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BACK IN TIME: A Vintage View Into Downtown Tenafly
We go back to the winter of 1957 for this vintage view into downtown Tenafly. The photographer is looking north on West Railroad Avenue from the train tracks. The railroad […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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BACK IN TIME: Eggerts Kept Gas Station, Lunch Stop
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—A large house stands there today, but in the 1930s the property at 5 Ridgewood Road in the Township of Washington was home to Eggert’s Service Station. […]
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This Week in History: Closter Factory Worker Turns Fugitive
CLOSTER, N.J.—Few have heard of it today, but the United States Bronze Powder Works was at one time the largest industry and employer in the Northern Valley. The company operated […]
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BACK IN TIME: Tenafly’s Library Opened This Week in 1910
TENAFL, N.J.—With a modest collection of books to their credit and some space set aside on the third floor of the local grammar school, the Tenafly Library got started 110 […]
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BACK IN TIME: Flowers by Telegraph in Englewood, 1933
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Years before anyone could go on a florist’s website, browse photos of pre-designed arrangements, and pop in a credit card number, there was a method of ordering that seems pretty foreign […]
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BACK IN TIME: A Historical Closter Cottage Finds a New Home
CLOSTER, N.J.—In the winter of 1974, a debate between historians and impassioned citizens culminated in a 175-year-old structure being cast out of Closter. The building in question went by a […]
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This Week in Local History: Confused Klansmen End Up in Montvale
MONTVALE, N.J.—This week 80 years ago, a group of Ku Klux Klan members bound for a meeting in Passaic County’s Midvale accidentally found themselves in the similar-sounding borough of Montvale. […]
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THIS WEEK IN HISTORY: A Sit-In to Protest School Segregation
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—This week back in 1962, Englewood was in the midst of a battle over de facto racial segregation in schools. According to Englewood officials at the time, the city’s […]
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BACK IN TIME: A 1930 Wedding Packed with History
CLOSTER, N.J.—In February 1930 Kitty Oliver and Wilbert Clarke wed in their hometown of Closter. The ceremony took place in the AME Zion Church, where the two were parishioners. Potted […]
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BACK IN TIME: Sledding on Piermont Avenue, Hillsdale, 1907
HILLSDALE, N.J.—Can you imagine this Piermont Avenue sledding scene taking place in Hillsdale today? Likely not, but more than 113 years ago the borough was a much different place—and not […]