DescriptionAppears in "Hell in NJ" by the General Relief Committee Textile Striker on page 8. Caption reads "with a song on their lips-- calling out the workers in the textile slave centers of the Passaic...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
DescriptionJersey Homesteads (later Roosevelt) was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban, Jewish garment workers, many of whom had...
DescriptionMadam Marie's, an Asbury Park boardwalk landmark, was immortalized in Bruce Springsteen's song "4th of July, Asbury Park". The Convention Hall is to the right.
DescriptionPoem from New Jersey Freeman about the way the poor voted during the 19th century. "So they offered me a bribe...my vote is not mine." Political parties use to gain votes by buying them.
