1

TitleSoldiers' and Sailors' Monument, New Brunswick, N. J.

Date Issued1893

DescriptionIllustrated colored postcard of Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument. Retail stores are in the background. Circa 1893, idea was suggested by P. P. Runyon to use the surplus $500 from the centennial...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

2

PDF-1

TitleMedical discharge paper for Private John Kohler

Date Created1862

DescriptionDischarge paper of Private John Kohler, Co. H, 1st Jersey Cavalry. Describes the unfitness of battle by his superior officer and reason for a medical discharge due to tuberculosis of the lungs by an...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

3

PDF-1

TitleNew Jersey Brigade paper ribbon

Date Created1961-1865

DescriptionA paper ribbon with the 1st New Jersey Brigade 1st Division 6 Corps printed on it, with the division's red corps badge. More commonly known as the 1st New Jersey Brigade, the corps was constituted...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

4

PDF-1

TitleNew Brunswick, N. J.

Date Created1925-1955

DescriptionA colored photograph postcard of New Brunswick from the banks Raritan River. Description on the back of the postcard: New Brunswick, New Jersey, a blooming industrial city of 40,000 people. This...

5

PDF-1

TitlePost Headquarters Building, Camp Kilmer, N. J.

Date Created1950-1970

DescriptionColored photograph postcard of Camp Kilmer headquarters buildings. Description on the back of the postcard: Post Headquarters Buildings, Camp Kilmer, N. J. Built in 1942 as an overseas staging area,...

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

6

PDF-1

TitleHorse Drawn Trolley, Albany and Burnet Streets

Date Created1894-1981

Date Issued1981

DescriptionBlack and white photograph postcard of a horse drawn trolley with passengers by photographer Isaac Van Derveer in 1894. This East Avenue trolley routed on Throop Ave., George Street, Somerset Street...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930), Contemporary America (1968-present)

7

PDF-1

TitleGeorge and Albany Streets, New Brunswick, N. J.

Date Issued1924

DescriptionA black and white photograph postcard of George and Albany Streets by photographer Isaac Van Derveer. Courtesy Special Collections Department, Rutgers University.

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

8

PDF-1

TitleSchlesinger's

Date Created1900-1950

DescriptionA black-and-white postcard of a store at the corner of Neilson and Albany Streets. Name of the business is illegible in the postcard.

9

PDF-1

TitleMiddlesex County Vocational School, New Brunswick.

Date Created1900-1950

DescriptionA black-and-white photograph postcard of the Middlesex County Vocational School on Easton Avenue, New Brunswick.

10