Items

• Family posing in front of their car on Park Avenue across the street from the Dairy Queen at 44th Street and Park Avenue.

  8" x 10" black and white photograph of a well dressed family standing in front of their car on the Weehawken side of Park Avenue, across from the Dairy Queen on the Union City side of Park Avenue, circa 1950.
• Bird's-eye View from Morgan Street and Bulls Ferry Road, showing Water Tower, Union Hill, NJ

  Unposted colored postcard of a view of Bulls Ferry Road (today's Park Avenue) looking north from Morgan Street n (today's 40th Street) towards the Hackensack Water Tower and reservoir at right. At left in distance is the Bermes Brewery, with flag on top. Published by Souvenir Post Card Company, Printed in Germany.
• North Hudson Hospital, Weehawken, NJ

  Color photo postcard of North Hudson Hospital, located between Clifton and Columbia Terraces on Park Avenue. Mailed June 24, 1914 from Weehawken. Published by Souvenir Postcard Company, printed in New York. From the collection of Tony Bodtmann.
• Bulls Ferry Road from from Clifton Terrace, Weehawken NJ

  Black and white postcard looking south from the corner of Clifton Terrace and Bulls Ferry Road, showing Charles F. Koster Real Estate and Insurance offices. Bulls Ferry Road is today's Park Avenue.
• Park Avenue

  8" x 10" black and white photograph of Park Avenue between 50th and 51st Street, looking north. Caption reads: Number of cars parked - 11 Out of town - 3
• Park Avenue looking south

  9" x 11" black and white photograph of Park Avenue looking south from 45th Street, Union City. Note North Hudson Hospital and Weehawken Water Tower at left.
• Park Avenue looking north

  9" x 11" black and white photograph of Park Avenue looking north towards the water tower from Lewis Street, Union City. Note the cobblestoned road and trolley tracks.
• North Hudson Hospital

  9" x 11" black and white photograph of North Hudson Hospital, taken from Union City side of Park Avenue and 43rd Street.
• Lower Park Avenue

  9" x 11" black and white photograph of lower Park Avenue looking west to apartment building.
• Lower Park Avenue, looking south

  9" x 11" black and white photograph of lower Park Avenue, looking south toward the Lincoln School.
• Lower Park Avenue, looking north

  9" x 11" black and white photographs of lower Park Avenue, looking north
• Newspaper Clipping - Graphic Picture of Progress to Date on Weehawken-Midtown

  Newspaper clipping, hand dated October 4, 1937, from The Hudson Dispatch including a panoramic view of the tunnel cut and approaches as of that date. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Newspaper Clipping - Steps from Park Avenue to Union City

  Undated and unidentified newspaper clipping with the following caption: Twice a Day on These and Mountain Climbing Is Child's Play Before you reach this ascent from Park Avenue, Weehawken, to Twentieth Street and Gregory Avenue, Union City, you have climbed 22 steps. Then you go straight up 249 steps, gasping for breath at each landing, and you are just at the boundary of Union City. - A.F. Lozio This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Photo - Construction of Ramp from 495 to Park Avenue

  Undated black and white photo, circa late 1930s showing the construction of the ramp from route 495 to Park Avenue. The library is visible on the right of the photo. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission
• Photo - Installation of Park Avenue Bridge on Lincoln Tunnel Approach

  Undated black and white photo of the installation of the bridge carrying the Lincoln Tunnel approach over Park Avenue. There is a handwritten caption on the back: January 15th. Saturday at 3 PM. Placing this 55 ton steel to complete the ramp on Park Av. This item is in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Clifton Terrace and Park Avenue in 1900

  This black and white photograph from the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission shows what the intersection of Clifton Terrace and Park Avenue looked like in 1900.
• Bunton's Canndy Shop - 1931

  Advertisement from the Weehawken Zenith Yearbook in 1931 for Bunton's Canndy Shop at 99 Liberty Place. In the 1950s, the store became Van's Ice Cream Parlor and Luncheonette, still selling candy and Horton'e Ice Cream. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Jacobsen's Power Mowers

  Black and white photo of Jacobsen's Power Motors. This business was located on the current site of a small park, next to Calhoun Hall. You can see a bit of the berm to the reservoir which was replaced by the Pathmark, now Acme parking lot to the left. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Pictures from the North Hudson Hospital

  These photos show the medical professionals of the North Hudson Hospital (predecessor to today's Palisades Medical Center) located on Park Avenue in Weehawken. From an anniversary publication of Palisades Medical Center., in the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Photograph - Downtown - Park Avenue

  Black and white photograph (circa 1930) of 18th Street looking west towards the Palisades, crossing Park Avenue and Willow Avenue before the Willow Avenue bridge was erected. The Herme building (with turret) is at left on Willow. From the collection of Weehawken resident Bobby Reed.
• Photograph - Downtown - Park Avenue

  Undated black and white photograph of winter scene on lower Park Avenue. Note the milk wagon (Jameson's) just past the old town hall, the 3-story building (fourth up the street) with snow on its peaked roof.
• Bill - Gallagher's Market

  This vintage 1972 bill is from Gallagher's Market, which was then located at 4114 Park Avenue, on the south corner of Park Avenue and Liberty Street. Thanks to Willie Demontreux of the Weehawken Historical Commission for this image.
• North Hudson Hospital, Park Avenue, Weehawken

  Colored photo postcard showing the North Hudson Hospital some time around the turn of the 20th century. The hospital was located on Park Avenue, between Clifton and Columbia Terraces.
• Bulls Ferry Road, Union Hill, NJ

  View looking south down Bulls Ferry Road (today's Park Avenue) towards the Water Tower. Postmarked September 28, 1909 from Hoboken. From the collection of Marianne Wuillamey.
• Match Book - Fred's Confectionery

  This matchbook advertises Fred's Confectionery, located at 4220 Park Avenue. They apparently sold ice cream and they aimed to please.