November 2003

11/30/2003

Your Newark Memories - Down Neck - "Horse Shoeing" by Jack Keegan
Your Newark Memories - Down Neck - "Central Railroad of NJ" by Jack Keegan
Your Newark Memories - Bloomfield Avenue Section - "Christmas Decorations" by Harry T. Roman
Your Newark Memories - Roseville Section - "Pigtail Alley" by Charles McGrath
Your Newark Memories - Link added to Nora Thompson Dean & The Lenape Language from Charles McGrath's memory of her.
Your Newark Memories - Newark - "Knights of Columbus" by Jule Spohn
Your Newark Memories - Military - "Dan Daly & the Newark Connection" by Jule Spohn
Images in Time - People - Helen Tighe (mother of Jule Spohn) in Washington Park
B&I - Brewery & Bottlers - Hoffman Beverage Delivery Truck
Public Housing - Munn Avenue Apartments - 2003 photo
Hospitals, Homes & Orphanages - St. Mary's Orphanage - Original Steps
HoW - Baptist - Macedonia Baptist Church
B&I - Restaurants - Hobby's owner Sam Brummer
Historic Homes - Feigenspan Mansion 53 Lincoln Place - 2003 photo
Public Servants - Police - Offense Report Memo Book

11/21/2003

Historical Homes - Ballantine Mansion - Image section redone
Streets - Mulberry Place - 14 Mulberry Place, Stephen Crane's Birthplace
Historical Landmarks - Lyons Farm Schoolhouse - 2 1936 views plus information
HoW - Baptist - Peddie Baptist image pages redone
Streets - Mulberry Street - Images of 229 Mulberry Street added 1920s
HoW - Presbyterian - First Presbyterian Church image pages redone
Historic Homes - Isaac Plume House
HoW - Presbyterian - South Park Presbyterian Church image pages redone
Streets - Plane Street - 86-88 Plane Street
Streets - Mount Prospect Avenue - 21 photos of #599
B&I - Banks - 2003 image of Ironbound Trust Company
Associations - YM/YWHA - 2003 building photo
Education - High Schools - 2003 photo of Arts High School
Hospitals, Homes, & Orphanages - Newark Orphan Asylum building 2003
Historic Homes - Plume House - 2003 photo
Associations - New Jersey Historical Society - 2003 photo of old building

11/20/2003

Military - Servicemen/women - Staff Sergeant Quint "Flip" Villanueva U. S. Marine Corps
Education - Elementary Schools - 15th Avenue School 2003 2 Photos
Historical Landmarks - Original Essex County Jail - Photo page redone and 2 2003 images added
Hospitals, Homes, & Orphanages - St. Michael's Hospital - 2003 image
Education - Parochial Schools - St. Vincent's Academy
Historical Homes - Coe Mansion - 2002 photo
B&I - Banks - Clinton Trust building 2003
Historical Homes - Feigenspan Mansion - 2003 photo
Historical Homes - Feigenspan Mansion - Photo page redone
B&I - Hotels - Hotel Riviera 2003

11/19/2003

Your Newark Memories - Newark - "Gas Lights" by Charles McGrath
Your Newark Memories - Newark - "Revisiting Newark" by Mario Nappa (Off Site)
Public Housing - Seth Crane Village - 60's image
Public Housing - Scudder Homes - 60's image
Public Housing - Stella Windsor Wright Homes - 60's image
Public Housing - Mount Calvery Homes - 60's image
Public Housing - Baxter Terrace - 60's image
Public Housing - University Gardens - 60's image
Public Housing - New Housing Units added
Hospitals, Homes & Orphanages - Baptist Home for the Aged 2003 photo
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Sand Courts 2003
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Entrance Sign
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Roller Skating Rink Sign
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Lenape Trail Sign
B&I - Hotels - Lobby Photo in the Robert Treat Hotel
HoW - Episcopal - St. Thomas Episcopal Church building 2003
HoW - Roman Catholic - Sacred Heart Cathedral stones from the Holy Land
Public Servants - Police - Fourth Precinct 2003 image

11/18/2003

Your Newark Memories - Bloomfield Avenue Section - "Echoes of Little Italy" by Harry T. Roman
Your Newark Memories - Newark/Military - 2 photos have been added to "The Four Chaplains" by Jule Spohn
B&I - Chemicals - Lister's Advertisement
Public Servants - Fire Department - Early 20th century postcard of Water Co. No. 1
Hospitals, Homes & Orphanages - Essex County Lunatic Asylum - 1872 map location
B&I - Radio & Television Stations - 1937 QSR card for WOR

11/17/2003

Your Newark Memories - Stories - "Bird Brain" by Charles McGrath
Military - Servicemen/women - Lt. Irvin L. Fuchs
Streets - Clinton Avenue - Looking east towards Broad Street
B&I - Breweries - Hoffman/Pabst Bottle 2002 image, 2003 Pabst building close-up
B&I - Breweries - Krueger images redone & Krueger bottle opener, Closed Building, Serving Tray added
B&I - Department Stores - Bamberger's Image section redone & Bams at night postcard added
B&I - Theatres - Mosque Theatre Bingo Matchbook Cover
B&I - Restaurants - The Roost Postcard
B&I - Insurance - American Insurance Building (with Second Presbyterian & Newark Public Library)
B&I - Department Stores - L. S. Plaut Building Postcard
B&I - Chemicals & Paints - H. W. Johns Asbestos Paints
B&I - Insurance - Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Building Unknown Location
Sports - New Dreamland Arena - Sticker showing building
B&I - Theatres - Paramount Theatre Closing News Photo
Public Buildings - Newark City Hall (New) - 8 photos added

11/16/2003

Your Newark Memories - Weequahic Section - "Things that are no more..." by Jacqueline Kline
Your Newark Memories - Stories - "Connie Francis Came Home Tonight" by Jule Spohn
Hospitals, Homes, & Orphanages - Protestant Foster Home - Photo of building 2002
B&I - Theatres - Cameo Theatre
B&I - Apartment Buildings - Colonnade Apartments
B&I - Insurance - 2003 image of Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Co. building
Education - Essex Catholic High School - 2003 image of 300 Broadway
B&I - Hoffman Beverages - 2003 image of building
Hospitals, Homes, and Orphanages - UMDNJ
Hospitals, Homes, and Orphanages - Martland Medical Center building 2002
Education - Advanced - New Jersey College of Pharmacy building 2003
Public Servants - Police - North Newark Police Headquarters
Statues - Washington Park - Pilgrim & Indian Statue 2002 & 2003 photos
Statues - Washington Park - George Washington 2003
Statues - Washington Park - Seth Boyden 2003
Statues - Washington Park - Abraham Coles 2003
Statues - Washington Park - Christopher Columbus
Statue - Military Park - 6 views of Wars of America Statue
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Band Stand ~1915 Postcard
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Swimming Pond ~1915 Postcard
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Park Avenue bridge over Branch Brook Drive
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Police Boats in the Lake
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Sand Courts, Sun House
Parks - Olympic Park - 5 Postcard Images added
Parks - Weequahic Park - Image section has been redone
Parks - Weequahic Park - Band Concert, Horse Race
Parks - Weequahic Park - Scenic View
Parks - West Side Park - Image section has been redone
Associations - Roseville Athletic Association Postcard

11/15/2003

Your Newark Memories - Stories - "Don't Go During Lunch Hour" by Charles McGrath
Your Newark Memories - Stories - "Billy the Kid" by Charles McGrath
Your Newark Memories - Newark - "Horseback Riding" by Guestbook Collective
Your Newark Memories - Stories - "JFK Assassination Anniversary" by Guestbook Collective
B&I - Transportation - Erie Lackawanna image page has been redone and a 2003 image of the Broad Street Station added.
Sports - Buildings - Riverfront Stadium 2003 photo
Education - State Street School - Two 2003 images
Streets - McWhorter Street - New Housing 2003
Images in Time - People - Bob (the skeleton) and Rich Olohan, on the front porch at 27 Darcy St.
B&I - Food - Alderney Dairy Company

11/14/2003

B&I - Utilities - PSE&G 2003 photos
Associations - New Jersey Historical Society
B&I - Hotels - Robert Treat Hotel 2003 photo
Historical Menu - Clock image added
B&I - Department Stores - S. Klein building 2003 photo
HoW - Roman Catholic - 7 photos of St. John's
HoW - Roman Catholic - The image section of Sacred Heart Cathedral has been redone. 4 photos have been added.
Streets - McCarter Highway - Three images from November 2003
Streets - Routes 1 & 9 - Photo of Routes 1 & 9 South
B&I - Breweries - 2003 photo of the Budweiser Brewery
B&I - Newark International Airport - 2003 photo of Control Tower

11/13/2003

Your Newark Memories - Military & Veterans - "1942 Armistice Day Remembrance with Unforeseen 2003 Veterans Day Wind-Up" by Nat Bodian
Your Newark Memories - Sports - "Weequahic High Thanksgiving Football Game" by Jacqueline Klein

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Cemeteries - Fairmount - The image section has been redone.
Cemeteries - Fairmount - Exclusive images of the Settler's Monument being restored to its original resting place from Jule Spohn
Cemeteries - Fairmount - Images of all sides of the newly restored Settler's Monument

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11/12/2003

Your Newark Memories - Newark - "The Stop Lights from Newark" by Charles McGrath
Historic Homes - Governor Marcus Ward Estate - 2003 photo of the Carriage House
Education - Parochial Schools - St. Rocco's Parochial School
B&I - Transportation - Newark City Subway photos redone with 28 new images added
Education - Rutgers (Newark), The State University - Photos of Bookstore and advertisement
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Photo section redone
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Ballantine Gateway 2002
Historic Homes - Clark Mansion
Your Newark Memories - Stories - "November 22, 1963" by Dave Hosseini
Historic Landmarks - The Bloomfield Avenue Water Tower
Historic Homes - Sydenham House

11/11/2003

Your Newark Memories - Newark - "The Bird Farm from Newark" by Charles McGrath
Hospitals, Homes, & Orphanages - St. Michael's Hospital - Photo of Front Entrance 2003
HoW - Roman Catholic - Photo of Sacred Heart Cathedral from a distance 2003
Hospitals, Homes, & Orphanages - Protestant Foster Home - Photo of building 2003
Cemeteries - Mount Pleasant - Photos of Entrance ~1935, Office ~1935, Interior of Office ~1935, Office 2003, Caretaker's Home 2003
B&I - Office - Fireman's Insurance Building #3,
B&I - Miscellaneous - Griffith Piano Company
B&I - Theatres - Little Theatre
Public Buildings - The Newark Museum - Exterior photo 2003
Images in Time - People - Carolina Avenue Children - Kids from the Miceli, Connell, Caulfield, Martin and Cosgrove families.
Streets - New York Avenue - photo of 118 New York Avenue
Education - Oliver Street School - Graduation Class of 1934
Public Buildings - Veteran's Administration Building - 2003 photo
HoW - Roman Catholic - Newark Preservation & Landmarks Committee plaque for St. Patrick's Pro-Cathedral
Historic Homes - Rev. Joseph Fewsmith
HoW - Presbyterian - Second Presbyterian Church building 2003
Parks - Washington Park - Schoolmen's Plaque
HoW - Reformed Dutch - 6 new photos of the North Reformed Dutch Church
B&I - Office Buildings - 5 photos of the Firemen's Insurance Building #3
B&I - Department Stores - S. Klein on the Square
B&I - Office Buildings - Lefcourt Building & National Newark Building 2003 photo
B&I - Office Buildings - Lefcourt Building & National Newark Building 2003 photo
B&I - Office Buildings - Wiss Building 2003 photo
B&I - Department Stores - 2003 photo of McCrory's building

11/10/2003

Your Newark Memories - Newark - "Red Fox" by Charles McGrath
Your Newark Memories - Newark - "The Restored Settler's Monument" by Jule Spohn
Your Newark Memories - Newark - "Newark" by Dave Hosseini
Your Newark Memories - Down Neck - "The Dumps" by Jack Keegan
Your Newark Memories - Down Neck - "Passaic River Swimming" by Jack Keegan
Education - St. Vincent's Academy - Class of 1973 Program
Education - Ridge Street School - 1946 Graduation Class
Parks - Branch Brook Park - 3 views from a Tiffany Blvd back yard

11/09/2003

The 400th "Your Newark Memory":

Your Newark Memories - Sports - "Harlem Globetrotters Newark Visits: Jewish Player was Keenest Opponent" by Nat Bodian

Thanks to everyone who has submitted memories to the Old Newark site. Please keep your memories coming. There is plenty of room on the site for many, many more. And as those of you who have written memories know from the emails you have received from the readers of your memory, you bring the past back to life and rekindle old friendships.

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Your Newark Memories - Military - "Sergeant Joel Perez
(1978 - 2003)" by Jule Spohn
Your Newark Memories - Weequahic Section - An update on Anthony Wereta from Nat Bodian
Your Newark Memories - Newark - "Cold Water Flats" by Guestbook Collective
Sports - Buildings - Ruppert Stadium History

11/05/2003

Your Newark Memories - Bloomfield Avenue Section - "The Newark-Jersey Shore Connection" by Harry T. Roman
HoW - Sacred Heart of Vailsburg - Turns 100 newspaper article
Public Buildings - New Post Office - 2003 photo
Public Servants - Police Headquarters - 2003 photo
Public Buildings - New City Hall - 2003 photo
Public Buildings - New City Hall - 2003 photo of face over side entrance
B&I - Office Buildings - New Jersey State Office Building 2003 photo
B&I - Hotels - Hilton Gateway 2003 photo
B&I - Office Buildings - Gateway Office Complex 2003 photo
Public Buildings - Pennsylvania RR Station - Penn RR Station 2003 photo
B&I - Department Stores - 2003 photo of the Bamberger building
B&I - Furniture - Bushberg Brothers 2003 photo
B&I - Woolen & Cotton Goods Clothing & Dry Goods - Katzin's Uniforms 2003 photo
B&I - Miscellaneous - Star Electrical Supply 2003 photo
Public Buildings : ) - Essex County Jail New - 2003 photo
Public Buildings - Essex County Hall of Records - 2003 photo

11/04/2003

Image Pages - People - Jule Spohn with Charles Cummings and Douglas Eldridge or Jule Spohn with Charles Cummings and Douglas Eldridge
Image Pages - People - 1898 Newark (German) family
Sports - Vailsburg Bike Track image
Your Newark Memories - Weequahic Section - "A Little Weequahic Girl's Winter Memories" by Jacqueline Klein
Your Newark Memories - Weequahic Section - "Springtime in the Weequahic Section" by Jacqueline Klein
B&I - Kinney Building - 2 2003 images
B&I - Office Buildings - Fireman's Insurance Building #2 2003 image
B&I - Office Buildings - Medical Arts Building 2003 image
B&I - Theatres - Mosque Theatre Building 2003 image
B&I - Office Buildings - Industrial Office Building 2003 image

11/03/2003

Streets - Hensler Street - Street Sign
Your Newark Memories - Down Neck - "The Newark Drive-In" by Dolores "Dee" Boutureira
Hospitals - Hospital for Woman and Children
B&I - Restaurants - Krug's Tavern
Streets - Mulberry Street - Street Sign
B&I - Restaurants - McGovern's Tavern
B&I - Miscellaneous - Baby Service/Union Laundry Co.
B&I - Hotels - Broad Street Hotel formerly Hotel Grant
B&I - Department Stores - Renaissance Mall
Education - Parochial - St. Patrick's Parochial School
Your Newark Memories - Weequahic Section - "Autumn Memories in the Weequahic Section" by Jacqueline Klein
Areas - Vailsburg - The First Horse Car Line To Vailsburg

11/02/2003

Military - Civil War - The Barringer High School Flag
Your Newark Memories - Weequahic Section - "Weequahic Memories Part 1" by Jacqueline Klein
Your Newark Memories - Weequahic Section - "Weequahic Memories Part 2" by Jacqueline Klein
Your Newark Memories - Weequahic Section - "Weequahic Memories Part 3" by Jacqueline Klein
Your Newark Memories - Weequahic Section - "A Culinary Tour of the Weequahic Section" by Jacqueline Klein
Military - Servicemen - Nick J Galiano Corporal U. S. Army
B&I - Transportation - Heller Field
Cemeteries - Burial records for the Secaucus Potters Field
HoW - Roman Catholic - St. Rose of Lima, Sister's Convent
Education - Parochial - St. Rose of Lima School (pre-addition)
HoW - Roman Catholic - St. Rose of Lima (Grey Street View)
Streets - Bathgate Place - Image of Bathgate Place & Seventh Avenue, 1950's
Streets - Bathgate Place - 22 Bathgate Place
Your Newark Memories - Down Neck - "Father Preston's Dog" by Jack Keegan
Your Newark Memories - Down Neck - "Feigenspan's Ice Making Building" by Jack Keegan
Your Newark Memories - Stories - Yearbook profile and portrait added to Belgian "War Godmother" by Régine Villers
Hospitals - Babies Hospital - 1930 Booklet on the History of Babies' Hospital
Public Buildings - Old Post Office - Image #7
Parks - Branch Brook Park - Walking Paths, Image #1
Public Buildings - Newark Public Library - Center Hall with Marble Staircase
History - Dutch Schultz - Death Certificate
Public Servants - Fire Department - Water Tower No. 1 image
Education - Parochial - St. Antoninus 1928 Graduation Class
Images - Documents - Fire Rescue Commendation for William Olvaney
Education - Parochial - St. Antoninus 1928/28 Baseball Team
Public Servants - Fire Department - Engine Co. 6 image
Public Servants - Fire Department - Engine Co. 6 fire rescue image

11/01/2003

Historical Landmarks - Statues - Indian Statue at Broad & Market Streets
Public Buildings - Newark Public Library - Photo of the authors of "Newark, The Golden Age" - Richard T. Koles , Charles F. Cummings (Assistant Director of the Library), Jean-Rae Turner and Alex Boyd (Director of the Library)
Public Buildings - Newark Public Library - Photo of Charles McGrath & Charles F. Cummings (Newark Historian, Assistant Director of the Newark Public Library & author of "Newark, The Golden Age")
Your Newark Memories - Newark - "Wakes" by Charles McGrath
Your Newark Memories - Newark - "The Four Chaplains" recalled by Jules Spohn
Your Newark Memories - Down Neck - "The Little Down Neckers Part 11" by Charles McGrath
Streets - Kerrigan Blvd. - More information added - from Jack Keegan