Newark Streets

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Cutler Street & Seventh Avenue181 views1960's
Photo from NNJM
Jan 04, 2018
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123 South Street163 viewsPhoto from Rebecca Clegg ScarpatoJan 04, 2018
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123 South Street167 viewsPhoto from Rebecca Clegg Scarpato
Restoration by Gonzalo Alberto
Jan 04, 2018
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Fourth Avenue & N. 13/14th Streets186 viewsWard's Tip Top BreadJan 04, 2018
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1908 Partial Map160 viewsJan 04, 2018
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157 Springfield Avenue273 viewsChristian Schmidt FurnitureJan 01, 2018
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224 viewsFrom Riders MagazineJan 01, 2018
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Commerce Street at Raymond Plaza164 viewsPostcardJan 01, 2018
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Mulberry Street294 viewsThis is a Google Maps screenshot. The area in BLUE was the Hudson Tubes Terminal. The WHITE lines were the tracks. The area in RED is St. John's RC Church. # 1 was Saybrook Place. #2 shows Mulberry Street before it was realigned. #3 was Cherry Street. #4 is the area that was occupied by the Pennsylvania RR Freight Yards.Jan 01, 2018
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Saybrook Place157 viewsThis is a Google Maps screenshot. The area in BLUE was the Hudson Tubes Terminal. The WHITE lines were the tracks. The area in RED is St. John's RC Church. # 1 was Saybrook Place. #2 shows Mulberry Street before it was realigned. #3 was Cherry Street. #4 is the area that was occupied by the Pennsylvania RR Freight Yards.Jan 01, 2018
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Division Place206 views#3 shows where the street wasJan 01, 2018
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133 viewsJan 01, 2018
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220 viewsJan 01, 2018
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856 Broad Street Looking North137 viewsPhoto from NNJMJan 01, 2018
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169 Springfield Avenue259 viewsPhoto from Gonzalo AlbertoJan 01, 2018
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Fourteenth Avenue & South 9th Street191 viewsJan 01, 2018
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When Last Seen on the Plank Road She Appeared Happy196 viewsJune 1, 1893Dec 30, 2017
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203 Plane Street257 viewsFirst Italian Presbyterian ChurchDec 30, 2017
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53-61 Washington Street (R to L)152 views1891Dec 29, 2017
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Broad Street Looking South from Market Street107 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 28, 2017
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Broad Street from Bridge Street South 1875119 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 28, 2017
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Washington Place & Halsey Street137 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 28, 2017
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65 Lincoln Park151 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 28, 2017
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Washington Street between Spruce Street & Clinton Avenue144 viewsThis section renamed Lincoln Park
Photo from Essex County Illustrated 1897
Dec 28, 2017
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Wallace Place between Bruce & Hudson Streets125 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 28, 2017
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Looking West from St. Francis Street121 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 28, 2017
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Springfield & Belmont Avenues (sw corner)292 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 28, 2017
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Looking South East from High Street 184593 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 28, 2017
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Plank Road Ferry House142 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 28, 2017
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16 West Park Street123 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 28, 2017
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Looking South West from Clark's Chimney in Harrison 1892123 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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Looking Southeast from Clark's Chimney101 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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Looking North West from Clark's Chimney 1892104 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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Hudson & Warren Streets109 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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1891 - Looking East from Broad Street112 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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1840 - Market Street Looking West From Broad Street118 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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Murray Street & Avenue C134 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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Highland & Elwood Avenues142 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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172 viewsThis photo was taken around 1897 and most likely from the roof of Feigenspan's Brewery on Freeman Street. The view is to the west northwest. The large chimney in the center of the photo is from the P. Reilly & Sons Tannery which was located between Providence & Lexington Streets. The factory area extended from the Morris Canal south almost to Bowery Street (Fleming Avenue) which would be the middle of the photograph, left to right. The first street from the bottom running L to R is Oxford Street.

Photo from Essex County Illustrated 1897
Dec 27, 2017
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Oxford Street136 viewsThis photo was taken around 1897 and most likely from the roof of Feigenspan's Brewery on Freeman Street. The view is to the west northwest. The large chimney in the center of the photo is from the P. Reilly & Sons Tannery which was located between Providence & Lexington Streets. The factory area extended from the Morris Canal south almost to Bowery Street (Fleming Avenue) which would be the middle of the photograph, left to right. The first street from the bottom running L to R is Oxford Street.

Photo from Essex County Illustrated 1897
Dec 27, 2017
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North West Corner 1897213 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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1840120 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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1840120 viewsCentre Market Tower on right, Trinity Episcopal Church tower in the center
Photo from Essex County Illustrated 1897
Dec 27, 2017
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Looking East from Broad Street192 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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74-76 Chestnut Street182 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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Washington Avenue134 viewsPostcardDec 26, 2017
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Bridge Street & the Passaic River159 viewsDec 26, 2017
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54-60 McWhorter Street162 viewsDec 26, 2017
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Hamilton & McWhorter Streets156 viewsDec 26, 2017
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Warwick & Pulaski Streets132 viewsPhoto from Lucille AnnuziataDec 26, 2017
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Pulaski Street & Warwick Street133 viewsPhoto from Lucille AnnuziataDec 26, 2017
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214 Warwick Street130 viewsSt. George Byzantine Catholic Church
Photo from Dan Silva
Dec 26, 2017
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87 Elm Road123 viewsEngine Co. 27 & Truck Co. 4
Photo from Dan Silva
Dec 26, 2017
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407 Mulberry Street256 viewsOnce housed silversmiths and jewelers.
Photo from Dan Siilva
Dec 26, 2017
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McCarter Highway and Center Street200 viewsShowing the Light Rail System
2016
Dec 26, 2017
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Center Street & Mulberry Street158 viewsShowing the realignment of Mulberry Street
2016
Dec 26, 2017
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Mulberry Street & Center Street256 viewsRealigned Mulberry Street from East Park Street to Center Street
2016
Dec 26, 2017
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31, 33, 35 Hawkins Street188 views1953Dec 23, 2017
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830 Broad Street looking North121 viewsPhoto from Wallace F. LevisonDec 23, 2017
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231 viewsPhoto from the NY Daily NewsDec 23, 2017
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230 viewsDec 23, 2017
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55 Nesbitt Street173 viewsBorden's MilkDec 23, 2017
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113 viewsDec 23, 2017
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805 Broad Street Looking North109 viewsPhoto form Chris HunterDec 23, 2017
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1915 (approximately)241 viewsDec 23, 2017
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1950s317 viewsDec 22, 2017
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High & Spruce Streets361 viewsFrom "Old South High Street" 1929

In winter this street was a carnival place. There was little traffic on the cross streets and the pavement was smooth. A little ice and snow made good sleigh-riding, and the owners of fine horses came here to race them with other owners, and they did so from Mercer Street on the north to beyond Spruce Street, and walked the horses slowly back on the east side. The sidewalks were lined with people as on a circus parade day.

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This is a drawing of the corner of High & Spruce Streets with the Albright Mansion in the background.
Dec 22, 2017
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247 Market Street152 views~1930Dec 22, 2017
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115 - 129 Market Street173 viewsDec 22, 2017
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Opening of South 10th Street Suit151 viewsDec 22, 2017
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264 viewsDec 22, 2017
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1920s121 viewsPhoto from George RinhartDec 22, 2017
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1929207 viewsDec 21, 2017
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1929238 viewsDec 21, 2017
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1929250 viewsDec 21, 2017
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River Street at Mulberry Street163 viewsRiver Street is the street to the left.Dec 21, 2017
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Centre Street at Front & Mulberry Streets159 viewsDec 21, 2017
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Front Street, Centre Street & Mulberry Streeet153 viewsFront Street is the lower street.
Photo from the NPL
Dec 21, 2017
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1950182 viewsPhoto from Charles Fenno JacobsDec 21, 2017
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Looking West from Broad Street130 viewsPhoto from the NY Daily NewsDec 21, 2017
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Broad Street Looking North from Mechanic Street113 viewsDec 20, 2017
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989 McCarter Highway196 viewsDiesel Institute CorsesDec 20, 2017
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971 Broad Street101 viewsRobinhood Archery Co.Dec 20, 2017
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967 Broad Street105 viewsAladdin Home Appliance Corp.Dec 20, 2017
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1200 Broad Street100 viewsSystem Brake ServiceDec 20, 2017
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1044 Broad Street152 viewsThe Capital LunchDec 20, 2017
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966 Broad Street130 viewsA. Gibbons Co.Dec 20, 2017
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936 Broad Street129 viewsU.S. Trust Co. of NewarkDec 20, 2017
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770 Broad Street109 viewsFranklin Savings InstitutionDec 20, 2017
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763 Broad Street115 viewsMerchants & Newark Trust Company inside the Prudential BuildingDec 20, 2017
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744 Broad Street100 viewsNational Newark BuildingDec 20, 2017
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620 Central Avenue220 viewsFairmount CemeteryDec 20, 2017
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614 Frelinghuysen Avenue194 viewsWeston Electrical Instrument Corp.Dec 20, 2017
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1930s273 viewsPhoto from George RinhartDec 20, 2017
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546 Central Avenue232 viewsJoseph J. Kroeger Storage WarehousesDec 19, 2017
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520 High Street300 viewsSt. Benedict's Preparatory SchoolDec 19, 2017
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370 Orange Street225 viewsTung-Sol Lamp WorksDec 19, 2017
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300 Broadway188 viewsDec 19, 2017
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1004 Broad Street127 viewsPhoto from Gonzalo AlbertoDec 19, 2017
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216 Clifford Street106 viewsBenedict-Miller Inc.Dec 19, 2017
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215 First Street160 viewsNewark AcademyDec 19, 2017
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214 Market Street130 viewsUnion National BankDec 19, 2017
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Raymond Blvd & Washington Street169 viewsWashington Terminal GarageDec 19, 2017
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180 Washington Street128 viewsWashington Terminal GarageDec 19, 2017
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Warren & Washington Streets206 viewsDec 19, 2017
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161 Washington Street & Warren Street141 viewsTip Top Food CenterDec 19, 2017
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High Street & Central Avenue357 viewsDec 19, 2017
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Central Avenue & High Street224 viewsDec 19, 2017
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140 Thomas Street175 viewsL. E. Waterman Co.Dec 19, 2017
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40 Rector Street135 viewsUniversity of NewarkDec 19, 2017
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33 Littleton Avenue174 viewsJ. Wiss & SonsDec 19, 2017
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15 Washington Street127 viewsDec 19, 2017
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14 Branford Place210 viewsDec 19, 2017
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10 Park Place142 viewsDec 19, 2017
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Broadway & Lincoln Avenue201 viewsDec 19, 2017
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Lincoln Avenue & Broadway156 viewsDec 19, 2017
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1004 Broad Street122 viewsDec 19, 2017
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Broad & William Streets looking north164 viewsCity Hall on left, Prudential Building in the distance.
Postcard
Dec 19, 2017
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South 14th Street & Central Avenue168 viewsPhoto from the George Conrad CollectionDec 19, 2017
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Central Avenue & S. 14th Street244 viewsPhoto from the George Conrad CollectionDec 19, 2017
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Looking North from Mechanic Street114 viewsPhoto from BettmannDec 19, 2017
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Market Street & Pennsylvania Railroad133 viewsPhoto from the George Conrad CollectionDec 18, 2017
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840 Broad Street121 viewsPhoto from the George Conrad CollectionDec 18, 2017
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264 Market Street142 viewsPhoto from the George Conrad CollectionDec 18, 2017
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2-8 Ferry Street358 viewsPhoto from the George Conrad CollectionDec 18, 2017
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1940s Snowstorm236 viewsPhoto form the NY Daily NewsDec 17, 2017
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Halsey Street at the Prudential Building looking North248 viewsDec 16, 2017
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906 Broad Street102 viewsChemist and photographer Wallace G. Levison standing on the sidewalk at 906 Broad St., next to a sign advertising horse blankets.

Photo by Wallace G. Levison
Dec 16, 2017
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Central Avenue292 viewsBus rests against house on Central Avenue in Newark, N.J. after Eugene Balanger, driver of the Public Service vehicle, swerved to avoid hitting an automobile.

Photo by J Petrella/NY Daily News
Dec 15, 2017
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Broome Street205 views1935: The owner of a shack made from a scrapped bus opens his door for Director Brady of the Newark Department of Public Affairs and Health Officials in Broome Street, Newark.

Photo by Hulton Archive
Dec 15, 2017
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102 Vesey Street205 viewsOne of the largest and best equipped stills ever found in Newark was discovered by dry raiders at 102 Vesey St. Plant and garage across street were connected by electric underground conveyor. Prohibition agents placed capacity of the alcohol plant at 52,000 gallons daily.

Photo by NY Daily News
Dec 15, 2017
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Raymond Blvd & Broad Street201 viewsWhy Does the Chicken Cross the Road? The answer to that one is easy. Why does a Rhode Island Red hen cross busy Broad Street and Raymond Boulevard, Newark? Neither the biddy who sold her for a quarter to a bus driver, nor the passersby she diverted for nearly an hour, can answer that riddle. She just arrived and nonchalantly strolled across the street - with the traffic light of course. March 16, 1943

Photo from Bettmann
Dec 15, 2017
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64 Mulberry Street312 viewsFEBRUARY 28 1932: America's Chinese man of mystery, the almost legendary Mock Duck, national president of the Hip Sing Tong and reputedly the wealthiest of his race in this country, was the target of an assassin in Newark. The Dr. Fu Manchu of real life was shot down as he stepped from his eastern headquarters at 64 Mulberry St., Newark. shortly after 7:30 P.M. The bullet, fired almost pointblank, entered his neck and emerged through his right cheek. Treated at Newark City Hospital, the man whose slightest word is law in the gambling dens of Chinatowns from the Atlantic to the Pacific deserted his habitual Oriental calm and named his assailant as a young hatchet man known as Eng Pong Quong,

Photo by Walter Kelleher/NY Daily News
Dec 15, 2017
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5 - 10 Nassau Place150 viewsHealth Dept. Called These Unfit For Human
Tenants in these houses, at 5 through 10 Nassau Pl, must move within 10 days or face court penalties, Newark, New Jersey, 1950. Owner, James Bittaco, was fined for his failure to get tenants out. (Photo by Afro American Newspapers/Gado/Getty Images)
Dec 13, 2017
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Route 21 Viaduct on Right227 viewsFrom “Library of Congress”Dec 12, 2017
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115 viewsPhoto from the National Newark & Essex Banking Company 1804 - 1954Dec 10, 2017
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Construction at Washington Street Looking West195 viewsPhoto from the NPLDec 09, 2017
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Revolutionary War Skirmish195 viewsDec 08, 2017
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Ferry Street & Wilson Avenue328 viewsPhoto from Loida PearsonDec 07, 2017
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13 Ward Street164 viewsPhoto from the Sunday CallDec 07, 2017
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