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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
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Group of six art paper, board and poster paint sample charts & books once in Sorkin's Art Supply, 400 Washington St., Hoboken, ca. 1939-1970.
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Group of six items from 1949-1950 about "Blackie," Holland America Line Hoboken piers' mascot dog from 1944 until her death in 1950.
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Group of twenty-six 220 black-and-white negative images of the ferry section of the Hoboken Terminal, no date, ca. 1990.
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Guage used by Joseph Kostelecky & Sons in their carriage building and repair business, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1890's -1910.
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Guide Book to Streets of Jersey City, Hoboken, and Bayonne: indexed map, churches, schools, and car and bus lines
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Guide, drink & entertaining, from Acme Wines and Liquors, Inc., 1200 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. N.d. , ca. 1940s.
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Guide: How to Reach North German Lloyd Piers, Hoboken, New Jersey, From New York City. By Automobile, Carriage, Tunnel, Ferry. 1909.
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H.H. Eureka Ink Eradicator. Manufactured by H.H. Collins Ink Eradicator Co., Hoboken, ca. 1890-1910.
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Hagadah. Passover Seder Service. Compliments of Maxwell House Coffee; Good to the Last Drop; Kosher for Passover. A General Foods Product.
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Haggadah, Passover (Seder Service). Brought to You by the Coffees of Maxwell House; Kosher for Passover. Deluxe Edition. Copyright 1991.
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Haggadah. Passover Seder Service. Compliments of Maxwell House [Coffee]; Kosher for Passover. Deluxe Edition. N.d., ca. 1950s.
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Haggadah. Passover Seder Service. Compliments of Maxwell House [Coffee]; Kosher for Passover. New Edition. N.d., ca. late 1940s.
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Hammond's New Auto Map, Showing the main routes between all the N.Y. Ferries & points in N.J. including Jersey City, Newark... C. S. Hammond & Co., Publishers, N.Y. (1915).
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Hand level, model 5704, 6-1/4" inch; made by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. & Hoboken, N.J. N.d., ca. 1959-1962.
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Hand level, model N5702, manufactured by Keuffel & Esser Co., N.Y. N.d., ca. 1945-1960.
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Hand-colored copy of photo view looking north on Washington Street from Fifth Street, Hoboken, circa 1892.
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Hand-colored engraved view of Washington Street between Fourth and Fifth Streets showing the Armory at 412-414, Hoboken, circa 1856.
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Hand-colored photocopy of photographic view looking north on Washington St. from Second St., Hoboken, circa 1892.
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Hand-operated portable clothesline used for hanging laundry indoors, no place (Hoboken), no date, ca. 1920-60.
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Hand-painted, single-sided wall sign, "Hull Dept." from the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard, Hoboken. Made about 1960.
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Handbill & announcement: Ankle Soup. A Children's Book Reading & Signing, Shipyard Park, Hoboken. Sept.16, [2008]
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Handbill / flyer announcement: Community Resources Guide for Households Affected by Hurricane Sandy. Issued by PSE&G. Issued Hoboken, n.d., ca. Nov. 2, 2012.
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Handbill / flyer announcement: PSE&G. Flood Tips for Customers. Issued in Hoboken, no date, circa Nov. 2, 2012.
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Handbill advertising the 23rd Annual Black Maria Film & Video Festival including as a venue, the Hoboken Historical Museum, Feb. 2, 2004.
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Handbill for "Night of the Living Dead" Friday, March 7, [1980], Beatn' Path Cafe, 125 Washington St., Hoboken.
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Handbill for Grand Opening of Latin Flava, Lounge 11 Bar & Restaurant, 505 Madison St., Hoboken, (2007).
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Handbill for gate sale at 620 Willow Avenue (63 Willow Terrace), Hoboken, September 14, [1999].
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Handbill from Hoboken Heritage: Help Get Answers about Development at Historic Holy Innocents Site. February, 2007.
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Handbill listing for the 23rd Annual Black Maria Film & Video Festival films shown at the Hoboken Historical Museum, Feb. 2, 2004.
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Handbill with printed photo of Elzear Duquette En [In] San Antonio, Au Tour du Monde. Signed and dated 1974 by Duquette.
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Handbill: 2nd Annual Song and Dance Review Tendered by the Friendly Boys. Odd Fellows' Hall, 227 Washington St., Hoboken, N.J. Jan. 12, 1935.
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Handbill: Cocomalt sponsorship of "Buck Rogers in the 25th Century" radio program, R.B. Davis, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1933 or 1934.
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Handbill: Combined Labor Council News Digest, Vol 1, No. 1, April 1958. Vote for John J. Grogan.
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Handbill: Coming January 2015. Puppet Heap's Puppet Video Workshops. "The Pet Report" (Hoboken, 2014.)
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Handbill: Fabian Theatre, Hoboken. "Girls Boys Join Our Vacation Movie Club." No date, circa 1950's.
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Handbill: Hair tarot card "The Lovers" issued to audiences during the Broadway production of the musical, New York, 1967-1968.
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Handbill: Hoboken City Hall Holiday Craft Fair, 94 Washington St., Hoboken. Sat., Sun., Dec. 1, 2, 2012.
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Handbill: Hoboken Film Series "Lottery"; "Lady Vanishes." Last week of April, year unknown, circa 1986?
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Handbill: Notice! ...Moving to 109 Tenth Street...Hoboken, N.J.,...Kesseluk's Shoe Store. No date, circa 1940-1950.
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Handbill: Projected Images of Hudson County; The Film Series at Maxwell's, 1039 Washington St; Celebrate Baseball Day, Hoboken, no date [1996].
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Handbill: Second Annual Song & Dance Review Tendered by the Friendly Boys, Odd Fellows' Hall, 227 Washington St., Hoboken, Jan. 12, 1935.
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Handbill: Spend a Night in Harlem Dance and Revue, Joe Biggie & His Blackbirds, Hoboken, Feb.2(?), 1935.
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Handbill: Thirtieth N.Y. Film Festival, 1992. "Delivered Vacant" by Nora Jacobson, film about Hoboken advertised.
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Handbill: notice for D.L. & W. R.R. suburban commuters about new train locator lights; Erie trains; service changes at Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, March 14, 1957.
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Handbill: reprint of Rome News-Tribune, Sunday, Jan. 13, 2002 "Glenwood hands help healing in Hoboken, N.J." for Oct. 12, 2002 park dedication.
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Handbills, 2, about Hoboken waterfront redevelopment referendum on July 10, 1990; issued by the Coalition for a Better Waterfront.
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Handbills, 3, issued by Associated Railroads of N.J. re state taxation on railroads, n.d., ca. 1949 to 1950; with Lackawanna R.R. ferry survey.
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Handbills: Biggie's Clam Bar Celebrates 60 Years in Business, 318 Madison S., Hoboken, Sept.17, (2006.)
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Handkerchief, souvenir: Greetings, Hoboken N.J., Port of Debarkation, U.S.S. Finland.
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Handkerchief, souvenir: Greetings, Hoboken N.J., Port of Debarkation, U.S.S. Leviathan.
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Handkerchief: Vote Tuesday, May 12th; Cammarano for Mayor; The Cammarano Team. (Hoboken, May 2009.)
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Handout from Ed Shirak, Jr. at the Frank Sinatra Post Office Building, Hoboken Post Office Building Dedication Ceremony, May 16, 2003.
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Handy Wyteface 8 Ft, retractable metal tape measure made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1945-1965.
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Handy Wyteface steel tape rule, 7408-6, 72", made by Keuffel & Esser Co., n.d., ca. 1950-1960
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Hard hat belonging to longshoreman Donald Red Barrett of Hoboken. N.d., used ca. 1960s-1970s.
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Hat from Joseph Apicella & Sons Fish Market. Hoboken, N.J. No date, circa 2000-2005.
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Headset, radio; U.S.N.; used by John F. Carney of Hoboken; Radioman, during World War II service, Jan.1942 - Nov.1945.
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Helmet, U.S. Army soldier's; "doughboy" helmet, reputedly from World War I. N.d., ca. 1910-1940.
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Helmet, work, belonging to Benny Fernandez & used by him at the Bethlehem Steel Shipyard.
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Historic American Engineering Record HAER No. NJ-95; BETHLEHEM STEEL COMPANY SHIPYARD (W. & A. Fletcher Company); Hoboken, New Jersey
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Historic Background and Development of the Maxwell House Site. City of Hoboken, Hudson County, New Jersey. By Philip A. Hayden, March 30, 2005.
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Historic Documentation; 14th Street Viaduct, Hoboken. (State Bridge No. 0900-016). Report issued 2009.
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Historic Preservation Plan Element. City of Hoboken Master Plan. Volume II (circa 1988-1992).
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History of Hoboken as it appears in History of the Municipalities of Hudson County, New Jersey, 1630-1923.
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History of Masonry in North America from 1730 to 1800 together with a History of the Several Lodges F. & A.M. of Hudson County, N.J.
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History of Stevens Institute of Technology. A Record of Broad-Based Curricula and Technogenesis 1870-2000.
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History of Stevens Institute of Technology. A Record of Broad-Based Curricula and Technogenesis 1870-2000.
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History of the Municipalities of Hudson County, New Jersey, 1630-1923. Vol. I (Historical Vol.) Reprint.
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Hoboken City Council motion authorizing Mayor to sign the Principle of Agreement with Port Authority for waterfront development, May 3, 1989.
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