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TitleCity Hall was gutted by the Great fire in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionCity Hall was gutted by the Great Fire of February 9, 1902. The city lost almost all of its archives, including vital statistics of births, deaths, etc. This view was taken from the ruins of the...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleRuins of businesses after the great fire of 1902 in Paterson New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionRuins of businesses after the Great Fire of 1902 along lower Main Street. February 1902

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleBack of City Hall in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionBack of City Hall as viewed among the ruins from main Street and Van Houten Street after the Great Fire of 1902. Circa February 1902.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleRuins of the Park Avenue Baptist Church in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionRuins of the Park Avenue Baptist Church. After the great fire of February 9, 1902. Over 500 buildings in a 28 block path of destruction were lost in this, the largest fire in the state's history....

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleLooking down Main Street after the great fire of 1902 in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionLooking down Main Street after the Great Fire of 1902, near the ruins of J. Marshall and Ball's Clothing Story at 221-223 Main Street, circa February 1902

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleGroup of boys stand in front of the ruins of the 440-442 Main Street apartment building in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1907

DescriptionGroup of boys stand in front of the ruins of the 440-442 Main Street apartment building. The cornerstone of Public School no.3 is seen on the left. John Cusack's saloon at 436 Main Street escaped...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleBirdseye view taken from Soldier's Monument in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleLooking at the ruins down Main Street in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionLooking at the ruins down Main Street after the Great Fire of February 9, 1902.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleLooking down Church Street in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionLooking down Church Street at the corner of Ellison Street. A horse drawn ladder company is parked alongside the remains of St. Mark's Protestant Episcopal Church. The severely damaged Hamilton Club...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleLand view of Raritan Bay area after explosion

Date Created1950

DescriptionSmoke billows in a land view of the Raritan Bay area, still burning after the South Amboy powder pier explosion of 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)