Items

• Destruction of the Weehawken Ferry House

  Engraving from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper of August 1, 1863, showing participants in the New York Draft Riots of July 15th, 1863 burning down the New York terminal of the Weehawken ferry in an effort to stop Federal troops from entering the city. Submitted by Bob Schwartz
• Weehawken Ferry Ticket

  A ticket for one way passage between Weehawken and New York City on the ferry.
• West Shore Ferry Terminal - Weehawken

  Black and white photo postcard view of the ferry terminal.
• New Yorker Cover - May 21, 1927

  This New Yorker cover from 1927 features a Weehawken ferry coming from the city.
• Fish Faces Protest Weehawken Ferry Closing

  UPI News black and white photo dated 9/4/1958 - Weehawken commuters protest via fish masks the impending shutdown of the Hudson River ferry they're about to board on 9/4. Fish can swim the river, they say, but commuters can't and the boat is the only way across. West Side Division of the New York Central says service bows out 9/12.
• Photograph - Ferry Rammed by Car Float - 1929

  News photograph dated December 23, 1929 captioned: Hudson River ferryboat rammed by car float - four hundred passengers landed safely. New York City -- The Ferryboat "West Point", operating between Weehawken, N.J. and West 42nd Street, New York, was rammed by a car float while in the middle of the Hudson River. The passengers, estimated to number about 400, were landed safely and the boat was docked at Weehawken. Photo shows -- a closeup of the spot on the boat which was struck at the water line. Notice the prow of the tugboat tied up alongside to support the damaged ferry.
• Slide - Weehawken Ferry at 42nd Street

  This undated glass slide is labeled 'Weehawken Ferry at 42nd Street' and 'Edward Van Altena - 29 West 38th Street, N.Y.C.'
• Bond - The Weehawken Ferry Company

  One thousand dollar bond (number 93, issued on December 31, 1870, payable between 1871 and 1881) issued to Jules S. De Lacroix.
• Ferry Ticket

  This ticket bought passage between Weehawken and the foot of Cortlandt Street in New York City's financial district.
• Weehawken Ferry - 8-31-57

  Photograph taken 8-31-57 according to the handwritten note on the reverse.
• Ferry from Weehawken to New York

  A 1950s era black and white photograph of The New Brunswick Ferry on its way from Weehawken to New York.
• Engineering News - New Freight and Weehawken Ferry Terminal

  From the November 21, 1891 issue of Engineering News... Article entitled "The New Freight and Weehawken Ferry Terminal for the West Shore R.R. at the foot of Franklin Street, New York"
• West Shore Railroad Weehawken Ferries Brochure

  This brochure urges Automobilists to take advantage of the 25 cent fare between Weehawken and New York for pleasure cars and all occupants starting on March 7th, 1938.  
• Sign - 42nd Street Ferry

  This sign apparently led the way to the ferry from Weehawken to Manhattan. Can anyone put a date on this? From the collection of Steve Dorio
• West Shore, R.R. Yards, and Ferry, Weehawken, N.J.

  Colored photo postcard view from the Palisades down to the railroad yards, ferry house and river. Note Clifton Road (later Pershing) in the foreground. Postmarked from Weehawken. Valentine and Sons Publishing Co. Ltd of New York, printed in Great Britain. Numbered 20722 on the front.
• West Shore RR Terminal and Ferry

  View from the river with a ferryboat at dock.
• From the New York Gazette: New Invention

  Newspaper article from the New England Palladium and Commercial Advertiser - Number 28, Volume XLIX - Tuesday, October 5, 1819 - Published in Boston Article on a new horse powered ferry running from Spring Street Manhattan to Weehawken. A boat of 200 tons was propelled at 5 mph by 4 horses walking on a treadmill.
• Old Weehawken Ferry

  Chapter from a book on West New York on the Weehawken Ferry and its history.From - History of West New York, New Jersey by Walter T. Eichmann, PhD. - Published in 1948 by the Golden Jubilee Committee of WNY. Thanks to Bob Schwartz for finding this.
• Steamboat Bill - The Weehawken and West Shore Ferries

  6 page article from Steamboat Bill, the Journal of the Steamship Historical Society of America - Summer 1959 describing the history of ferries in Weehawken on the occasion of the ending of ferry service.
• Photograph - Weehawken Ferry Boat Circa 1914

  Black and white photo of a ferry boat in Weehawken, circa 1914.
• Weehawken Ferry Ticket

  Ticket good for one trip between Weehawken and the 42nd Street ferry terminal in NYC.
• West Shore Depot and Water Front, Weehawken NJ

  Hand colored photo postcard view of the waterfront and rail yards from atop the Palisades. Update - 7-3-2004: Willie Demontreux points out that the photo on this postcard seems to have been printed backwards. You need to flip it horizontally for it to make sense. Here is a flipped version showing the correct perspective. Postmarked in 1925 from North Bergen.
• Weehawken Ferry Monthly Pass October 1887

  Commuter monthly pass, dated 1887, belonging to a G. Ward. who used this pass to cross the Hudson from Weehawken to New York City. Date stamped on reverse, Sep 30, 1887. West Shore Railroad, NYC & HRRR CO, Lessee, Office of General Superintendent.
• No. 23 - Loop from 14th Street Ferry to West Hoboken, NJ

  A black and white undivided photo postcard showing a view looking northeast from about 14th Street viaduct and Palisade Ave. of the streetcar (trolley) loop. Postmarked January 23, 1908 from Jersey City.
• Weehawken NJ Showing West Shore RR

  Hand colored photo postcard view of the railroad yards, ferry and the Pier 7 Grain Elevator from the Palisades. Postmarked July 5, 1913 from Weehawken