Items

• Weehawken 1934, from drawings by Grant Wright

  Gold framed poster titled Weehawken 1934, created for the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Township of Weehawken, with vignettes drawn and painted by Grant Wright.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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 - Weehawken Grain Elevator at Pier 7 after explosion caused by German saboteurs during WW I

  1915 photograph of the Weehawken Pier 7 grain elevator built by the New York Central Railroad. According to an article in the NY Times from September 11, 1901, this was the largest grain elevator in the world at that time, holding a whopping 4,000,000 bushels at a construction cost of $1,500,00. According to the Library of Congress, This photo was taken after an explosion on July 15, 1915. In connection with the explosion serveral men, including Robert Fay and William Sholy were arrested for suspected bomb plots by German saboteurs.An article in the New York Times the next day placed the elevator in West New York, but gives more details on the explosion.For more information on grain terminals in the NYC area, including the Weehawken one, check out this video on YouTube.
• 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.
• Postcard - West view from the Empire State Building, New York City

  While some people will be looking at the small town in the foreground of this photo, those in the know will concentrate their attention on the far shore which contains a view of Weehawken's waterfront in 1983.
• 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
• 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 - Hudson River from the Palisades

  Photograph of the Hudson from the Palisades with a three masted sailing ship in view.
• 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.
• West Shore Ferry Terminal

  Black and white photograph, looking northeast towards the West Shore Ferry Terminal, with its 5 ferry boats in their slips. Behind are long storage piers belonging to the West Shore Railroad.
• King's Bluff Curve, Weehawken, NJ

  Black and white postcard photo of King's Bluff curve, with train running south along railroad tracks. Mailed April 30, 1910 from Weehawken. John C. Voigt Post Card Co., Jersey City, NJ. Printed in Germany.
• Photo of the waterfront from Boulevard East and Pershing Road

  Undated photograph showing the Weehawken waterfront while it was still an active railroad and river transportation nexus. A trolley can be seen at the lower left of the image.Based on the cars seen in the image, it appears to be from the 1930s, but this is a guess.The Esso station shown in the photo is today an Exxon station (a successor company to Esso)
• Pier 7 Grain Elevator

  Three black and white photographs of the Pier 7 grain elevator, which was located near the border of Weehawken and West New York. The photos were taken by Charles Schneider, from Boulevard East
• Pier K, Union Dry Dock and Ferry Terminal

  Black and white photograph looking north east towards Pier K, Union Dry Dock and Ferry Terminal. Image taken by Charles Schneider.
• Binghamton Ferry in Edgewater

  Two color digital photos, taken June 28, 2012, of the Binghamton Ferry sinking into the Hudson River. The ferry was launched in 1905, serving passengers from Hoboken to New York, and retired in 1967. Since 1971 she has been moored in Edgewater, NJ and was a floating restaurant from 1975-2007. The Binghamton was placed on the National Register of historic places in 1982.
• West Shore Ferry Terminal - Trolly Tracks

  Black and white photograph dated June 4, 1914 from the North Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society collection. Reverse photo description reads: West Shore Ferry Terminal, Weehawken, NJ Looking east from 100' up hillside From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Trolley at the West Shore Terminal

  This black and white photo, dated July 27, 1914, is part of the New Jersey Electric Railway Historical Society photo collection. It shows a trolley at the West Shore Terminal on Weehawken's waterfront. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Undated Photo of a Trolley on Pershing Road

  This undated photo (circa 1930s-40s) appears to show a trolley on its way up from the waterfront to upper Weehawken via Pershing Road. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• West Shore RR Ferry Kingston

  Undated sepia toned photograph of the West Shore Railroad Ferry Kingston, which plied the Hudson River between New York City and Weehawken. This photo is from the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.