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Date Created1910

DescriptionThe Compton Farm north of Pluckemin about 1910. Now it is the Hills Development.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleA Development Plan for the Newark Passaic Riverfront, Downtown Newark, New Jersey

Date Created1983

DescriptionThis is a brief summary document for the final report of the Development Plan for the Newark Passaic Riverfront, Downtown Newark, New Jersey. The full report is the result of a two-phase study of...

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TitleNew Jersey state development plan map 1951

Date Created1951

DescriptionState map shows the state development plan in 1951 and is color coded by federal and state parklands and schools and municipal watersheds.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleScouting Seabrook for relocation

Date Created1940-1949

DescriptionPictured from left to right are Fuju Sasaki, Ellen Nakamura, and Harold Ouchida. These representatives from the Jerome Relocation Commission in Arkansas were invited to Seabrook to investigate the...

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TitleAnnice Locke, Seabrook Farms

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionPictured is Annice(Ann) Locke, former head of the USO, which served as the community house at Seabrook. Later Dorothy Chapman took over and helped establish the Seabrook Community House. Ms. Locke...

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TitleAerial view of the Seabrook Village and Plant

Date Created1950-1959

DescriptionSmokestack taken from atop the Water Tower. The plant and its offices to the right. West Village nearly completed. Seabrook School seen on the left side with the village spread behind. The...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleMichi Nishiura's apartment

Date Created1945

DescriptionThis photo of Michi Nishiura's apartment was taken during the spring of 1945. Michi was the music disc jockey at the plant on Seabrook Farms. She also attended college, and then worked as the...

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TitleOcean Grove, Beersheba Well

Date Created2006

DescriptionThe availability of fresh water was critical to the success of Ocean Grove. Named after a well dug by Abraham in the Old Testament, Beersheba Well was first drilled in 1870. On August 20, 1904 famed...

Time PeriodContemporary America (1968-present)

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TitleCity of Newark Waste Utilization Study

Date Created1986

DescriptionThe City of Newark partnered with Self-Reliance, Inc. (SRI) of Washington, D.C., in 1983 to examine waste products and practices in order to reduce waste while stimulating economic development...

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TitleEducation in Middlesex County

AuthorJoyce, Ann

Date Created

DescriptionA presentation by Ann Joyce to the Study Club in 1968 includes a review of the history of Middlesex County from the time of the Dutch settlers to the present. By examining the history, she draws...

Time PeriodThe Colonial Period (to 1763), The Revolution and Early National Period (to 1820), The Age of Civil War and Reconstruction (to 1870), Industrial America and the Era of World War (to 1945), The Modern Age (to present)