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TitleGraduation ceremony at the Spencer Business College in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1925

DescriptionGraduation ceremony at the Spencer's Business College, 160 Market Street, circa 1925. Bushrod H. and Catherine L. Spencer ran the Business College from 1909 to 1941. Mr. B. H. Spencer came to Paterson...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleSpencer Business College in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1918

DescriptionSpencer Business College, 160 Market Street, main office. The group photograph hanging on the wall shows "The Champion Typists of the World." Photographed March 1918.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleBusiness Section City of Plainfield

Date Created1920-1950, 1900

DescriptionMap showing business section of Plainfield N.J bounded by Church Street and Madison Avenue (east-west) and Brook and North Avenue (north-south).

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleClarence Randolph, former co-owner of bookstore, circa 1892

Date Issued1892

DescriptionPhotograph of Clarence Randolph, former co-owner and business partner of William Reed. Randolph and Reed purchased Shivler's bookstore business in 1892. Albumen print, approximately 8 by 10 inches....

Time PeriodThe Industrial Revolution (1870-1900)

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TitleBusiness Card for George L. Shivler, Bookseller and Stationer, circa 1890

Date Created1892

DescriptionA business or calling card for George L. Shivler, Bookseller and Stationer, circa 1890. William Reed first began working for Shivler as a boy and he and Will Randolph would go on to purchase the...

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TitleHerman N, Dierksen's, est. in Hoboken, NJ in 1895. In 1901 he erected his business at Washington & 12th Street. Furniture Store.

Date Created1901

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleJohn Jolas' Hot Dog Business

Date Created1920-1929, 1920

DescriptionJohn Jolas' Hot Dog Business, c. 1920's. Courtesy of the Jolas Family

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleBig Business Day Rally

Date Created1960-1970

DescriptionSol Stetin speaking at the Big Business Day Rally. Sol Stetin. The American Labor Museum online collection includes historical documents and photos. The objects document the domestic lifestyles,...

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TitleSchlesinger's

Date Created1900-1950

DescriptionA black-and-white postcard of a store at the corner of Neilson and Albany Streets. Name of the business is illegible in the postcard.

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TitleAbraham Ackerman, original founder of bookstore, circa 1860.

Date Created1860

DescriptionPhotograph of Abraham Ackerman, original founder in 1848 of the bookstore that would eventually be owned by the Reed family. Circa 1860. Albumen print, approximately 8 by 10 inches. Photographer...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)