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Section of larger map "Nova Belgica et Anglia Nova" believed to be circa 1635 depicting Nieuw Amsterdam and present Hudson County area ("Oesters Eylander" in map or "Oyster Island") with Hudson River ('Noort" in map) shown horizontally with north to right. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Street map of Jersey City in 1848. Image: Rutgers Mapmaker

"Massacre of the Indians at Hoboken" drawing published in Harper's Weekly in 1877 depicts Dutch assault during 'Kieft's War" on Indians in February 1643, also known as "Pavonia Massacre" which took place in area currently part of Jersey City. Image: New York Public Library Digital Collections

Map of Nieuw Amsterdam circa 1639 portrays Manhattan and current Hudson County at top. The map may have been drawn by Johannes Vingboons, cartographer to the Prince of Nassau for the West India Company of Holland, possibly done to encourage Dutch settlement. Image: Library of Congress

Indian deed dated January 30, 1658, conveying a tract of land on the west side of the North (current Hudson) River, beginning at the great rock above Wiehaecken (current Weehawken) and comprising much of present Weehawken, Hoboken, Jersey City and Bergen Neck. The price paid was 80 fathoms of wampum, 20 fathoms of cloth, 12 kettles, 6 guns, 2 blankets, 1 double kettle and a half barrel of beer. Image: New York State Archives, New Netherland Council.

Lithograph published by Currier & Ives in 1866 of baseball game at Elysian Fields in Hoboken, believed to the site on June 19, 1846, of the first organized baseball game between two clubs--the Knickerbockers and the New York nine. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Street map of Hoboken in 1886. Image: Library of Congress

Depiction of Hoboken in 1904. Image: Library of Congress

Jersey City as viewed from Manhattan in 1890. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Drawing depicting original 1635 settlement of village of Bergen (now site of Bergen Square in Jersey City) published in book History of Hudson County and of the Old Village of Bergen. Image: Wikimedia Commons / InternetArchive.org

Lithograph of home on Hoboken estate of Stevens family, current site of campus of Stevens Institute of Technology. Image: Public Library of America

Lithograph depicting duel fought between Aaron Burr, the sitting Vice President of the United States, and Alexander Hamilton, the former Secretary of the Treasury, at Weehawken on July 11, 1804. Burr shot and mortally wounded Hamilton, who was taken by boat to Manhattan, where he died on the next day. Image: TopTenz.net

Eastern view of Jersey City from New York. Image:

Bayonne Bridge. Image: New York Public Library Digital Collections

Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island in 1902. Image: Library of Congress

Frank Hague (1876- 1956) served as mayor of Jersey City from 1917 to 1947, Democratic National Committeeman from New Jersey from 1922 until 1949, and Vice-Chairman of the Democratic National Committee from 1924 until 1949. Known as one of the most powerful political bosses in the nation, he reportedly was worth some $10 million at his death, his annual City salary never exceeded $8,500. the only known legitimate source of his income. Image: Library of Congress

Washington Street in Hoboken in postcard circa 1908. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal, now within Liberty State Park in Jersey City, was constructed in 1889 and operated until April 30, 1967. It was added in 1975 to the National and New Jersey Register of Historic Places. The terminal was one of five passenger railroad terminals that lined the Hudson Waterfront during the 19th and 20th centuries. Image: Wikimedia Commons / Ingfbruno CC BY SA 3.0

Rail shed at Central Railroad of New Jersey Terminal in Liberty State Park in Jersey City: Image: Wikimedia Commons by Acroterion CC BY SA 3.0

Bridge over Hackensack River shown under construction for New Jersey Turnpike in 1951. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Damage on Jersey City pier in aftermath of "Black Tom" explosion on July 20, 1916, alleged to be an act of sabotage on American ammunition supplies by German agents. Image: Wikimedia Commons

The heavyweight championship fight between Jack Dempsey of the United States and Georges Carpentier of France took place on July 2, 1921 at a specially-constructed wooden bowl arena at Boyle's Thirty Acres in Jersey City. Dempsey knocked out Carpentier in the fourth round of the fight, which was boxing's first million dollar gate and the first to be broadcast on radio. The 80,000 in attendance included Mayor Frank Hague; New Jersey Governor Edward I. Edwards; the three children of Theodore Roosevelt; industrialists Henry Ford; John D. Rockefeller, Jr.; William H. Vanderbilt; George H. Gould; Joseph W. Harriman; and Vincent Astor; entertainers Al Jolson and George M. Cohan; and literary figures H.L. Mencken, Damon Runyon, Arthur Brisbane, and Ring Lardner. The arena was torn down in 1927 and the site subsequently developed for a housing project. Image: Library of Congress

Roosevelt Stadium in Jersey City was opened in April 1937 after being constructed under the Works Progress Administration created by President Franklin Roosevelt.

The Colgate-Palmolive building in Jersey City circa 1935. The original soap factory was built on the site in 1847 and the buildings on the 34-acre site were demolished in the 1980s after production ceased. The famous clock was built in 1924 to replace an earlier clock and was the world's largest clock with a 50-foot diameter face and a minute hand 25 feet long; it has been preserved and relocated to a location on the ground near the present Goldman Sachs Tower. Image: Library of Congress

Jersey City City Hall on Grove Street in 2012. Image: Wikimedia Commons by Luigi Novi CC BY SA 3.0

Monastery and Church of Saint Michael the Archangel in Union City was completed in 1875 and named to both the National and New Jersey Register of Historic Places in 1986. The property was later sold and is currently the Hudson Presbyterian Church. Image: copyright Luigi Novi / Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA 3.0

Jersey City waterfront with Goldman Sachs building, tallest in New Jersey, in center. Image: Wikimedia Commons /Sterilgut Gallery CC BY SA 3.0

Postcard with street scene of 15th Street from Bergenline Avenue in West New York circa 1920s. Image: Christina Vargas/ Pinterest/ GreenerPasture.com

Postcard of Trinity Episcopal Church in Bayonne circa 1930-45. Image: Digital Commonwealth/Boston Public Library

"India Square" in Jersey City, centered on Newark Avenue, between Tonnele Avenue and JFK Boulevard, is home to the highest concentration of Asian Indians in the Western Hemisphere. Image: Wikimedia Commons / Jim Henderson CC 1.0

Carlo's Bake Shop in Hoboken, featured on popular cable TV show "Cake Boss." Image: Copyright Luigi Novi / Wikimedia Commons CC BY SA 3.0

View from air of New Jersey Turnpike and Route 3 in foreground in front of Hackensack River, town of Secaucus, Hudson River and New York City in background. Image: Wikimedia Commons / Famartin CC BY SA 3.0

Postcard depicting Washington Street in Hoboken in 1908. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Liberty Science Center in Liberty State Park in Jersey City, a science and technology museum opened in 1993 and includes an IMAX domed theater and a learning center for teachers and students. Image: courtesy Trip Advisor

Walkway along waterfront in Liberty State Park in Jersey City. The Park was opened in 1976 and was the site of the state celebration of the nation's Bicentennial. Image: courtesy of Trip Advisor

Boardwalk over Mill Creek Marsh in Secaucus, with Meadowlands Sports Complex in upper right. Image: Wikimedia Commons/ Jim Henderson CC BY SA 1.0

Bayonne is the site of the Cape Liberty Cruise Port opened in 2004. The photo shows the Liberty of the Seas liner of Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, a ship launched at the Port in 2006, which at the time was the world's largest cruise ship. Image: Wikimedia Commons

Dr. Ronald H. McNair High School in Jersey City, with an enrollment of approximately 700 students, has been consistently ranked among the top high schools in student performance in the nation and New Jersey. Image: Wikimedia Commons / Jim Henderson CC BY SA 1.0

View of Hudson Waterfront looking north with Ellis Island in foreground and Jersey City in background. Image: Wikimedia Commons / Don Ramey Logan CC BY SA 4.0

Videos

Flooding caused in Hoboken from Hurricane Sandy on October 29-20, 2012

​Amateur video of view from New Jersey of World Trade Center attack on 9/11/2001

Jersey City History through 1883 Cartograph

Burning of oil in tanks at Standard Oil in Bayonne filmed by Thomas A. Edison, Inc., on July 12, 1900

​Immigrants landing on Ellis Island in 1903 in film shot by Thomas A. Edison, Inc.

Construction of the Holland Tunnel 

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