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TitleGermania Coronet Band of Egg Harbor City

Date Created1888

DescriptionGermania Coronet Band of Egg Harbor City at Al Ade's house in the 400 block of Cincinnati Ave. The band was organized in 1886 by Lorenz Oberst, uncle of Jacob Oberst. This photograph was taken in...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleLafayette Hose Co. No. 1, Egg Harbor City, NJ

Date Created1900-1920

DescriptionThis undated photograph shows members of the Egg Harbor City, NJ, Lafayette Hose Company. The firemen, sixteen strong, are standing in a semicircle in front of their horse-drawn fire cart. This...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleCatfish Alley Show 1915

Date Created1915

DescriptionThis photograph, dated April 10, 1915, depicts an Egg Harbor City musical group known as the Aurora Singers. The majority of the performers are seated on stage, centered around what appears to be a...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleEgg Harbor City Fire Department circa 1930

Date Created1930

DescriptionThis is a photograph of the Egg Harbor City Fire Department taken in 1930. Front row seated (l-r): Joe Woolmon, Joseph Benninger, Fred Michel, Hugh Meincke, Emil Weiler, Adolf Mueller, Henry Breder,...

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