Newark's History & Areas

Old Newark

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Vailsburg Borough Hall974 viewsSouth Orange Avenue & Munn Avenue
Photo from Charles McGrath
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Attic of Plume House972 viewsThe attic of this house where Rev. Hannibal Goodwin invented flexible roll film for photography and cinema!
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Seth Boyden965 views~1905
From "Views of Newark" Published by L. H. Nelson Company ~1905
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960 viewsNew York Times 1916
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958 viewsPhoto from "A History of the City of Newark"
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Mulberry Street Looking North957 viewsPhoto from NNJM
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Children Playing on the Lincoln Statue956 viewsFrom "Shade Tree Commission of the City of Newark, New Jersey" 1911
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953 viewsHarper's New Monthly Magazine October 1876
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952 viewsImage from Charles McGrath
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949 viewsImages from Charles McGrath
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An Italian Child's First Impression of America948 views
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A Hot Day in the Tenement Districts948 views1908
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Roseville Riding Academy944 views
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From a French Magazine940 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Camp Fire Girls937 viewsNew York Times 1916
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937 viewsPhoto from Matt Mondino February 8, 2011
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Factory Owners Guilty in Newark Fire935 views1918 Municipal Journal
From Gonzalo Alberto
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Hold Memorials for Fire Victims934 views1911
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The 1926 Dedication934 viewsPhoto from NNJM
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931 viewsPhoto from "Official Guide to the 250th Anniversary Celebration"
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September 18, 1918 New York Times930 views
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928 viewsPhoto from Matt Mondino February 8, 2011
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928 viewsPhoto from "Woodside 1743-1909"
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Broad Street926 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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Noll Mansion924 viewsWest Side of Sandford Avenue
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923 viewsPhoto from "New Jersey; Life, Industries and Resources of a Great State:1926"
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1912920 viewsFrom "Newark, the City of Industry" Published by the Newark Board of Trade 1912
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920 viewsNew York Times 1916
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First Troop will Escort President920 views1912
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Site of Aaron Baldwin's Homestead918 viewsPhoto from Charles McGrath
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1915918 viewsPhotos from "Comprehensive Plan of Newark 1915"
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918 viewsPhoto from "Official Guide to the 250th Anniversary Celebration"
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1970s915 views
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1973914 viewsPhoto from Lee Friedlander 1973
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A "Little Mother" Helping Baby to a Drink914 views1908
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1912 Berlin, Dresden & Frankfort Streets913 views
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913 viewsPhoto from "Official Guide to the 250th Anniversary Celebration"
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Unveiling of Washington Statue Next Saturday Afternoon912 viewsOctober 27, 1912
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Area today for Lydia Lindsley's House912 viewsPhoto from Charles McGrath
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Assistant Fire Chief James E. Van Houten912 viewsPhoto from Angela Degennaro Lucas
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911 viewsPhoto from the 1923 Manual of the Board of Commissioners
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910 viewsPhoto from the NY Historical Society
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910 viewsPhoto from Pete Bruno
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909 viewsImage from Charles McGrath
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909 viewsHarper's New Monthly Magazine October 1876
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909 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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Lydia Lindsley's House904 viewsStuyvesant Avenue
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1916903 viewsPhoto from "The Newarker"
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903 viewsPhoto from Harper's New Monthly Magazine, October 1876
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902 viewsNew York Times 1916
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1915901 viewsPhotos from "Comprehensive Plan of Newark 1915"
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Unknown Year901 views
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899 viewsFrom "The Running Brooks" by Edward S. Rankin
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Divident Hill898 viewsPostcard
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An Old Newark Mansion896 viewsAugust 31, 1909
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This Lyons Farms House was Old when the Revolutionary War Began893 viewsNovember 19, 1905
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892 viewsPhoto from Craig Ponzio
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891 viewsNew York Times 1916
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With Teddy Roosevelt (standing in booth)891 viewsPhoto from the NY Historical Society
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891 viewsPhoto from NNJM
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Before the Fire891 viewsPhoto from Alberto Valdes
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890 viewsNew York Times 1916
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Study889 views
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Unveiling885 viewsWilliam F. Cone Collection
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884 viewsNew York Times 1916
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884 viewsPhoto from "Official Guide to the 250th Anniversary Celebration"
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1892 Map882 views
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881 viewsPhoto from The Opulent Interiors of the Gilded Age
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Aaron Baldwin's Homestead880 views755 South Orange Avenue
Photo from Charles McGrath
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879 viewsHarper's New Monthly Magazine October 1876
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Unknown #3879 viewsPhoto from Scientific American Building Monthly
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1926878 viewsPhoto from "Sightseeing in Newark, N. J. by John H. Dunnachie: 1926"
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876 viewsHarper's New Monthly Magazine October 1876
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The Old Meeker Homestead in Potpie Lane875 views1909
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Mr. Goldman at Divident Hill872 viewsPhoto from Alan Goldman
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