HARRINGTON PARK, N.J.—There’s been a service station at the corner of Schraalenburgh Road and Elm Street in Harrington Park for as long as anybody can remember. In fact, it was […]
EMERSON, N.J.—When Southern Italians settled in Emerson during the early 20th century, many of their old world customs followed. Not the least of these were Catholic traditions, including the veneration […]
NORTHERN VALLEY AREA, N.J.—We go back 80 years to Aug. 11, 1913—the day that a “cyclonic wind” ripped apart buildings, uprooted trees, and even killed one man in Bergen County. […]
PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK, N.J.—We go back 80 years to Aug. 6, 1939, for this photograph taken at the Ross Dock Camp Colony that existed on the Palisades in the shadow […]
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 […]
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