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TitlePluckemin - Postcard to Rosilla Hall verso, 1909

Date Created1909

DescriptionThis postcard of two Pluckemin scenes is inscribed “Dear Sister, If nothing happens to prevent, I am coming down to visit you tomorrow, Oct 10. I should have written before but will explain when I...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitlePeapack - Main Street View Postcard, 1919 - verso (see also: recto)

Date Created1919

DescriptionThe postcard depicts houses on Main Street, Peapack and is postmarked Gladstone, NJ, August 8, 1919. Addressed in pencil to "Mrs. Louis Bush, Whitehouse, Sta. NJ, Box 172", the card is inscribed:...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitlePeapack - Main Street View Postcard, 1919 - recto (see also: verso)

Date Created1919

DescriptionThe postcard depicts houses on Main Street, Peapack and is postmarked Gladstone, NJ, August 8, 1919. Addressed in pencil to "Mrs. Louis Bush, Whitehouse, Sta. NJ, Box 172", the card is inscribed:...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleBedminster - Buttermilk Falls Postcard, 1906

Date Created1906

DescriptionThis postcard is inscribed “Have I sent you one of these before? My favorite haunt. Expect to spend next Saturday and Sunday at Laura’s. School closes the 8th of June. Thanks for postal. Will hold...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitlePluckemin - Postcard to Mr. Joseph McMurtry, verso, 1909

Date Created1909

DescriptionThe postcard is addressed to Mr. Joseph McMurtry, Alexandria, Indiana (no postmark) and is inscribed “Pluckemin, NJ. Sept. 6, 1909. Chas.” Postcard No. B5461 was published by A. Owens, Pluckamin...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitlePeapack, Four Scenes Postcard, 1908 - verso (see also: recto)

Date Created1908

DescriptionInscription reads "Am spending a few days at Peapack & Gladstone. Have seen some beautiful places today - drove for a couple of hours or more. Hope all are well. Ella." Postmarked Gladstone, Sept. 5,...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitlePeapack - Smith Picnic Grounds Postcard, 1905

Date Created1905

DescriptionThe postcard shows the speaker’s stand on the Smith Picnic Grounds near Peapack, NJ, dated August 31, 1905. A large sign behind the stand says, “In Memory of Our Ancestors”. Inscribed “Fine....

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitlePeapack, Four Scenes Postcard, 1908 - recto (see also verso)

Date Created1908

DescriptionHandwriting in pencil identifies the top left as St. Luke's (Episcopal Church), top right as Presbyterian (it's actually the Reformed Church), bottom left as "Med" (Methodist) Church, and bottom right...

Time PeriodThe Emergence of Modern America (1890-1930)

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TitleTyped transcript of letter to Helen Sater, U.S. Dept. of Labor, November 6, 1943

Date Created1943-11-06

DescriptionIn this letter, a white woman residing at Seabrook writes that although she and other workers had been promised free housing at Seabrook, the company was now attempting to charge them. The company's...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleLetter from Mary Dyckman to NJ Dept of Health, August 11, 1944

Date Created1944-08-11

DescriptionA letter from Mary Dyckman, President of the New Jersey Consumers League, to Dr. Julius Levy, a state health official, details sanitary conditions at the camps and notes racial discrimination in the...

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)