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AuthorMcCabe, Ruth

Date Created

DescriptionA presentation by Ruth McCabe in February 1978 reviews N.J.'s history and the industries that developed through time with particular emphasis on various war periods and their impact on NJ industry.

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)

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TitleGus. Freund Imported and Domestic Cigars-Newspapers and Magazines (undated).

Date Created1900-1930

DescriptionGus. Freund Imported and Domestic Cigars-Newspapers and Magazines (undated). Possibly photographed around World War One, the prominent display of American flags in the shop window may have been this...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleAfrican-American woman working at a loom, Newark, 1917.

Date Created1917

DescriptionAfrican-American woman working at a loom, Newark, 1917. African-American women worked in the garment trade, which employed mainly Jewish and Italian immigrants in the early 20th century. But because...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleSpinning room, Driver-Harris Company, Middlesex Street, Harrison, 1929.

Date Created1929

DescriptionSpinning room, Driver-Harris Company, Middlesex Street, Harrison, 1929.

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Title18th and early 19th century industry in Middlesex County

AuthorMcCabe, Ruth

Date Created1968

DescriptionThis presentation by Ruth McCabe tells the story of Middlesex County industry in the 18th and 19th century, drawing from sources such as a pamphlet entitled "New Brunswick and its industries" by A.E....

Time PeriodThe Colonial Period (to 1763), The Revolution and Early National Period (to 1820), The Age of Civil War and Reconstruction (to 1870)

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TitlePhilip Goldstein, assistant cutter in the cooperative garment factory at Jersey Homesteads

Date Created1936, 1936

DescriptionMan on the garment factory floor pulling with his hand an electric cutting machine over patterns drawn on the flat laid fabric. Source: Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleEdiphone voice writing. Vol. 6, No. 7 (August 1937)

DescriptionIn August 1937, the Edison Business Phonograph, later known as the Ediphone Voice Writing or "Ediphone" for short, celebrated its Diamond Jubilee on the occasion of its 60th Anniversary. The...

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TitlePre-exption issues - New Jersey Chamber of Commerce v. Hughey -- Appendix, 1985

Date Created1985

DescriptionThese two consolidated actions challenge the New Jersey Worker and Community Right to Know Act, primarily on the grounds that the Acts preempted by regulations or standards promulgated under the...

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TitleCatalogue and price list of Edison incandescent electric lamps

DescriptionThomas Edison began serious research into developing a practical incandescent lamp in 1878. Edison filed his first patent application for "Improvement In Electric Lights" on 14 October 1878. After...

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TitleLegislative amendments - Shinn/Doria - Chemical industry, 1991-1993

Date Created1992

DescriptionThis folder contains documents related to the Chemical Industry Association's support of the proposed Shinn/Doria legislation.