Items

• Delivery Notification - Hudson River Railroad Company - 1903

  Postcard sent to the Oneita Knitting Company advising them that they have a shipment of 44 sacks of cotton shipped from Weehawken waiting for them at Utica Station and that they will be charged $1.00 per day if it is not picked up after 48 hours.
• NYC Side of the Weehawken Ferry

  Film of commuters at the New York City side of the Weehawken ferry in the late 1920s or 1930s.
• The Weehawken Elevators and Viaduct

  Technical article from the Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers Volume 27, Issue 2 (1892) describing the design and construction of the massive elevator which brought passengers up from the waterfront to the top of the Palisades and thence on to the Eldorado pleasure garden. Retrieved from the Internet Archive
• Hudson River Bridge at 57th Street, New York, Map and Profile Hudson River Bridge at 57th Street, New York, Elevation and Plan Hudson River Bridge at 57th Street, New York, Diagram of Clear Heights

  Three Blueprints of the Hudson River Bridge, designed by Gustav Lindenthal, Civil Engineer, Designer and President of the North River Bridge Company, dated October 22, 1931. The proposed bridge would cross the Hudson between 57th Street in New York and 51st Street (then 6th Street) in Weehawken. The concept of building a railway and vehicular bridge across the Hudson River at 57th Street had been in the works since the early years of the 20th century. (See original double-decker bridge, designed in the 1920s, by searching on Item WHC392). This was to be a private enterprise, which made its building less likely, according to the Chairman of the Port of New York Authority at the time. In fact, the George Washington Bridge opened on October 25, 1931, providing the means to drive across the Hudson River in upper Manhattan.
• Public Service Consolidated Transport Trolley 2806 on the Union City Line - 1944

  Not quite in Weehawken, but I'm sure that Weehawken people took this trolley on Bergenline Avenue
• Matchbook - Spirit of NJ Cruises

  Promotional matchbook from Spirit Cruises, which operates from Lincoln Harbor in Weehawken, offering dinnertime trips around New York Harbor.
• West Shore Grain Elevator, Pier 7

  Undated 2-1/2" x 3-1/2" black and white glossy photograph of the West Shore Grain Elevator, which was located just north of Weehawken on Pier 7 in West New York.
• Commemorative Cachet - Lincoln Tunnel Opening

  Lincoln Tunnel Opening, December 21, 1937 commemorative cachet marking the dedication of the first Lincoln Tunnel tube. The decorative envelope features an engraving of the Lincoln Tunnel, with text in red. The envelope was addressed to Otto F. Weinert Jr, 407 41st Street, Union City, N.J and was postmarked at 11AM on December 21, 1937.
• Public Service Trolley #3277 at Weehawken Waterfront - 1934

  2.75" x 4.5" black and white glossy photo of Public Service trolley #3277 at Weehawken Waterfront. On the reverse side is notated #3277 - Public Service - Weehawken 1934. Edward B. Watson.
• Weehawken Ferry and Tugboat in the Hudson -1950s

  Two scanned negatives of photos stated to be from the 1950s showing a Weehawken Ferry and tugboat on the Hudson River between Weehawken and New York City.
• Trolley from the Weehawken / 42nd Street Ferry

  Photo (from a negative) of a trolley car coming up from Weehawken to NYC 42nd Street Ferry on Pershing Road. The seller of this photo states that it was taken in 1949.
• Photo - Public Service Coordinated Transport Trolley

  Photograph of Public Service Coordinated Transport Trolley car number 2802 taken at Weehawken on May 15, 1949. More information about PSCT can be found on Wikipedia
• Video - The Weehawken Passenger Elevator

  A brief video describing the amazing huge passenger elevator which connected the Weehawken waterfront and ferries to upper Weehawken, the Eldorado amusement park, and the North Hudson Railway Company. Unfortunately, this video repeats the myth that Gustave Eiffel (he of Tower fame) designed the elevator. The elevator was actually designed by civil engineer Thomas E Brown Jr. based on specifications by Edward A. Trapp, engineer of the North Hudson Railroad Company. (Thanks to Desiree Palma Sosa for sending in the link)
• Lithograph - Weehawken Ferry - Fermin Rocker

  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 this, but the clothes and cars look like they would date to the late 1940s or 1950s.
• Photo - Ferryboat Weehawken's last day - 1959

  AP Wire Photo - March 24, 1959 - description from the photo:NEW YORK(NY25) NEW YORK MAR.24-END OF AN ERA APPROACHING- Its decks loaded with last day commuters from New Jersey, the New York Central's ferryboat Weehawken heads into its Hudson River slip at 42nd Street today. Looking at the approaching ferry is breidgeman Daniel Jaeger who has been on the job for 14 years.  Service, started in 1829 by a company using paddlewheel boars and taken over by the New York Central (railway) in 1885, ends tonight.  Central officials said that huge losses in running the ferries forced them to close down the service.  The 5,000 commuters using it daily will have to find other means of transportation. (APWirephoto)1959
• Correspondence with New York, Ontario and Western Railway - 1915

  Letter and reply regarding a damaged shipment and associated payment from the NYO&W railroad headquartered in Weehawken.
• Postcard - Palisades at 42nd Street Ferry, Weehawken, NJ

  Views of Weehawken waterfront, trolley, Karl Bitter's studio and a sign advertising "Highwood Park" at the top of the Palisades.
• Postcard - Weehawken Viaduct and Train

  Postcard showing a train on Weehawken's working waterfromt in front of a rail bridge. Postmarked 1908.
• New York Evening Graphic -Hudson Bridge Special - 1925

  Newspaper supplement from the New York Evening Graphic, a tabloid style newspaper that was published between 1924-1932. The Hudson Bridge Special, published in 1925, was a supplement promoting a bridge between New York and New Jersey.
• NY Central Freight and Passenger Railway

  Scanned photograph of the NY Central Freight and Passenger railyards, taken in 1946.
• Pier K, Weehawken - 1946

  Scan of black and white photograph of Pier K, looking south towards lower Manhattan. Pier K was part of the NY Central Railway system. The image was taken from the top of the Palisades.
• West Shore Ferry - 1946

  Scan of black and white photograph of the West Shore Ferry terminal, looking across to New York City. The photograph was taken in July, 1946.
• Stock Transfer Certificates - West Shore and Ontario Terminal Company

  Two 1883 stock transfer certificates executed at Weehawken
• 1941 Public Service Bus #16 Timetable

  1941 Public Service Bus #16 Timetable
• New York Central System Ferry Pass 1947-1948

  Season ticket for the NYCRR Weehawken Ferry for 1947-1948