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Featured event

At the Weehawken Public Library in March 2023:
Photographic exhibit
The Grauert Causeway - Then and Now

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Featured Collections

Hamilton Burr Duel Re-Enactment 2004

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July 11, 2004 marked the 200th anniversary of the historic duel between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr in Weehawken, NJ. The duel was the…

Weehawken Police Department Photographs - 1930s-1950s

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Black and white photographs of Weehawken, including views of Route 495 and its marginal access roads, photographs of cars that were in accidents,…

Recently added items

Photo - Weehawken Police Commissioner Harry Stearns and his attorney

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Caption: N 74583 "P & 4 PHOTOS"WATCH YOUR CREDIT (PHOTO SHOWS L to R HARRY STEARNS, POLICE COMMISSIONER OF WEHAWKEN, N.J., AND HiS ATTORNEY,…

Video - The Weehawken Passenger Elevator

A brief video describing the amazing huge passenger elevator designed by Gustave Eiffel which connected the Weehawken waterfront and ferries to upper…

Lithograph - Weehawken Ferry - Fermin Rocker

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Lithograph of commuters exiting the Weehawken Ferryboat Catskill on foot and in their cars signed by artist Fermin Rocker.We do not have a date for…

Weehawken Town Council Minutes - May 1907 through July 1908

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Town council meeting minutes for May 1907 through July 1908

Weehawken Town Council Minutes for Jan 1 - Oct 1 1917

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Minutes of Town Council meetings from Jan 1 through Oct 1 1917.