cassette tape of "Overture Fantasy" composed by Richard E. Cahn in Hoboken, 1972-73.
Object/Artifact
Audio cassette tape: They Might Be Giants. Debut album. Bar/None Records, Hoboken, N.J.; Restless, Culver City, CA. 1987 issue.
Object/Artifact
Autograph book belonging to Mildred Avantario, Hoboken, June 24, 1940. Graduation, Joseph F. Brandt Jr. High School.
Archive
Autograph book belonging to Mildred Marion "Molly" Pescatore of Class of 1926, Joseph F. Brandt Junior High School, Hoboken, January, 1926.
Object/Artifact
Autograph book of Catherine Broderick, Joseph Brandt Junior High School, Hoboken, 1930.
Object/Artifact
Autograph letter signed from Allan L. Berne to Hoboken Historical Museum, September, 1995 with photocopy enclosures.
Archive
Automoble jack used by the Kostelecky family in their Hoboken auto repair business, no date, ca. 1900-30.
Object/Artifact
Award pin: Navy 'E' Award to Keuffel & Esser Co., Hoboken, N.J. Commemorative pin issued to employee Arthur E. Miller, n.d., ca.1941-1946.
Object/Artifact
Award pin: Navy 'E' Award to Keuffel & Esser Co., Hoboken, N.J. Commemorative pin issued to employee Arthur E. Miller, n.d., ca.1941-1946.
Object/Artifact
Awards, 7, from League of Historical Societies of NJ to HHM for 2008 publications, June 2009.
Archive