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Wright Airplane at Atlantic City

Date: 07 1910
Description: A Wright airplane on the beach. Walter Brookins, who piloted the plane to a new altitude record, is thought to be the man in the hat near the center.
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Tom Hayden

Date: 1964
Description: Tom Hayden, in the center wearing the dark shirt, looking at a police officer talking to four African-American men. Newark ERAP project. From the SDS colle...
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Tom Hayden

Date: 10 1964
Description: Tom Hayden standing in front of building with a small African-American child. Poster on window for "The Trenton Project" and two posters advocating that p...
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Mothers Against the War

Date: 1966
Description: Mothers and infants at a demonstration against the war in Vietnam.
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Campbells Soup Strikers

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Description: Members of local 80A of the United Packinghouse Workers union on strike in front of the company's plant.
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Strikers' Soup Kitchen

Date: 11 16 1955
Description: Striking employees, all members of the United Packinghouse Workers of America, of the Kind & Knox Company, enjoy a break from their picket line responsibil...
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Sailing on Barnegat Bay

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Description: View across water toward people on a small sailboat on Barnegat Bay, and boathouses and buildings on the far shoreline.
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Excursion Boat

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Description: A view of an excursion boat, the "Dorianna," loaded with people on lake waters heading toward five young boys waiting on a dock.
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The Wreck of the S.S. Atlantus

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Description: View from shoreline toward the wreck of the S.S. Atlantus, a concrete hulled ship in the water near a shoreline. In the foreground are three men on ...
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Lighthouse

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Description: View toward the Cape May lighthouse and a few nearby buildings. Several people are standing on a platform near the top of the lighthouse. At the base of th...
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Trolley-train Car

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Description: Ridgewood's first trolley-train car. The car reads, "Patterson - Ridgewood - Suffern."
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Belvidere Avenue

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Description: A view of Belvedere Avenue. The street is tree-lined, making the homes partially obscured. Men stand and pose in the middle ground, while three groups of c...
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Bank Street

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Description: A view of Bank Street. Trees line the street and on the right side of the street is a truck with a man next to it.
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Erie Railroad Station

Date: 1915
Description: New Milford, New Jersey was a location of a stop for the Belvidere Delaware Railroad running from Manunka Chunk to Trenton. Caption reads: "Erie Railroad S...
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The Engleside Motor Bus

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Description: The Engleside Motor Bus parked in front of a large building, possibly a hotel. The driver is sitting in his seat, and other people, possibly bellhops, are ...
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Flower Fields

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Description: A group of men posing in a flower field owned by the Camusat Brothers company. Some of the men are holding bouquets of flowers. Caption reads: "Flower Fiel...
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Edison Quarry and Crusher Plant

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Description: Edison Quarry was opened in the largest outcropping area of Precambrian marble south of the Franklin - Sterling Hill area. Edison's crusher is said to be a...
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Hand-weaver at his Loom

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Description: A hand-weaver sits by his loom in Paterson, a city that dominated the weaving of high quality broad silk and ribbon in 1913.
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Spotswood Fire Department Engine

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Description: A view of the engine, with four men posing on it, one in front and three in the back. It is parked in an empty lot, with a house to the left. This struct...
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Nordland Camp for Boys

Date: 1940
Description: A view of a cabin and the tent grounds of Nordland Camp for boys, operated as an auxiliary of the German-American Bund, the American Nazi Organization. A f...

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