BERGEN COUNTY—Our current weather forecast would have seemed downright balmy to those who lived through early January 1904. The new year kicked off with a snowstorm in conjunction with a […]
OLD TAPPAN, N.J.—May E. Mence Gifford was born in Old Tappan back in 1881, at a time of dirt roads, horses and wagons, years before the first phone came to […]
EMERSON, N.J.—German-born Daniel and Christina Heck first moved to Kinderkamack, later renamed Emerson, in 1869 and bought the land consisting of an old house, barn, outbuildings and 63 acres of […]
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Long before anybody wanted the latest iPhone for Christmas, the Victrola phonograph was a hot ticket during the holiday season of 1919. You could pick one up at the […]
Welcome winter! The season officially began Saturday, Dec. 21. Here’s a look back at a winter past, when some local folks made the best of the frigid weather by ice […]
For anyone who watched the PBS period drama “Downton Abbey,” the following century-old scenario might conjure up memories of the tragic love story of Lady Sybil and Crawley family chauffeur […]
We go back to the age of tophats and pocket watches for this photograph of the dapper fellows of Englewood’s Bowling Club. Much about this photograph is a mystery. We […]
In 1909, the New Jersey Bureau of Labor and Statistics produced a book called “The Industrial Directory of New Jersey.” Intended for businessmen, it had a profile on each town […]
WESTWOOD, N.J.—Decorations light up the night as Westwood Avenue is all decked out for the 1973 holiday season. This image was captured by photographer Thomas Moorhead of Emerson. December is […]
This week we go back to Thanksgiving of 1935—when the holiday fell on Nov. 28, as it does this year, and you could get a full dinner in Hillsdale for […]
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