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Hoboken Historical Museum Online Archive

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B+W copy photo of locomotive John Stevens on rails at Castle Point, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1925.

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B+W copy photo of photo of River Street looking north from 1st Street, Hoboken, 1917.

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B+W copy photo of photo of the Knickerbocker & Excelsior baseball teams, no place, 1858.

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B+W copy photo of photo of the Madison F.C. baseball team with Paul Joseph Prester at the lower right, no place (Hoboken?), no date, ca. 1908-11.

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B+W copy photo of photo of the S.S. Leviathan near the Hoboken piers, no date, ca. 1918.

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B+W copy photo of photo of the interior of the W. & A. Fletcher plate shop, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1900-20.

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B+W copy photo of postcard, Hoboken Fire Katastrophe, June 30th, 1900, with S.S. Bremen, S.S. Main.

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B+W copy photo of postcard, S.S. Bremen sinking at pier after June 30, 1900, Hoboken fire.

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B+W copy photo of printed photo of the Knickerbocker Nine baseball team, no place,1864.

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B+W copy photo of stage presentation, A Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Rialto Theatre, Hoboken, December 8-12, 1948

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B+W copy photo of stage presentation, A Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Rialto Theatre, Hoboken, December 8-12, 1948

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B+W copy photo of stage presentation, A Tribute to Frank Sinatra, Rialto Theatre, Hoboken, December 8-12, 1948

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B+W copy photo of storage yard at Ferguson Propeller Works, Hoboken, March, 1966.

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B+W copy photo of the New York Yacht Club building, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1880.

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B+W copy photo of the New York Yacht Club building, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1880.

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B+W copy photo of the New York Yacht Club building, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1880.

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B+W copy photo of the Sonntag & Durstewitz families, no place, no date, circa 1890-1900.

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B+W copy photo of the centennial re-creation of the John Stevens' 1826 circular railway and locomotive, (Hoboken), no date, [1926].

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B+W copy photo of the interior of a shop at the W. & A Fletcher shipyard, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1883.

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B+W copy photo of the interior of the machine shop at the W. & A Fletcher shipyard showing assembly line, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1883.

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B+W copy photo of the interior of the patternmaking shop at the W. & A Fletcher shipyard, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1890-1900.

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B+W copy photo of the interior of the plate shop at the W. & A Fletcher shipyard, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1883.

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B+W copy photo of the machine shop interior at the W. & A Fletcher shipyard with workers constructing ship boilers, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1890-1900.

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B+W copy photo of the machine shop interior at the W. & A Fletcher shipyard, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1890-1900.

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B+W copy photo of the southeast corner of Twelfth and Washington Streets, Hoboken, circa 1893.

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B+W copy photo of two workers weaving rope with fids for a bow fender, Erie Railroad Marine Division, Jersey City, no date, ca. 1952.

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B+W copy photo of view to the west standing under the elevated streetcar railway on Ferry St. looking to the corner of Washington St., Hoboken, 1948.

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B+W copy photo of workers leaving the W. & A Fletcher shipyard, Hudson Street near 13th St., Hoboken, no date, ca. 1890-1900.

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B+W copy photo with view of a Hoboken rooftop with Marlon Brando during the filming of "On the Waterfront," Hoboken, no date, ca.

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B+W copy photos, 2, of World War I bond parades, Hoboken, ca. 1918.

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B+W copy photos, 4, related to Stevens family estate or activities near Castle Point, Hoboken, various eras, ca. 1800-1900.

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B+W copy print of Keuffel & Esser Co. building at 4th & Adams, Hoboken ca. early 1960's. Photographer unknown.

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B+W copy print of Mayor Fred DeSapio with Frank Sinatra et al at City Hall, Hoboken, Oct. 30,1947.

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B+W copy print of photo of Caroline Augusta Rabe Beyer and Hilda, Mt. Arlington, N.J., August, 1907.

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B+W digital image of a PATH (Hudson & Manhattan R.R.) car interior, no place, 1966.

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B+W digital print of four photos related to Hudson County Boys Club band, Hoboken, no date, 1938. , Hoboken, no date, ca. 1945-1949.

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B+W digital print of naval servicemen and officer lined up for parade, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1943-1945.

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B+W digital print of photo of 1921-1922 Saint Joseph's Catholic Club basketball team and coach, Hoboken, [1922].

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B+W digital print of photo of Holland America Lines, Pier 5, with an unidentifed passenger liner at berth, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1949.

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B+W digital print of photo of William Reily [sic] in Army uniform posed in studio, no place, no date, ca. 1870-1890.

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B+W digital print of photo of a football game in progress, Hoboken, no date, 1941.

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B+W digital print of photo of procession Black Madonna outside St. Francis Church, Hoboken, September 1948 or 1949.

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B+W digital print of photo of procession of the Black Madonna Black Madonna outside St. Francis Church, Hoboken, September 1948 or 1949.

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B+W digital print of photo of procession of the Black Madonna outside St. Francis Church, Hoboken, Sept. 1948 or 1949.

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B+W digital print of photo of the 1937 Hoboken Wrens baseball team, no place (probably Stevens Park, Hoboken), 1937.

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B+W digital print of photo of the 1941 Hoboken Wrens baseball team, no place (probably Hoboken), 1941.

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B+W digital print of photo of the Hoboken Wrens football team, Hoboken, October, 1941.

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B+W digital print of photo of the Hoboken Wrens football team, no place (probably Hoboken), October, 1939.

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B+W digital print of three photos: women outside 233 Madison St; people seated on sidewalk to watch parade, Hoboken, August, 1945.

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B+W digital print with four photos of World War Two block flags, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1943 -1945.

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B+W digital print with two photos of buildings on Madison Street, numbers 233 + 300, on Victory over Japan Day, Hoboken, August 1945.

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B+W glass plate photographic negative: German Steamers at Hoboken from Ferry Boat (North German Lloyd Steamship Co. piers), Hoboken, Apr. 9, 1915.

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B+W group photo at 50th wedding anniversary celebation for Dominic & Lena Pescatore, Hoboken, February, 1955.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: Eva Marie Saint is third from right, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: Eva Marie Saint's stand-in, Gloria Mosolino, et al, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: Eva Marie Saint's stand-in, Gloria Mosolino, et al, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: Karl Malden is at the center, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: Karl Malden is fourth from the left, Eva Marie Saint is next to him.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: Marlon Brando is second from the right, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: Marlon Brando is third from the left. Others are unidentified. No date, ca. Nov-Dec. 1953.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: a woman & 5 men on the piers, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: group of seven men near large building opening, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: group of ten men near large building opening, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken: group of ten men near vehicles, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of "On the Waterfront" filming in Hoboken:Marlon Brando is third from the left, Hoboken, no date, ca. late 1953-early 1954.

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B+W group photo of 10 men, most in clerical garments on the front steps of the St. Ann's Church parish house, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1925.

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B+W group photo of 11 workers, Todd Shipyard, Riggers Loft, Hoboken, N.J., 1960.

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B+W group photo of 12th Annual Dinner-Dance, Hoboken Liquor Dealers Assn., Elks Club, Hoboken, N.J., Apr. 18, 1948.

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B+W group photo of 15th Annual Florists Ball, Union Club, Hoboken, N.J., Jan. 22, 1949.

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B+W group photo of 1936 8th grade graduation class, Saints Peter and Paul Church School, Hoboken, 1936.

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B+W group photo of 1949 Feast Committee Society of Madonna Dei Martiri, Hoboken, 1949.

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B+W group photo of 1st Annual Communion & Breakfast, Dept. of Public Safety, Hoboken, N.J., Meyer's Hotel, Apr. 25, 1948.

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B+W group photo of 1st Annual Picnic, employees Lackawanna Terminal, Railway Express, Pleasureland, Oct. 3, 1954.

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B+W group photo of Coast Guard baseball team affiliated with Hoboken Y.M.C.A., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1942-1945.

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B+W group photo of Dinner Dance, Tootsie Roll Old Timers, Hotel Governor Clinton, New York, N.Y., December 27, 1952.

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B+W group photo of Dinner Dance, Tootsie Roll Old Timers, Hotel Governor Clinton, New York, N.Y., December 29, 1954.

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B+W group photo of George Crimmins, Sr with 3 other people at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 158, no date (ca. late 1940's.)

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B+W group photo of Hoboken Girl Scouts at U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C. April, 1978.

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B+W group photo of Hoboken Tennis Club women members, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1915.

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B+W group photo of Our Lady of Grace School Cadets, Hoboken, 1940.

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B+W group photo of Our Lady of Grace band, Hoboken, ca. 1936-1938.

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B+W group photo of Our Lady of Grace basketball team, Hoboken, 1940-1941.

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B+W group photo of Our Lady of Grace basketball team, Hoboken, ca. 1938-1939.

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B+W group photo of Seventh Annual Communion Breakfast, Department of Public Safety, Hoboken, New Jersey, Union Club, May 2, 1954.

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B+W group photo of Sir Thomas Lipton & 4 other members of the Hoboken Chamber of Commerce as Lipton was made a member, Nov. 21, 1919.

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B+W group photo of St. Ann's Royalty, Bazaar, 1939 for St. Ann's Church, Hoboken, 1939.

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B+W group photo of Stevens Academy Banquet, 100th Anniversary, Union Club (Hoboken), Apr. 28, 1960.

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B+W group photo of Testimonial Dinner Tendered to Edward J. Florio, Union Club, Hoboken, N.J., January 29, 1949.

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B+W group photo of Union Club owner Joseph Samperi, family & friends (Sinatra's parents?) at table, Union Club, Hoboken, N.J., n.d., ca. 1948-1950.

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B+W group photo of a Hoboken baseball team ca. 1920.

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B+W group photo of a Hoboken family in a studio portrait holding musical instruments, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1910.

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B+W group photo of a Quartett Club outing, possibly in Baltimore, no date, ca. 1890-1900.

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B+W group photo of a dinner dance sponsored by the Hoboken Liquor Dealers Assn. at the Union Club, Feb. 25, 1937. ca. 12" x 18"

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B+W group photo of a dinner of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen & Engineers honoring Charles F. Keenen, Hotel New Yorker, N.Y., May 30, 1947.

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B+W group photo of a tennis team inside a shipyard building, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1930.

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B+W group photo of a tennis team inside a shipyard building, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1935

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B+W group photo of a testimonial dinner for Moe Aronsberg, Union Club, Hoboken, Feb. 28, 1951.

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B+W group photo of an Army infantry company, no place, no date. Appears to be from World War II.

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B+W group photo of an unidentified Hoboken social outing, ca. 1900.

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B+W group photo of choir with violin & piano at the Hoboken YMCA, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1950-1955.

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B+W group photo of eight men posed in front of a stage, (Hoboken), no date, ca. 1960-1970.

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B+W group photo of meeting; probably officers at the Hoboken YMCA, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1945-1955.

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B+W group photo of men at a Lions Club meeting, Hoboken?, no date, ca. 1950.

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B+W group photo of men in suits holding Wheaties boxes, some wearing awards for shooting, Hoboken?, no date, ca. 1943

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B+W group photo of men posed outside U.S. army enlistment center, West Hoboken, n.d., ca. June 1918.

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B+W group photo of men, women & children taken on Bethlehem Steel shipyard pier, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1940-1943.

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B+W group photo of of Hoboken Girl Scouts with flags standing in street, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1980-1985.

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B+W group photo of the Demarest High School June Class of 1932, Hoboken, 1932.

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B+W group photo of the Hoboken Unit of the Red Cross Emergency Division in 1918.

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B+W group photo of the testimonial dinner for Harry D. Bingham by his co-workers upon his retirement, Meyers Hotel, Hoboken, September 14, 1951.

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B+W group photo of unidentified people at a banquet, location not identified, no date, ca. 1950.

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B+W group photo of unidentified people at a banquet, location not identified, no date, ca. 1950.

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B+W group photo posed on sofa inside Smith home, 15 Willow Terrace, Hoboken, n.d., ca. late 1940s.

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B+W group photo with Frank Sinatra, Dolly Sinatra, Franciscan friars & others, in St. Francis Church, Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1936-1939.

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B+W group photo: Class of 1951. United States Testing Co., Inc. Summer Course. (Hoboken, 1951.)

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B+W group photos, 4, of medical staff at Saint Mary Hospital, Hoboken, no date, probably 1977.

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B+W group photos, 5, of attendees at Saint Mary Hospital 1977 Charity Ball, Hoboken, 1977.

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B+W historical photo of cars at middle of Lincoln Tunnel on opening day, Dec. 22, 1937; re-issued Dec. 14, 1987.

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B+W image of photo of funeral procession for victims of 1900 dock fire, Washington St. looking south to Fourth St., Hoboken, 1900.

B+W image of postcard, Washington St. at 3rd St.: B. Braustein (Diamonds), no. 234 Washington St., Hoboken, ca. 1913.

B+W image of postcard: John Tammen Delicatessen & Lunch, 104 Washington St., Hoboken, no date, circa 1910.

B+W inscribed photo of Frank Sinatra on Bergenline Ave.(?), W.N.Y., NJ., n.d., ca. 1940-1942.

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B+W lantern slide of Irish immigrants on deck of a ship, n.p. (U.K.), 1898.

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B+W lantern slide of Irish immigrants on deck of a ship, n.p. (U.K.), 1898.

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B+W lantern slide of Irish immigrants on deck of a ship, n.p. (U.K.), 1898.

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B+W lantern slide of Irish immigrants, children at play, on deck of a ship, n.p. (U.K.), 1898.

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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B+W negative contact sheet of images of Hoboken taken by John Conn. no date, [1976].

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