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Hoboken Historical Museum Online Archive
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Contract Bridge scoring pad booklet issue by A.J. Volk Co., Funeral Service, 633 Washington St., Hoboken; 789 Teaneck Road, Teaneck, N.J. N.d., ca. 1935-1940.
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Contract for Construction of Vehicular [Holland] Tunnel or Tunnels Under the Hudson River. Dec. 1919.
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Contract for telephone service by the New York Telephone Company and Mary H. Markey, 716 Bloomfield St., Hoboken, N.J., 1911.
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Contract: Supplemental Agreement DL&W RR & System Federation No. 78, Railway Employees' Dept., AFL. Effective Sept. 1, 1949.
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Cooke Radio Slide Rule, model 4139, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1955-1956.
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Cookie cutter: bunny-shaped; stamped Davis Baking Powder. Issued by by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, n.d., (1926.)
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Cookie cutter: cat-shaped; stamped Davis Baking Powder. Issued by by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, n.d., (1926.)
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Cookie cutter: diamond-shaped; stamped Davis Baking Powder. Issued by by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1927.
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Cookie cutter: goose-shaped; stamped Davis Baking Powder. Issued by by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, n.d., (1926.)
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Cookie cutter: heart-shaped; stamped Davis Baking Powder. Issued by by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1927.
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Cookie cutter: horse-shaped; stamped Davis Baking Powder. Issued by by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, n.d., (1926.)
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Cookie cutters, set of 4, card suit shapes; stamped Davis Baking Powder. Issued by by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1927.
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Copy of HABS Report N.J. 123 for the USDA Plant Quarantine Building, 209 River St., Hoboken. (Demolished ca. 2000)
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Copy of a Frank Sinatra business card from when he lived at 841 Garden St., Hoboken.
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Copy of the on-board newsletter from the steamship RNS "Statedam" of the Holland-America Line, dated Sunday, April 7, 1935.
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Copy photo of the 1942s reenactment of the run of John Stevens' pioneer steam locomotive, ca. 1825. 8" by 10"
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Correspondence between Hoboken YMCA & U.S. Post Office regarding Second Class mailing rates for Community "Y" News; Dec. 10, 1946 to Aug. 6, 1947.
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Coupon card: Star Music Record Club, Belleville, Hoboken, Jersey City. No date, circa 1930's-1940's.
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Coupon for transportation & baggage transfer by Continental Hotel & Passenger Transfer Co., Hoboken, to any steamship piers in N.Y. or Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1920-1930. Unused.
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Coupon/receipt: Erie-Lackawanna Railroad Co. Baggage Service Charge. 35 cents. (N.d., ca. 1960-1965.)
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Coupon: "Mama Lisa's Italian Deli & Fine Catering; Free Sandwich w[ith] 10 Lisa's Coupon." Hoboken, (2007).
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Coupon: Starbucks [Coffee] / iTunes promotion "Song of the Day" download coupon. (Hoboken, 2007.)
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Course guide for Winter/Spring 1999 Continuing Education Program of the Hoboken Board of Education.
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Courtesy card of D.S. Gaster, Supt .of Police, New Orleans, La. for John W. Miller of Hoboken, n.d, ca. 1891-1898.
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Credit account book of Fred Kostelecky, 218 Bloomfield St. for furniture from Howell Bros. Inc., 2nd & Grand Sts., Hoboken, 1954.
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Cultural Resources Identification and Effects Report for the Scoping Project of the 14th St.Viaduct Project, Dec. 2006. Draft version.
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Cultural Resources Identification and Effects Report for the Scoping Project of the 14th St.Viaduct Project, March 2007. Final version.
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Cultural Resources Investigation, Maxwell House Site, City of Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. April 2003.
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Cultural Resources Investigation, Maxwell House Site, City of Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. April 2003.
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Cup & saucer, commemorative: Trinity Church, Hoboken, N.J. N.d., either 1903, 1906, 1928 or 1931.
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Cup & saucer, souvenir demitasse with scene "Viaduct of the Jersey City Heights and Paterson Electric Railway," ca. 1893-1900.
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Currency, National: $10 note of The First National Bank of Hoboken, New Jersey, June 20, 1905.
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Curricula: Stevens Cooperative School, Hoboken. 2009-2010. Three curriculum overviews issued by the school.
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Curriculum vitae of Daniel Heinrich Fromholtz written in Hoboken, [1902]. Includes later transcription, English translation and notes by translator.
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Curriculum vitae, reference copy of the German text, of Daniel Heinrich Fromholtz written in Hoboken, [1902]. Transcription by Inge Trebitz, 2005.
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Curve rule, flexible, 57 2817-18, made by the Keuffel & Esser Co., (Hoboken), n.d., ca. late 1950s-early 1960s
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Curves: set of 8 transparent parabolas, product 1862C, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. & Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1956-1962.
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Customer counter from TD Banknorth building at 101 Washington Street, Hoboken, built 1929; removed in October 2008.
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Cut magazine leaf with printed image " View of Hudson River, From Elysian Fields, Hoboken, New Jersey" in Gleason's Pictorial, 1859.
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Cut-Rite Waxed Paper. Original printed cardboard package with contents. Elizabeth, N.J., no date, circa 1928-1930.
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Cut-Rite Waxed Paper. Promotional brochure issued by Automatic Paper Machinery Co., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1935-1940.
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Cut-Rite Waxed Paper. Promotional brochure probably issued by R.B. Davis Co. or Automatic Paper Machinery Co., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1935-1940.
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Cyanotype photo of Florence and Madeline Miller with friends pose on a lawn, no place, no date, ca. 1910-15.
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Cyanotype print of a group of men and women seated outside a church or mission building, no place [Hoboken], no date, ca. 1900-1910.
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D.L. & W. R.R. Local and Interdivision Passenger Tariff P.C.A. No. 3. One-Way Parlor Car Seat & Room Charges. Iss. June 4, 1951. Eff. July 5, 1951.
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D.L. & W. R.R. freight bill & notice of arrival of freight for George R. Maier, 833 Bloomfield St., Hoboken, June 13 & 30, 1947
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D.L.&W. R.R. issue: Railway Edition. New York Shopping Guide. 1899. Published by A. Howe, 41 Union Square, N.Y.
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DVD "In Loving Memory" by Danny Aiello. Ca. 5 minute video for LaRusso event, HHM, Jan., 2006
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DVD copy of "Delivered Vacant." 1992: Nora Jacobson, Island Pictures. DVD, color, 118 minutes
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DVD with television news reports concerning Hoboken with some related to Thomas F. Vezzetti.
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DVD, 4: Demo reel; 3 film shorts made by Puppet Heap, based at 720 Monroe St., Hoboken. 2006-2011.
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DVD, lectures: Ann Hagedorn & Chad Millman for exhibition - Heaven, Hell or Hoboken: A City Transformed by World War I. Nov. 16 & Nov. 23, 2008 at the Museum.
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DVD: 1 disk with 163 images by photographers Caroline Carlson, Ben Fernandez and John F. Conn collected by McKevin Shaughnessy
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DVD: 7 disks with images for "On the Waterfront" book by William Miller that was published by the Museum.
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DVD: A Walk Through Hoboken. With David Hartman and Historian Barry Lewis in association with the Hoboken Historical Museum, 2003.
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DVD: video news feature on Schackenberg's Luncheonette, 1110 Washington St., Hoboken, Cablevision, Neighborhood Journal, 2011.
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Dairy bottle cap: Janssen Div., U.S. Dairy Products Corp., 109 Grand St., Hoboken, N.J. Pasteurized & Bottled Grade B Milk. N.d., ca. 1925-1940.
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Dallas oil gaugers' inage 75' steel tape measure on reel made by Keuffel & Esser Co., issued ca. 1945-1960.
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Dance card for Entertainment and Ball U.S. Army Embarkation Hospital Band [under the] auspices Frank Jenne Association, Dec. 14, 1918.
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Dark green felt badge with four Girl Scout pins attached found on Girl Scout uniform belonging to Catherine Ruchovansky, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1960.
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Dartmouth Metallic Woven Tape measure, 7442T, made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y., n.d., ca. 1921-1940.
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Datebook for 1949 issued by Maryland Casualty Company; imprinted Frank Bucino, Inc., 40 Hudson Place, Hoboken, N.J.
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Davis Baking Powder advertising hang tag. R. B. Davis Company, Hoboken, N.J., n.d, circa 1926.
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Davis Baking Powder; Selected Recipes. [Compiled & edited by Winifred Stuart Gibbs.] Issued by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, N.J.. 1922.
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Davis Master Pattern Baking Formulas. Published by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, N.J. 2nd edition, 1940.
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Davis Master Pattern Baking Formulas. Published by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, N.J. Copyright 1938.
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Davis Master Pattern Baking Formulas. Published by R. B. Davis Co., Hoboken, N.J. Copyright 1938.
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Davis O.K. Baking Powder Cookbook, published by R.B. Davis Co., 90 & 92 West Broadway, N.Y. N.d., ca. 1895-1905.
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Davis O.K. Baking Powder Cookbook, published by R.B. Davis Co., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1914-1915.
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Davis O.K. Baking Powder Cookbook, published by R.B. Davis Co., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1915-1920.
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Davis O.K. Baking Powder Cookbook, published by R.B. Davis Co., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1915-1925.
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Davis' O.K. (Baking Powder) Cook Book, published by R.B. Davis Co., Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1907-1915.
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Deck plans of the S.S. Stevens, a floating dormitory used 1968-1975 by the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken.
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Decoration (Memorial) Day Parade near the Fabian Theatre, on Newark St., east of Washington St., Hoboken, May 31, 1938.
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Decorative cast iron cover for alarm bell, "Rockwood, Worcester" from the former Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken.
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Decorative stationery envelope sent to David Townsend, Stevens Institute, Hoboken, N.J. Postmarked Phila., PA., Apr. 2 (1878.)
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Decorative terracotta brick from Public School No. 6, Eleventh St. & Willow Ave., Hoboken.
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Deed to a bit of Ireland presented to James Quinn, proprietor of the Elysian Cafe, F. & M. Schaefer Brewing Company, Brooklyn, N.Y., March 12, 1960.
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Deeds related to John Stevens and successors including Hoboken Land & Improvement Company, 1784-1890.
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Delaware Lackawanna & Western R.R. Suburban Time Tables and Rates of Fare for Steam & Electric Trains. In Effect May 15, 1934.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R.R. locomotive equipment classification drawings, 1930-1931.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company, The. Car Department. Classification of Freight Equipment.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century, 1899-1960. Vol. 1. History and Operation.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad in the Twentieth Century, 1899-1960. Vol. 2. Equipment and Marine Operation.
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Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. Rules for the Government of Operating Department. Effective December 15, 1918.
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Deposition of Archibald E. Hoyt, Sept. 13, 1907 regarding outstanding salary owed to him by the Estate of James Miller. Attached holographic receipt.
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Description of Fred M. DeSapio Collection, Mayor of Hoboken, 1947-1953; note from son Dr. Gerard DeSapio, Hoboken, 2005; plus related items.
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Description of archival records of the D.L. & W. R.R. held by Steamtown NHS, National Park Service, Scranton, PA.
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Design Study. Optical Equipment for Celestial System Navigation. K&E Optics & Metrology Div., Hoboken, N.J., (1962.)
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Designs and specifications for Reconversion of the S.S. Argentina, Boat Deck, Donald Deskey Associates, Vol. 1, [1947]. Bethlehem Steel Shipyard.
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Destination Hoboken: The Great Ocean Liners of Hamburg-American & North German Lloyd. An exhibition... 2002.
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Destroyed panoramic color photo of a reunion as found in Hoboken storm debris after Hurricane Sandy, October 30+, 2012.
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Detail of Concourses. Lackawanna R.R.Terminal & Hoboken Ferry Co. Sheet No. 309. Jan. 26, 1905. Kodalith photostatic copy.
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Detail of East Elevation of Ferry House. Lackawanna R.R.Terminal & Hoboken Ferry Co. Sheet No. 302. Dec. 17, 1904. Kodalith photostatic copy.
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Detail of Sign and Cupola. Lackawanna R.R.Terminal & Hoboken Ferry Co. No. 301.5. Jan. 15, 1906. Kodalith photostatic copy.
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Detail of Stair & Elevator in East-Bound Waiting Room. Lackawanna R.R.Terminal & Hoboken Ferry Co. Sheet No. 311. March 1, 1905. Kodalith photostatic copy.
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Details of Entrance to Inclined Concourse & Concourse Fence. Lackawanna R.R.Terminal & Hoboken Ferry Co. Sheet No. 313. March 10, 1905. Kodalith photostatic copy.
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Details of Fixtures in Commissary Dept. Lackawanna R.R.Terminal & Hoboken Ferry Co. Sheet No. 310. Feb. 25, 1905. Kodalith photostatic copy.
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Details of North Exit from Train Concourse. Lackawanna R.R.Terminal & Hoboken Ferry Co. Sheet No. 319. Oct. 20, 1905. Kodalith photostatic copy.
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Diagrams: D.L. & W. Railroad, I.R. 600 H.P. Oil Electric (Switching) Locomotive type 4-0-4, 1933-1934.
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Dial table thermometer - relative humidity indicator; promotional item issued by O.O. Lauckner, Insurance, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1936-1956.
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Diamond Jubilee Souvenir edition of the "PATH Gazette", Friday, Feb. 25, 1983. Facsimile copy.
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Diary, pocket: The 1919 Diary. Issued by the Cooper Hewitt Electric Co. General Offices & Works, Eighth & Grand Sts., Hoboken, N.J.
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Diary: My Trip Abroad. Compliments of United States Lines. Copy issued to passenger Ruby Margaret Keefer (who sailed on the S.S. America), June 1925.
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Dick Roman promotional 45 rpm ("Not for Sale") record "Hanging Out" inscribed "To Angie, Dick Roman."
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Die Deutsche Seemannsmission im Hafen von New York 1907-2001. (The German Seaman's Mission in the Port of New York. By Herbert Patzelt, Munich, 2002.)
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Die-cut printed wall calendar with thermometer from Kostelecky Bros. Garage, 216-218 Bloomfield St., Hoboken, 1935-1936.
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Diesel Times, vol. 9, no. 7, July, 1953. 8-1/2" x 11" high. 8 pp., photo illustrated. Devoted to the Moran tugboat, Eugene F. Moran.
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Digital audio tape cassette with song, "Roses of Picardy," possible vocal by Frank Sinatra, transferred from master disk, undated, possibly 1962.
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Digital b+w image of Hoboken Terminal ferry facade and plaza looking northeast, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital b+w image of Hoboken Terminal north facade, waiting room, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital b+w image of a Hoboken Terminal abandoned ferry slip looking east, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital b+w image of an aerial view of Hoboken Terminal from the west, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital black-and-white image of painter Antonio Jacobsen and wife Mary in their parlor, West Hoboken, no date, ca. 1890-1900.
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Digital color image of Hoboken Terminal east facade of the sign and former ferry slips, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital color image of Hoboken Terminal east facade of the sign and former ferry slips, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital color image of Hoboken Terminal wood clapboard walls on the passenger loading deck of former ferry area, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital color image of aerial view of Hoboken Terminal looking east towards the Hudson River, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital color image of aerial view of Hoboken Terminal looking west from the Hudson River, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital color image of aerial view of Hoboken Terminal passenger sheds and train yard looking west from the Hudson River, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital color image of aerial view of Hoboken Terminal's waiting room western facade, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital color image of aerial view of Hoboken Terminal's waiting room western facade, Hoboken, no date, [2004].
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Digital color image of an interior wall of the now-closed 19th Street PATH (Hudson & Manhattan) station in New York City, ca. 1987.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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Digital color image of the 2004 Hoboken Pet Parade, along the Hoboken Waterfront, Sunday, September 26, 2004.
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