Items

• Helix and NYC Skyline

  Color postcard view of the Helix approach to the Lincoln Tunnel with some 1950s looking traffic. From the collection of Steve Dorio.
• New York from Hamilton Park

  Colored photo postcard of a contemporary view of the New York City skyline from Hamilton Park, Weehawken. From the collection of Steve Dorio.
• New York from Weehawken Heights

  1930s era black and white photo postcard of the New York skyline with a lit up West Shore RR terminal in the foreground.
• West Shore Ferry Terminal - Weehawken

  Black and white photo postcard view of the ferry terminal.
• Weehawken Terminal - 1947

  A black and white photo of the Weehawken railroad terminal in 1947 with a great locomotive juxtaposed with the NYC skyline. Another find from Bernie Zempolich.
• Weehawken Terminal - 1940s

  Black and White photo of the Weehawken rail yards and the New York skyline, probably taken in the 1940s. Another find by Bernie Zempolich.
• Erie Builds New Type Pier at Weehawken, NJ

  Article from the March 31, 1923 issue of Railway News about the new pier built on the Weehawken waterfront using pre-cast concrete, extra large timbers, and sheet zinc to create an "interesting fireproof structure."
• New York

  The caption on this colored post card may say New York, but, this 1982 view was taken from Weehawken (misspelled Weehawkin for added insult). Taken from Hamilton Park, prior to the renovations in 1993. Postmarked August 12, 1982 from Patterson, NJ
• The Men of the Union Dry Dock and Repair Company Circa 1914

  This postcard is a 1991 reproduction of a circa 1914 photo. It has the following caption: Incorporated in 1908, the Union Dry Dock & Repair Company was headquartered in Weehawken, New Jersey, until 1984, when it purchased the former Pennsylvania Railroad repair at the foot of Ninth Street in Hoboken. Pictured are workers repairing a wooden car float, used to transport railroad cars across the Hudson River. This card was published by The Hudson Waterfront Museum located in West 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"
• Weehawken - Tidewater Terminals of the Erie Lackawanna

  These pages from Tidewater Terminals of the Erie Lackawanna Railway (by William H Sheppard - 1976) describe and map the Erie's railroad tracks here in Weehawken.  
• Erie Magazine December 1953 - Mechanical Talent Wins

  Article from Erie magazine issue of December, 1953 entitled Mechanical Talent Wins and with a subtitle of Erie employees at Weehawken docks substitute skill with materials handling equipment for muscle to move mountains of freight. This 5 page article starts on page 10 of the magazine and includes a number of pictures of the Weehawken docks and the freight equipment used there.  
• 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.
• Weehawken Piers During World War II

  Allied ships take on war supplies in Weehawken at the Ontario and Western Railroad piers during World War II. From Marine Line Equipment - January-September 1992 published by the Ontario and Western Railway Historical Society.
• Aerial View of Weehawken Waterfront - 1930s

  A photo of the Ontario and Western railroad coal piers in Weehawken in te 1930s. From Marine Line Equipment - January-September 1992 published by the Ontario and Western Railway Historical Society.
• 1930s View of O&W Piers

  1930s view of the coal piers of the Ontario and Western Railway terminal with the New York City skyline beyond. From Marine Line Equipment - January-September 1992, published by the Ontario and Western Railway Historical Society.
• Matchbook - Union Dry Dock

  Advertising matchbook for the Union Dry Dock & Repair Co., located on the Weehawken waterfront, adjacent to Pershing Road. The company was incorporated in 1908 and later moved to Hoboken's waterfront.  
• West Shore RR Terminal and Ferry

  View from the river with a ferryboat at dock.
• Weehawken, N. Jersey

  Engraving of Weehawken Bluff, with Highwood in the distance. In the foreground, two boats are engaged in transporting a large load of salt hay, a valuable crop used for insulation, construction and as packing material. Harvested in salt marshes, it was then cut, dried and loaded onto a shallow scow and towed by pole boats to be shipped to market.
• View of New York from Weehawken Heights, New Jersey

  Engraving from Harpers New Monthly Magazine - Volume 69, Number 410 - July 1884. In those days, the Brooklyn Bridge was visible from Weehawken!
• Engraving - View of New York from Weehawken

  According to Tom Flagg, an industrial archaeologist and print collector who has studied Weehawken extensively: This engraving titled "View of New York from Weehawken" by William Bartlett was originally published in the book American Scenery, with text by N.P. Willis, in 1839, uncolored, as this print is. This view has been reprinted many times, and it is often colored.
• Photograph - The Weehawken Waterfront

  Undated black and white photo of the Weehawken waterfront with the New York City skyline in the distance.
• 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.
• Looking South from Monitor Park, West New York

  Colored postcard view south toward Weehawken from about Boulevard East and 60th Street in West New York. Postmarked November 29, 1921 from West New York.
• New York from Weehawken, NJ

  Colored photo postcard of the Hudson and what was on the other side in 1910. Postmarked September 3, 1910 from Weehawken.