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100 Hoboken Firsts.

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100 Hoboken Firsts. By Jim Hans. [Hoboken]: Hoboken Historical Museum, [2005]. First edition. Small 4to softcover. pp., xix, 126. Illustrated. Two shelf use copies marked as such and four file copies. PDF on file. Images on disks. The one hundred items were selected by long-time resident and museum co-founder Hans. Designed by Joy Sikorski. Small 4to softcover

2005.001.0002

2005.001

Staff / Produced by

Produced by Staff

Museum Collection.

Hans, Jim

First edition

Hoboken Historical Museum

Hoboken

2005

English

0-9768525-0

Copy No.: 1

Display Value: Fair Notes: Copy 10 was disbound for scanning purposes and is stored as loose leaves. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2005-12-13

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back cover pg [i] pg [ii] pg [iii] title pg [iv] pg [v] contents pg [vi] pg [vii] pg [viii] pg [ix] [preface] Hoboken, This Love of Mine pg x pg xi pg xii pg xiii pg xiv pg xv pg [xvi] - left half, 1639 Vinckeboons, Manatus map pg [xvii] - right half, 1639 Vinckeboons, Manatus map pg [xix] illus Hudson, Half Moon trading with Lenni Lenape pg 1: 1. First Landowner 1630 pg 2: 2. First Brewery in new Jersey 1641 pg 3: 3. First Justice 1665 pg 4: 4. First Patent Law 1790; 5. First Crysanthemum 1798 pg [5]: 5. First Crysanthemum; illus. Dark Purple Crysanthemum, Stevens pg 6: 6. First Steamboat on the Hudson River 1802 pg 7: 7. First Floating Bridge 1805 pg 8: 8. First Trans Hudson Tunnel 1806 pg 8: 9. First American Steamboat Ocean Voyage 1809 pg 10: 10. First American Mineral Described 1810 pg 11: 11. First Steam Ferry 1811 pg 12: 12. First American Railroad Book 1812 pg 13: 13. First Blueprint for an Ironclad Ship 1813 pg 14: 14. First Railroad Charter 1815; 15. First to Use Clean Coal 1818 pg 15: 16. First Ferry Slip 1822 pg 16: 17. First Steam Railroad in U.S. 1825 pg 17: 18. First T-Rail 1830; 19. & Hook-headed Spike 1830 pg 18: 20. First N.J. [New Jersey] Railroad 1831 pg 19: 21. First Railroad Ties and Ballast 1832 pg 20: 22. First Locomotive Pilot Wheel 1832 pg 21: 23. First Iron-plated [iron plated] Warship Construction 1842 pg 22: 23. First Iron-plated... ; two illus. Stevens Battery pg 23: 23. First Iron-plated...; illus. Stevens Battery pg 24: 24. First Detective Series 1840's (Poe / Sybil's Cave) pg 25: 24. First Detective Series...; text; illus Poe / Mary Rogers pg 26: 25. The New York Yacht Club 1844 pg 27: 25. The New York Yacht Club; Stevens / America's Cup pg 28: 26. First American Regatta 1845 pg 29: 27. First Baseball Match [base-ball] pg 30: 27. First Baseball Match; illus Rodenberg's Tavern, Elysian Fields pg 31: 27. First Baseball Match pg 32: 28. First Woman Postmaster pg 33: 29. First Winner of the America's Cup 1851 pg 34: 30. First Baseball Series 1857 pg 35:31. First Horse Car Railroad in New Jersey 1859 pg 36: 32. First American Cricket Tournament 1859 pg 37: illustrations Gopsill's Directory pg 38: 33. First School Kindergarten 1861 pg 39: 33. First School Kindergarten; illus. Hoboken Academy pg 40: 34. Street Car Invented 1861 pg 41: 35. First Civil War Supporter 1861 pg 42: 36. First Engineering College 1870 pg [43]: 36. First Engineering College; illustrations pg 44: 37. Nat Hicks - First Catcher behind the batter 1871 pg 45: 37. Nat Hicks...; 38. First Chewing Gum 1871 pg 46: 39. First Jewish Congregation in Hudson County 1871 pg 47: 40. First Horse-car Elevator 1874 pg 48: 41 The Hudson River Tubes 1879 pg 49: 41 The Hudson River Tubes; illus. pg 50: 42. First Telephone System in New Jersey 1879 pg 51: 43. First Society of Engineers 1880; 44. 1st Bottled Milk in NJ 1880 pg 52: 45. First Steel-hull [steel hull] Ferry 1881 pg 53: 46. First Industrial Education Association 1885 pg 54: 47. First Elevated Cable Railway in America 1886 pg [55]: 47. First Elevated Cable Railway in America; illus. pg 56: 48. First Propeller - driven Ferry 1888 pg [57]: illus. Hoboken Quartett Club pg [58]: 49. First Woman around the World 1889; illus. Nellie Bly poster pg 59: 49. First Woman around World 1889; 50. 1st Double-deck Ferry 1891 pg 60: 51. First Slide Rule [Keuffel & Esser] 1891 pg 61: 52. First Shipboard Band 1891 pg 62: 53. First Pensions for Teachers 1892 pg [63]: illus. ads from Columbia Life pg 64: 54. First Shakespeare Outdoors 1895 pg 65: 55. First Woman Lawyer in New Jersey 1895 pg 66: 56. First Library Building 1896 pg 67: 57. First N.J. Probation 1896 pg [68]: 58. First Ice Cream Cone; illus. Marchiony holder pg 69: 58. First Ice Cream Cone 1903 - 1904 (Marchiony) pg 70: 59. First Steam Turbine Vessel 1906 pg 71: 60. The Honor System 1906; 61. First Public Air Conditioning 1907 pg 72: 62. First Subway & First Passenger 1908 pg 73: 62. First Subway & First Passenger; 63. First Decals 1908 pg 74: 63. First Decals; illus. pg 75: 63. First Decals; illus. pg 76: 64. First Fire Prevention Course 1909; 65.1st World Cruise Ship 1909 pg [77]: 65. First World Cruise Ship; illus. pg 78: 66. First Oreo Cookie 1912 pg 79: 67. First Auto Hearse 1913 pg 80: 68. First Zipper 1913 pg 81: 69. First Woman President of Teachers' Association 1914 pg 82: 70. First Military Training in Public School 1916 pg 83: 71. First Merchants' Association 1917 pg 84: 72. First Great Army 1917 pg 85: 72. First Great Army 1917; text & illus. pg 86: First Prohibition Declared! 1917 pg 87: 74. Women Military Housed 1919; 75. 1st Daylight Savings in NJ 1920 pg 88: 76. First National Radio Broadcast; illus. pg 89: 76. First National Radio Broadcast 1921 pg 90: 77. First Italian-American Women's Democratic Club 1923 pg 91: 78. First Ship to Shore 1929 pg 92: 79. First Bartered Ship 1936 pg 93: 80. First Steamship Amenities 1938 pg 94: 81. Instant Coffee Invented ca. 1942 pg 95: 82. First Woman to Caulk Ships 1943 pg 96: 83. First Parachute Mail 1947; 84. First Public Warning System 1951 pg 97: 85. First Sea-going Radio 1952; 86. First Touch-tone Telephone 1959 pg 98: 87:1st Church in the Round 1964;88.1st Closed-circuit TV System 1962 pg 99: 89. First Air-conditioned Subway 1964 pg 100: 90. First Blimpie Base 1964 pg 101: 91. First Atomic Merchant Ship 1965 pg 102: 92. First Floating Dorm 1967 pg 103: 93. First Girl on a Little League Team 1972 pg 104: 94. First Factory Conversion 1976 pg 105: 95. 1st Computer Class Requirement; 96. 1st Baseball...Russia 1988 pg 106: 96. First American Baseball Team to Visit Russia 1988 pg 107: 97. First College Credits in High School 1994 pg 108: 98. First Automated Parking Garage 1999 pg 109: 99. First Woman Fire-fighters in Hudson County 2002 pg [110]: 100. First Automatic Postage in N.J. 2004 pg 130: Epilogue pg 112: A Short History of Early Hoboken pg 113 pg 114 pg 115 pg 116: The Stevens Family pg 117 pg 118: The Clam Broth House 1899 - 2005 pg 119 pg 120: Time Line pg 121 pg 122: An Advertising Sampler pg 123: An Advertising Sampler pg 124: Sources pg 124 pg [126] Acknowledgments back cover 100 Hoboken Firsts. picture number 148 100 Hoboken Firsts. picture number 149