Items

• Teacher Contract - 1900

  This is a contract between an F.A. Balch and the Weehawken Board of Education, dated November 22, 1900. Mr. Balch appears to have been a first grade teacher and was paid the princely sum of $1200 per year to instruct his pupils. Frank A. Balch was born in New Hampshire, raised in Massachusetts before coming to Weehawken to teach school. From 1910-1930, Frank and Elsie Balch, his wife, and son Frank, Jr., were living at a house they owned at 201 Jane Street. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Program - Graduation Exercises - PS 2 - 1910

  This program from the Graduation Exercises of Weehawken Public School Number 2 (located at Palisade Avenue and Angelique Street) is dated Tuesday, June 21, 1910. The Webster School was built in its place in 1940. It includes a picture of the school, a program of the festivities and a list of the graduates. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Peter Scentel

  Undated sepia toned photograph of Peter Scentel, a member of the Baldwin Hose Company and also Sunday School Superintendent of the W. 19th St. Methodist Episcopal Church. From the collection of Mark Wright.
• Tambourine Drill - Public School 1

  Sepia toned photograph of girls at the Lincoln School, circa 1895. Row 3 (top) -- Mary Burns , ? the teacher , --- MacFadden Row 2 (middle) -- Laura Banks, Lucie Bruker, Ida Wright, Ida Pankowski Row 1 (bottom) -- Jessie Wright, Barbara Geary, Bertha House, Alice (Limouze), Jennie Anderson(?) Laura Otis Ida and Jessie Wright were my great aunts. Alice in Row 1 married a Limouze. From the collection of Mark Wright.
• Class at the Lincoln School

  Undated black and white photograph (early 20th century) of a class at the Lincoln School or PS #1, opened in 1890. This was the first school built after the 4-room schoolhouse on Baldwin Avenue and Boulevard East that opened in 1862. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Photo - Roosevelt School Home Economics Class

  From a publication called The Educational Service of the Public Schools of Weehawken, published in 1930. The caption above the photo reads: In the intermediate unit sewing classes these girls made the dresses they are wearing. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Photo of the Lincoln School

  Undated photo of the Lincoln School, which was located between Willow Avenue and Boulevard East, north of 19th Street, where the firehouse now stands. From the collection of the Weehawken Historical Commission.
• Weehawken High School Varsity Cheerleaders of 1973

  This 1973 colored photo of WHS' Varsity Cheerleading Squad comes to us from Time Machine user Barbara Helmich. Time Machine user Mary DeMuro Boruch sent in these names for the people in the picture: Starting with the front row, left to right: Row 1: Kathleen Fearon, Patricia Kelly, Nancy Cereso Row 2: Faith Ann Vion, Theresa Koster, Rosemarie Attilio, Anne Marie Pallombella, Marjorie Helmich Row 3: Maryanne Niederer, Mary DeMuro (Captain), Robin O'Neill, Jane Komorowski, Suzanne Hughes (Co-Captain)
• Weehawken High School Flag Twirlers in 1967

  Weehawken resident Barbara Helmich sent in a group of black and white photos of Weehawken High School's Flag Twirlers (of which she was one) in 1967.
• Woodrow Wilson Jr. High Delegation to the NJ Tercentenary

  Barbara Helmich sent in this photo and explains: This is a picture of a lot of my classmates at Woodrow Wilson Junior High in 1964. We participated in a NJ Tercentenary celebration and each of us represented (in our gym suits!) a NJ county.
• Lincoln School Graduating Class of 1961

  Dennis Bradley sent in this black and white photo of most of the 1961 graduating class of the Lincoln School located between Willow Avenue (Park Avenue) and Boulevard East. The teacher of the class was Mrs. Taylor. This photo was taken on the steps on the Park Avenue side of the school.According to Time Machine contributor Tom Cheplic, "My understanding is that Lincoln School was located on the property where the 19th Street firehouse is presently between Willow & Park Avenues. I don't know when they knocked the school down but I remember it as a big old empty lot as a kid. During my Little League years, the coaches would occasionally hold practice there when we couldn't get time at the Stadium."James Chieco emailed in this list of names for this photo:First row front from Left to right;James Chieco, Robert Manzari, Dennis Lundy, Dennis Bradley, Irene Trifoglio, Kathleen Rohrbeck, and Laverne Hunt. Second Row Left to right: George Maresco, Helen Chikeles, Vincent Gilligan (Principal) Mrs Taylor, 6th grade Teacher, Lucille Hintz, William Bradley, and Dennis Zbuchlski. Missing Students from Photo are Donna Pilgrim, Diane Pilgrim, and Janice Van Derlinden. (Janice and Laverne Hunt are Deceased) Third Row Left to Right: Joseph Truncilito (Custodian) Miss Cassidy (4th Grade teacher) Miss Foley (1st Grade Teacher), Miss Weiss (?) I think 3rd grade, Mrs Batten (5th Grade Teacher) Fourth Row left to right: Mrs. Eagan (?) and Mrs. Schumacher (?)
• Diploma - Woodrow Wilson High School

  This image of a diploma from Woodrow Wilson High School dated 1932 was sent in by Connie Beattie of Lacombe, LA who asked for it to be posted in honor of her aunt, Esther Berntsen Dunn.
• Graduation Exercises - Hamilton School - 1928

  These copies of an invitation to the 1928 Graduation Exercises for the Hamilton School, as well as some newspaper articles about the honoring of Principal Cora E. Fiske (who "favors discipline to save the child") at the festivities were sent to the Time Machine by Connie Beattie of Lacombe, LA who asked for it to be posted in honor of her aunt, Esther Berntsen Dunn.
• Zenith Yearbook Cover - Weehawken HS - 1929

  This copy of some cover art from the June 1929 edition of Weehawken's Woodrow Wilson High School's Yearbook, The Zenith was sent to the Time Machine by Connie Beattie of Lacombe, LA in honor of her aunt Esther Berntsen Dunn.
• Zenith Yearbook Cover - Weehawken HS

  This copy of some cover art from Vol III, No. 1 of Weehawken's Woodrow Wilson High School's Yearbook, The Zenith was sent to the Time Machine by Connie Beattie of Lacombe, LA in honor of her aunt Esther Berntsen Dunn.
• Invitation - 1963 Reunion of Woodrow Wilson HS Class of 1932

  This copy of an invitation to the April 27, 1963 reunion of the Classes of January and June 1932 of Woodrow Wilson High School was sent to the Time Machine by Connie Beattie of Lacombe, LA who asked for it to be posted in honor of her aunt, Esther Berntsen Dunn.
• Book - The Educational Service of the Public Schools of Weehawken, NJ

  This is a complete scan of a 90 page book of texts and photographs, published by the Weehawken Board of Education in 1930.
• Program - Weehawken Centennial - Public Schools

  Program from the 1959 festivities in the Weehawken Public Schools celebrating the centennial of the founding of the Township of Weehawken in 1859.
• Public School, Weehawken Heights, NJ

  Hand colored undivided photo postcard of the Daniel Webster School at Palisade Avenue and Angelique Street. The school was built in 1896 and an addition was later added. The school was demolished in 1939 to make way for the current Webster school building. Postmarked March 25, 1907 from Hoboken. From the collection of Steve Dorio.
• Roosevelt School - 1959 - Dr. Kaufman's 6th Grade Class

  Color photo of Dr. Kaufman's 6th grade class in front Roosevelt School. Thanks to Time Machine User Craig Berteele for this photo and information: Row 1 Robert Garvey, Monica Ehm, Harry Raupp, , Jackie Totaro, Steve Levine, Kathleen Kelly, Mark Sherman, Susan Asman, Bart Albini, Judy Lovoglio Row 2Nancy Knudsen, Ron Hansen, Maureen Severino, Charles Woltman, Dolores Henricksen, Craig Berteele, Suzanne Giannini, Dennis Grady, Arlene Cory Row 3Bob Elkins, Margaret Wurst , ??,Roberta Carr, Ray Schoenrock, Gail Hintz, Paul Newman, Cathy Maione, Sandy Rosenfeld, Dr. Kaufman
• 1963 6th Grade Class - Miss Murphy and Dr. Helen Kaufman
• The Student Prints - Weehawken HS Student Paper - Mar 6 1944
• The Student Prints - Weehawken HS Student Paper - Jan 30 1942
• Roosevelt School Dedication - 1928

  Dedication booklet of the Theodore Roosevelt School, 1928.
• Weehawken High School Dedication - 1902

  Dedication booklet of Weehawken Highschool, March 6, 1902.