Newark's History & Areas

Old Newark

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Mulberry Street Looking North628 viewsPhoto from NNJMFeb 22, 2018
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Unknown Street912 viewsPhoto from "Newark & It's Leading Businessmen 1891"Feb 20, 2018
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556 viewsPhoto from "Official Guide to the 250th Anniversary Celebration"Feb 19, 2018
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559 viewsPhoto from "Official Guide to the 250th Anniversary Celebration"Feb 19, 2018
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516 viewsPhoto from "Official Guide to the 250th Anniversary Celebration"Feb 19, 2018
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432 viewsPhoto from "Official Guide to the 250th Anniversary Celebration"Feb 18, 2018
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Ernest Nagel Home615 viewsFeb 18, 2018
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Unveiling Pamphlet513 viewsFeb 17, 2018
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634 viewsPhoto from "Sightseeing in Newark, N. J. by John H. Dunnachie: 1926"Feb 17, 2018
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Unknown Year554 viewsFeb 17, 2018
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482 viewsPostcard
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1912 Berlin, Dresden & Frankfort Streets565 viewsFeb 11, 2018
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For Sale Flyer651 viewsFeb 11, 2018
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Disastrous Fire in New American Shipyard819 viewsFeb 10, 2018
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Home on Left - 1916450 viewsPhoto from "The Newarker"Feb 09, 2018
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1915557 viewsPhotos from "Comprehensive Plan of Newark 1915"Feb 08, 2018
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1915557 viewsPhotos from "Comprehensive Plan of Newark 1915"Feb 08, 2018
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1913521 viewsPhoto from City Planning for Newark 1913Feb 07, 2018
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1913513 viewsPhoto from City Planning for Newark 1913Feb 07, 2018
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450 viewsPhoto from the WPAFeb 07, 2018
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Brick City456 viewsFeb 06, 2018
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503 viewsPostcardFeb 03, 2018
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446 viewsFrom Walter PernaJan 31, 2018
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From a French Magazine558 viewsPhoto from Alberto ValdesJan 30, 2018
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire467 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Gonzalo Alberto
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September 18, 1918 New York Times486 viewsJan 29, 2018
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487 viewsPhoto from Alberto ValdesJan 29, 2018
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403 viewsPostcardJan 28, 2018
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418 viewsPhoto from the NPLJan 28, 2018
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598 viewsPostcardJan 23, 2018
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412 viewsPostcardJan 17, 2018
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564 viewsPhoto from Gregory SereicoJan 17, 2018
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528 viewsPhoto from "New Jersey; Life, Industries and Resources of a Great State:1926"Jan 14, 2018
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Assistant Fire Chief James E. Van Houten493 viewsPhoto from Angela Degennaro LucasJan 05, 2018
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Fire Chief Edward Durando429 viewsPhoto from Angela Degennaro LucasJan 05, 2018
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Alexander Maybaum447 viewsJan 05, 2018
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Vailsburg Borough Hall570 viewsSouth Orange Avenue & Munn Avenue
Photo from Charles McGrath
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Area today for Lydia Lindsley's House508 viewsPhoto from Charles McGrathJan 05, 2018
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Lydia Lindsley's House477 viewsStuyvesant Avenue
Photo from Charles McGrath
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Beam from Lydia Lindsley's House490 viewsPhoto from Charles McGrathJan 05, 2018
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Lydia Lindsley's House 1936450 viewsJan 05, 2018
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1904 Map of Vailsburg489 viewsPhoto from Charles McGrathJan 05, 2018
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Noll Mansion497 viewsWest Side of Sandford Avenue
Photo from Charles McGrath
Jan 05, 2018
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Patrick Campbell House491 viewsJan 05, 2018
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Joshua O. Baldwin's Homestead Today461 viewsSoutheast corner of South Orange & Sanford Avenues
Photo from Charles McGrath
Jan 05, 2018
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Aaron Baldwin's Homestead490 views755 South Orange Avenue
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Site of Aaron Baldwin's Homestead484 viewsPhoto from Charles McGrathJan 05, 2018
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Site of Aaron Baldwin's Homestead459 viewsPhoto from Charles McGrathJan 05, 2018
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The Baldwin Homestead473 viewsPhoto from Charles McGrathJan 05, 2018
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Vailsburg--The Place Robert Treat Really Sought388 viewsMarch 19, 1916Jan 05, 2018
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Woman Arrested While Denouncing Suffragists435 viewsOctober 27, 1912Jan 04, 2018
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Junior Suffragists Working for the Cause1304 viewsAugust 31, 1913Jan 04, 2018
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Mrs. John Rodgers Jr. addressing a crowd of voters in Military Park449 viewsJan 04, 2018
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522 viewsPhoto from the LOCJan 02, 2018
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483 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 29, 2017
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495 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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976 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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431 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 27, 2017
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496 viewsPhoto from Carl MydansDec 23, 2017
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506 viewsPhoto from the Universal History ArchiveDec 22, 2017
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488 viewsPhoto from Carl MydansDec 22, 2017
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510 viewsPhoto from the Sunday CallDec 19, 2017
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Jackie Robinson490 viewsJackie Robinson shows his son and the son of Roy Campanella the statue of Abraham Lincoln that stands outside the Essex County Courthouse in Newark, New Jersey in February of 1951.

Photo by Mark Rucker/Transcendental Graphics
Dec 15, 2017
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Broad Street587 viewsPhoto shows the hike lead by "General" Rosalie Jones from New York to Washington, D.C. for the March 3, 1913 National American Woman Suffrage Association parade. Photo taken in Newark, New Jersey on Broad Street, just north of West Kinney Street, on February 12, 1913. Rosalie Jones is walking behind the first car. The church before City Hall is Grace Episcopal Church.

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Unknown Street478 viewsPhoto from LOCDec 12, 2017
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481 viewsPhoto from NNJMDec 09, 2017
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A Hot Day in the Tenement Districts587 views1908Nov 08, 2017
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A "Little Mother" Helping Baby to a Drink569 views1908Nov 08, 2017
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1970s592 viewsAug 12, 2017
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529 viewsPhoto from the New York TimesMay 11, 2017
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