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BACK IN TIME: Winter fun at Demarest Duck Pond
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 […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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BACK IN TIME: A Tale of Tenafly’s Brand of Aristocracy
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 […]
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BACK IN TIME: Down the Lane in Englewood
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 […]
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BACK IN TIME: The Early Days in Northvale
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 […]
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BACK IN TIME: A Vintage Holiday Season in Westwood
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 […]
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BACK IN TIME: A $1 Thanksgiving Dinner at Koenig’s
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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BACK IN TIME: Closter Site Has Been a Restaurant—With Many Owners— Since 1920s
CLOSTER, N.J.—For those who wanted to eschew the traditional Thanksgiving dinner at home back in 1959, there were many Northern Valley restaurants offering to do the cooking. In Closter, you […]
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BACK IN TIME: A Bountiful Harvest in Tenafly
In the year 2019, this might look like someone’s haul from the farmer’s market. Well over a century ago, when this photo was taken at a house on Valley Place […]
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RETREAT TO VICTORY: Educational Events will recollect ‘Times That Tried Men’s Souls’
FORT LEE, N.J.—During the weekend of Nov. 23-24, historical re-enactors and the public at large will gather at Fort Lee Historic Park to commemorate the 243rd anniversary of what has […]
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BACK IN TIME: Closter Celebrates the Armistice
CLOSTER, N.J.—Seen above, a parade through downtown Closter celebrates the end of World War I. The armistice signed at Compiegne, France, between the Allied forces and Germany took effect at […]