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TitleTrading with Native Americans Depicted by Schoolchildren in 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionSchoolchildren in period dress depict Dutch settlers trading with Native Americans. Note presence of beads (wampum), furs, and tools. In October, 1910 Jersey City celebrated the 250th Anniversary of...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Expansion and Reform (1801-1861)
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TitleColonial Dutch Villagers Depicted by Schoolchildren in 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionSchoolchildren in period costume depict a gathering of Dutch settlers. In October, 1910 Jersey City celebrated the 250th Anniversary of its founding as the town of Bergen by the Dutch in 1660. ...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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TitleMassacre of Lenni Lenape Depicted by Schoolchildren, 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionThis scene depicts events of the night of February 25, 1643. A Mohawk attack had caused some Lenni Lenape, of the Algonquin nation, to flee through the snow and take shelter with the Dutch in...
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TitleUnification of the Towns into Jersey City, as Depicted by Schoolchildren, 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionYoung women hold shields with the names of the towns that became part of Jersey City, including the old Dutch settlements of Paulus Hook, Van Vorst and Bergen, and the later (largely German) Hudson...
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TitleJane Tuers and Sam Fraunces Depicted by Schoolchildren in 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionStudents depicting Sam Fraunces, who ran Fraunces Tavern in Manhattan, telling Jane Tuers of the village of Bergen that he overheard British soldiers toasting an American traitor named Arnold who was...
Time PeriodRevolution and the New Nation (1754-1820), The Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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Title"In the Old Dutch Church" as Depicted by Schoolchildren, 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionSchoolchildren in colonial period dress enact a scene from the Bergen Reformed Church, the congregation of the Dutch settlement which dates back to 1660. In October, 1910 Jersey City celebrated the...
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TitleDutch Dance Depicted by Schoolchildren in 1910
Date Created1910
DescriptionYoung girls in colonial period dress perform a Dutch dance. In October, 1910 Jersey City celebrated the 250th Anniversary of its founding as the town of Bergen by the Dutch in 1660. Children from...
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)