PARK RIDGE, N.J.—Long before the days of backyard swimming pools and air conditioning, boys chill out at the Electric Pond spillway in Park Ridge in this 1920s photo. Note the […]
HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.—The photographer looks up LaRoche Avenue toward the railroad station in the image above, snapped in Harrington Park in the early 20th century. LaRoche Avenue was still a […]
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—The viewer steps back more than a century in Englewood with these photos, showing dual angles of the Highwood railroad station. On May 26, 1859, the first train on […]
ENGLEWOOD, N.J.—Can you imagine these poor kids having to wear long-sleeved dresses and shirts, with stockings and pants, in the summertime heat? Little ones are outdoors for a summer session […]
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—In 2019 it’s common to see police reports about stolen cars. Go back 110 years, however, and it was horse thievery that had Northern Valley residents worried. […]
HAWORTH, N.J.—In 1938, baseball legend Babe Ruth spent a morning on the links at White Beeches Golf Club in Haworth—and lost like a champ, according to one of his golf […]
TOWNSHIP OF WASHINGTON, N.J.—As officials in the Township of Washington mull an overhaul of the firehouse that would see it combined with an ambulance corps headquarters [“Hearing on $6M (or […]
CLOSTER, N.J.—Imagine driving into a new town and trying to find your way to a friend’s house without the use of street signs or house numbers. That’s what anyone visiting […]
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J.—Has anyone ever made a bicycle look more tough? Englewood Cliffs Police Marshal William “Big Bill” Markham is next to his official mode of transportation in this photo […]
This week the Old Tappan Golf Course celebrates its 50th anniversary, having opened on July 4, 1969. “Then and now” aerial photographs show changes to the course itself, but even […]
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