Items

• Advertising Paper Clip - Robert Reiner

  Advertising premium metal paper clip from Robert Reiner, Inc. Textile Machines since 1903.
• Coal Shipping Receipt - Lackawanna Coal

  This receipt, dated August 17, 1870, shows that 287 tons of Lackawanna stove coal was shipped from Weehawken to Providence, RI on the Schooner W.O. Irish via the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.
• Ad - Shamrock Towing Co, Inc.

  This ad reads "Towing - Scows and Covered Barges for Charter - Steam Supplied - Shamrock Towing Co,. Inc - Foot of Baldwin Avenue, Weehawken, N.J. - Tel: N.J. Union 7-0650, N.y. - LO 4-8188-8189". Shamrock Towing was founded in 1870 by Captain Patrick McGuirl. The company is still active in the tug, barge and shipping business.
• Letterhead - Shamrock Towing Company Inc.

  Letterhead from the Shamrock Towing Company , Inc., located at the foot of Baldwin Avenue.
• Photo Negative - Truck #5 - Gardner and Meeks Lumber Yard

  This is a negative of a photograph of truck number 5 belonging to The Gardner and Meeks Co. Lumber Yard, Union City, NJ Click on the link for the back of this item to see an image of what the positive photo would look like.
• 1941 Calendar - Weehawken Trust Company

  This is an advertising calendar from the Weehawken Trust Company, which was, of course, located in (wait for it) Union City, on Bergenline Avenue at 48th Street.
• Advertisement - F. J. Bergmann, Jr. - Real Estate Fire Insurance

  Advertisement from the October, 1918 edition of the Orange and Blue, which was a publication of Union Hill High School. F.J. Bergmann was in real estate and sold fire insurance from his office at 203 Angelique Street, Weehawken.
• Advertisement - Dr. Richard J. Waters, Osteopathic Physician

  Advertisement from the October, 1918 edition of the Orange and Blue, which was a publication of Union Hill High School. Dr. Richard J. Waters was an osteopathic physician practicing at 965 Boulevard East at 3rd Street (corner of 47th Street.)
• Advertisement - J Rispoli Fruit and Vegetable Market

  Advertisement from the October, 1918 edition of the Orange and Blue, which was a publication of Union Hill High School. J. Rispoli Fruit and Vegetable Market was located at 646 Park Avenue.
• Advertisement - The School of Musical Art

  Advertisement from the October, 1918 edition of the Orange and Blue, which was a publication of Union Hill High School. The school was located at 39 Clifton Terrace and provided "a teaching staff, every member of which is a proven artist in his or her subject."
• Advertisement - The Misses Hirsch

  Advertisement from the April, 1918 edition of the Orange and Blue, which was a publication of Union Hill High School. The Misses Hirsh ran a cutting, draping and fitting establishment, where they created gowns to order. The business was located at 98 Liberty Place, Weehawken, NJ
• Advertisement - Wm. E. Hansen Dry Goods

  Advertisement from the April, 1917 edition of the Orange and Blue, which was a publication of Union Hill High School. William Hansen was a purveyor of dry goods, including a full line of arrow collars. The shop was located at the corner of Park Avenue and 2nd Street (now 46th Street.) Hansen was active in the Republican Party and served as an alternate delegate at the Republican Convention in 1916.
• Advertisement - Dramatic Art Co.

  Advertisement from the February, 1917 edition of the Orange and Blue, which was a publication of Union Hill High School. Dramatic Art Co., 106 Highpoint Avenue, Weehawken, Paul F. Koch, President.
• Advertisement - Hudson Amusement Lyceum Bureau

  Advertisement from the February, 1917 edition of the Orange and Blue, which was a publication of Union Hill High School. The Hudson Amusement Lyceum Bureau, an arts organization provided musical coaches, talent, and dance music. It was located at 100 Highpoint Avenue.
• Advertisement - I. Davidoff Stationery

  Advertisement from the February, 1917 edition of the Orange and Blue, which was a publication of Union Hill High School. I. Davidoff's store sold stationery and confections and was located at 648 Park Avenue.
• Ad - Hammermill Bond Guides Sandhogs Drilling Lincoln Tunnel

  According to this advertisement from the January 17th, 1938 issue of Time, the drilling of the tunnel was made possible by printed forms from the Hammermill Paper Company of Erie, PA.
• Robert Reiner Inc. Promo Calendar - Dec 1946

  This somewhat risque for its day calendar promoted Robert Reiner, Inc. Manufacturers of Textile Machinery, located at 556 Gregory Avenue with telephone number UNion7-0502-3-4-5. In addition to the lovely but unfortunate young lady, the piece includes directions by bus and auto to the offices of the company. The front of the piece has a humorous (?) letter from Joe Zinks of the Zinks Detective Agency and the reverse promotes the new Reiner Kayloom. The piece is in pretty rough shape and is only partially readable.
• Aluminum Can - S Blickman

  This small (8 inch tall) aluminum can, resembling a miniature milk can, was made here in Weehawken, as evidenced by the imprint on the bottom: QUALITY WARE AERO ALUMINUM TRADE MARK S. BLICKMAN INC., WEEHAWKEN, NJ Today, the Blickman plant building has been converted to residential use as The Gregory Commons Condominium. Click on the link for information about S. Blickman Inc. history.
• Keeping Police Batteries Charged in a Hilly Square Mile

  This article, written by Weehawken Police Chief Edward Kirk, appeared in the November, 1946 issue of The American City magazine, in the ever popular Traffic Control and Facilitation section. It describes how the problems caused by those new fangled police car radios were solved by the addition of new, stronger batteries. The article includes a photo of the Chief along with a police mechanic in front of a 1946 WPD squad car.   From:The American CityNovember, 1946   Traffic Control and Facilitation: Keeping Police Batteries Charged In a Hilly Square Mile   New batteries and generators solve Weehawken's police radio problem. By EDWARD KIRKChief of PoliceWeehawken. N. J. In 1943 we installed our first radio communication system: FM Motorola equipment in three Ford patrol cars, a detective squad car, an ambulance, and an emergency truck. At that time we had only thirty-five men,and our work had tripled. We found the new communication system most timely. Following the installation of radio,however, we had a persistent headache, caused not by the radio equipment but by the fact that the car batteries and generators were unable to carry the e1ectrical load. The generator would not, or could not, give the battery sufficient amperage at idling speed. Instead of the prescribed thirty,they were giving five to ten with the motor idling. Weehawken, with a population of 15,000, is only a mile square, with short streets that vary in elevation from 2 to 200 feet above the Hudson River. The town is all uphill and downhill and has no long lazy runs for battery charging. With motors running twenty-four hours a day,the batteries still ran down, a car was out of service every other day, and a generator burned out in two months' time. Our battery service man told us about William H. Hand, Director ofThe Hand Laboratory, Nyack. N. Y.,and we discussed the problem with Police Commissioner John H. Schuster, who has sparked the department for six years. Mr. Hand put his 65ampere-per-hour heavy-duty storage batteries in our cars and recommended the installation of alternating current generators made by The Leece-Neville Company of Cleveland. These, in combination with rectifiers and voltage regulators of the same make, are designed for 6-volt or 12-volt systems with an output of 60 amperes. These installations solved our problem in August 1946 with tremendous savings in motor wear, oil, and gasoline. The patrol cars are on duty at school crossings 3V, hours a day. Their motors used to be kept running. With the Hand battery and the Leece-Neville alternator, the car motor is turned off and the radio left on. Even with the motor at slow idle, the alternator feeds the battery 30 amperes when the battery is not fully charged. To facilitate car repairs, formerly done at a private garage, we employed a mechanic and built him an up-to-date shop at Commissioner Schuster's suggestion. A service for the citizen which the commissioner has sponsored is free transportation in our police ambulance if a resident must be rushed to the hospital. Also. he has installed a modern records system which includes an up-to-date card file of every person living in Weehawken. The department furnishes photostats of discharge papers free of charge to returned veterans. Commissioner Schuster's philosophy of public service has become the action of the Weehawken Police Department.He said to us: "When anybody comes to the Police Department for information, never say you don't know. If you don't know, find out. Make it your business to sell your services to all citizens in a polite, pleasant, and efficient manner."  
• Stamped Envelope from R&H Simon

  Envelope postmarked October 24, 1916 (6:00 PM) sent from: R. & H. SimonSilk ManufacturersWeehawken, P.O. to The Press Association Compilers17 Madison AvenueNew York City  
• 1941 Calendar - The Jersey Observer

  This 1941 calendar declares the Jersey Observer as the paper with the: Largest Circulation in Hudson County, New Jersey and notes that the County had a population of 651,175 in 1940.  
• Envelope - Weehawken Granite Company - 1904

  This envelope, postmarked June 1, 1904 from Weehawken, is imprinted as follows: If not delivered within 10 days, return to Weehawken Granite Co., Manufacturers of Sanitary Laundry Tubs, Weehawken, P.O. Box 12, N.J. The company was dissolved in 1910.
• Metal Plate - S Blickman Inc.

  Metal plate (appears to be brass) reading: S. Blickman, Inc. Manufacturers ESBEE WEEHAWKEN, N.J. S. Blickman, Inc. was located in what is now Gregory Commons in the Heights section of Weehawken.
• Advertising Card - Hudson Evening Journal

  This advertising card with flower basket border (selling classified ads in the Hudson Evening Journal) dates from the early part of the last century. On reverse: You want something every day of your life... The Evening Journal is the great want medium of Hudson County. 12 words, 25 cents.
• August Ruscher - Business Directory of North Hudson - 1905

  This advertisement appeared in the Business Directory of North Hudson published in 1905 by the North Hudson Hospital Association which was raising money for the construction of a hospital for the North Hudson community. August Ruscher had a grocery/deli at 484 Palisade Avenue, at the corner of Dodd in the Heights section.