Items

• West Hoboken Honor Men for the National Army

  Undated 8" x 10" black and white photograph of men posed outside U.S. army enlistment center, West Hoboken, NJ. A number of Army officers are seen with the civilian recruits dressed in suit jackets and hats, or shirtsleeves. New recruits sport badges on their shirts or jackets. Unstated is that the men (volunteers or draftees) were to go to Camp Dix for basic training. Also of interest is a printed placard on the garage door at the left: Leave Your Books Here We'll Get Them For the Soldiers "Over There" Hudson Observer War Book Campaign Damage to upper right, lower left and lower right corners of photograph.
• WW I Tents and Soldiers in Weehawken

  Black and white undated photo showing a group of World War I vintage tents and soldiers at the bottom of the Hackensack Water Company reservoir adjacent to Highwood Avenue. Photo donated to the WHC by Weehawken resident Carlota Barreda.
• Alien Identification Card - Theresa Foy

  Alien Identification Card issued by the Department of Justice on June 29th, 1918 to Theresa Foy of 474 Gregory Avenue. Cards such as these were issued to aliens during WW I. This card specifies that Foy, a housewife, cannot go within 100 yards of any dock, pier, wharf or other place identified in a Presidential Proclamation of November 16, 1917.
• War for Liberty

  Booklet containing the text of President Wilson's address to Congress on April 2nd, 1917. Printed and sold under the auspices of the West Hoboken-Weehawken Council for the benefit of the Boy Scouts of America.  
• World War 1 Memorial

  Black and white photo postcard with the following caption: Weehawken Memorial for her twenty-one sons who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War 1. The monument stands on the northern end of Hamilton Plaza, Weehawken, N.J.   Called the Soldiers and Sailors monument, it was erected in 1930 as part of Hamilton Plaza and Park. The bronze figures were designed by sculptor John Rapetti (1862-1936), who was a Weehawken resident. He also created the bronze Hamilton bust at the Hamilton Monument on Hamilton Avenue.
• Behind the Gun

  This colored postcard's Weehawken connection can be found on the back... it was sent from town January 12, 1916.