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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—It’s difficult to imagine that Palisade Avenue in Englewood ever looked the way it does pictured above. Showing a dirt road and traffic only from horses and carriages, this […]
It’s a snowy day in Closter in this image that was captured more than 110 years ago. Can you guess where the photo was taken? While no street name was […]
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