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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)

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TitleLooking down Park Avenue at the destruction in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionLooking down Park Avenue at the destruction caused by the Great Fire of February 9, 1902.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleStereographic view of the destruction of the Great Fire in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionStereographic view of the destruction of the Great Fire of February 9, 1902, from Market Street at Main Street. Photographers Underwood and Underwood.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleStereographic view of the ruins of the Paterson Free Public Library in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionStereographic view of the ruins of the Paterson Free Public Library on the corner of Market Street and Church Street. The building was originally the residence of textile manufacturer and locomotive...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleStereographic view of the ruins of Public School number 15 in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionStereographic view of the ruins of Public School no.15 on the corner of Market Street and Vine Street after the Great Fire of February 9, 1902. Photographed by Underwood and Underwood.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleRuins of the First Baptist Church in Paterson, New Jersey

Date Created1902

DescriptionRuins of the First Baptist Church on the corner of Washington Street and Van Houten Street, circa February 1902. The bell which crashed to the debris below was later cut up for souvenirs of the fire....

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)