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Thomas Edison in his laboratories in West Orange in 1901. Image: Library of Congress

Workers, including young boys, at Millville Glass Co. in Millville in 1909. Image: Library of Congress

Woodrow Wilson shown in State House office after his election as governor in 1910. Image: Wikimedia Commons/Creative Commons SSA 4.0 by hoppyH

Letter of Woodrow Wilson to New Jersey Secretary of State resigning as governor effective March 1, 1913, prior to his inauguration as President on March 4. Image:

Women workers in Paterson silk factory shown folding rolls of finished silk in 1914. Image: Library of Congress

Strikers during Paterson Silk Strike in 1913 gather outside Botto House, headquarters of strike leaders. Image. greatfallsfriends.com

Communist Party notice of meeting during Paterson Silk Strike of 1913. Image: Library of Congress

Post card in World War I after Camp Dix was built as principal training and discharge center. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac

Women suffrage activists post notice on Long Branch boardwalk of event circa 1915. Image: Library of Congress

Soldiers celebrating discharge from service in 1918 at Camp Dix. Image: National Archives

Frank Hague, Democratic mayor of Jersey City from 1917 to 1947, shown in photo taken in 1920. Image: Library of Congress

Abner "Longie" Zwillman, so-called "Al Capone of New Jersey," active in bootlegging, gambling and extortion operations from 1920s until death by hanging in his home on February 27, 1959. Image: Library of Congress

Poster promoting Atlantic City circa 1920s. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac

Poster seeking return of 20-month-old son of Charles and Anne Morrow Lindbergh who was kidnapped on evening of March 1, 1932, from their home in East Amwell, with his dead body found on May 12 in nearby woods in Hopewell Township. Image: FBI

Albert Einstein, who emigrated from Germany to Princeton in 1933 to accept appointment at Institute for Advanced Study, established by retailer Felix Bamberger and his sister, Caroline Bamberger Fuld, as a haven for European scientists escaping the Nazis. Image: Library of Congress

Ocean liner Morro Castle beached at Asbury Park after fire at sea on September 8, 1934, on its route from Havana to New York, which resulted in deaths of 137 passengers and crew members. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Unemployed workers in protest march in Camden during Great Depression circa 1935. Image: National Archives

Cranberry pickers in Burlington County in 1938. Image: Library of Congress

Battleship USS New Jersey on its launch at Philadelphia Naval Yard on December 7, 1942, one year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The ship would see extensive action in the Pacific. Image: Associated Press/MaritimeQuest.com

Soldiers marching on Atlantic City boardwalk during training in World War II. Image: Library of Congress

19-year-old worker sorts toothpaste tubes and other small metal items at Newark plant provided by citizens during World War II for recycling into war materiel. Image: Library of Congress

Beachfront damage in Ocean City after Hurricane of 1944. Image: Wikimedia Commons/New Jersey State Police

Selman Waksman, Rutgers professor awarded 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of antibiotic streptomycin. Image: Rutgers University

Post-war suburban development. Image: New Jersey Future/Rowan University GeoLab photo by John Hasse

National Guard troops in Newark during riots in July 1967. Image and copyright: Photo by Don Hogan Charles/The New York Times

Portion of Star-Ledger front page of July 15, 1967, reporting on Newark riots. Image and copyright: Newark Star-Ledger/Advance Media

President Lyndon Johnson shakes hands with Soviet Premier Aleksei Kosygin with Governor Richard Hughes at left on June 23, 1967 at summit meeting held at Glassboro State College (now Rowan University). Image: Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library photo by Yoichi Okamoto

Governor Byrne holds bill he signed into law in front of Atlantic City Convention Hall in 1977 establishing process for licensing casinos in Atlantic City. Image: New Jersey State Archives

Forest trail in Pinelands region protected under legislation signed by Governor Byrne in 1979. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Superfund toxic chemical cleanup site in Edgewater. Image: US Environmental Protection Agency

World Trade Center tower after being hit by airliner hijacked by terrorists on 9/11/2001. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Former Governor Thomas Kean presents copy of report of commission he chaired investigating 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks to President George W. Bush at White House on July 22, 2004. Image: White House

Breach in island normally separating Barnegat Bay from Atlantic Ocean in Mantoloking during Hurricane Sandy October 2012. Image: US Army

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