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BACK IN TIME: Rockslide reveals ‘Hitler’s face’ on the cliffs
A rockslide, a trick of the light and a case of pareidolia caused many people to see what looked like Adolf Hitler’s face on the cliffs of the Palisades during […]
Articles by Kristin Beuscher
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BACK IN TIME: Closter commuters turn window-washers to send message to railroad
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS Closter, New Jersey—When the Erie Railroad tried to cut costs by reducing its cleaning staff in 1914, the people of Closter […]
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BACK IN TIME: Northern Valley was scandalized by a woman wearing pants
BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS Northern Valley, New Jersey — In 1939, a woman named Ellen Tilton Holmsen was kicked out of Harrington Park for the offense of […]
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BACK IN TIME: Mrs. Lyle and the memorial chimes that tormented Tenafly
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS Tenafly, New Jersey — Tenafly multi-millionaire John S. Lyle had been known to make news headlines during his life. One of […]
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BACK IN TIME: The venerable old oak that stood in Emerson
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] Washington Oak Park still exists in Emerson, but the one-time focal point of this land, a centuries-old oak tree, has been gone for decades. In 1959, the Daughters […]
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BACK IN TIME: A winter’s day in downtown Tenafly
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS It might look like a scene from the Wild West, but this is how downtown Tenafly looked about 110 years ago. […]
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BACK IN TIME: The Powhatan colony in Montvale
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF PASCACK PRESS Powhatan Park was the name of a bungalow colony of summer homes developed in Montvale in the 1910s. Today, its grounds would […]
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BACK IN TIME: When a future president roamed the Palisades
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS Shown here is a circa 1890 snapshot of the Englewood Cliffs Rod and Gun Club. Notice anyone who looks familiar? That’s […]
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BACK IN TIME: A shade factory at Closter
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] BY KRISTIN BEUSCHER OF NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS The first light industry in Closter was located at the corner of Homans Avenue and Ruckman Road—the Closter Shading Co., a […]
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BACK IN TIME: A history of River Vale’s Stonewell Poultry Farm
[slideshow_deploy id=’899′] By KRISTEN BEUSCHER OF PASCACK PRESS RIVER VALE, NEW JERSY —— Not long after our Jan. 22 Back in Time feature on the River Vale Lodge hit driveways, […]