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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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Date Created1930
DescriptionIn addition to the title page, the 1930 Plat-Book contains three indices and 48 detailed map plates of the city of Trenton, and 6 detailed map plates and one page containing three indices for the...
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Date Created1874
DescriptionSanborn Maps were originally created for assessing fire insurance liability and include detailed information about building construction and function, street names and width, natural features, and...
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Date Created1938
DescriptionThis photo shows a group of factory workers pausing to take a photograph. In the background the audience can see the machines and the arrangement of the assembly line.
Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)
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AuthorLawrence, William Beach
Date Created1843
DescriptionDetailed history of the settlement of New Jersey by European immigrants in the 1600s and 1700s, principally New Netherlands and New Sweden. Relations of colonies with governments of mother countries,...
Time PeriodColonization and Settlement (1585-1763), Revolution and the New Nation (1754-1820)
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Date Created1918
DescriptionThis leaflet responds to a number of reasons why people choose not to support state prohibition, by tearing apart the logic behind the reasons and making a mockery of them. This leaflet contains a...
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Date Created1915
DescriptionThis is not a "recreation survey." It is a brief review, from the city-planning standpoint, of the value of a comprehensive system of public recreation. It is intended chiefly to fix public...
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Date Created1939
DescriptionJersey Homesteads was established in the 1930s as an agro-industrial cooperative community. It was established specifically for urban, Jewish garment workers, many of whom had emigrated from Europe. ...