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Alsdorf Pianos & Bicycles was a company located at 605 Broad Street in Newark, NJ. Specializing in Sohmer Pianos, bicycles, and sewing machines, the company also offered bicycle riding lessons on the fourth floor of its building.

The American Insurance Company Building is a 21 story commercial edifice designed to serve as the company's main office. It is located in what now is considered the James Street Commons Historic District.

This article features a plate showing the front facade of the American Insurance Company Building by Cass Gilbert. The building is located in Newark, New Jersey, and the image is dated from October 1905.

The North Newark Hospital was transferred to the American Legion around the 1940's, and was renamed the American Legion Memorial Hospital.

The American-Moorish Science Temple was established in Newark, New Jersey, in 1913 by Timothy Drew (1886–1929), known to followers as Noble Drew Ali and also as the Prophet of the sect. Drew Ali taught that all blacks were of Moorish origins but had…

Hospital world; an international journal published in the interests of hospitals, sanatoria, asylums and public charitable institutions throughout America, Great Britain and her colonies. vol.2, no.4, 1912

Anthony C. Beam bought the property at 14 Mulberry Street in 1859. The house, however, is noted for being the birthplace of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage.

"The Fountain of Knowledge was selected by Mr. Gammell as an appropriate motif for a mural decoration in a public library. The Fountain which appears in the center panel is guarded by Apollo. In the right panel the Nine Muses are seen carrying the…

Built in 1952, the Archbishop Thomas J. Walsh Homes consisted of 12 residential buildings, 9 of which were 8-story buildings and 3 of which were 3-story buildings.

This article describes the engineering innovations at the Newark International Airport.

This article explores the energy efficiency methods utilized at the Park Plaza building in Newark. The New Jersey Department of Energy (DOE) funded a million-dollar study on the building headquarters of PSE&G to research how the energy was being used…

Ashbury Park Quadrangle Topographic Map (1954, revised 1970)

Mueller, A.H. Atlas of volume one city of Newark, New Jersey. This volume embraces the section of the city North of Railroad Place, Market Street and South Orange Avenue. Compiled from actual surveys, official records and private plans, by J.M.…

Mueller, A.H. Atlas of volume two city of Newark New Jersey. This volume embraces the section of the city South of Railroad Place, Market Street and South Orange Avenue. Compiled from actual surveys, official records and private plans, by J.M.…

Front cover (4.02 MB) Title ad (8.90 MB) Index (9.64 MB) Plate 1: Part of first ward (8.65 MB) Plate 2: Part of first ward (9.76 MB) Plate 3: Second ward (9.23 MB) Plate 4: Third ward (9.12 MB) Plate 5: Fourth ward (9.68 MB) Plate 6: Fifth and part…

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Babies' Hospital was founded in 1896 by Dr. Henry Leber Colt to serve sick children under the age of 5. The hospital began at 2 adjoining buildings on High St. and Bank St. A new building at 15 Roseville Ave. opened in January, 1930. This new…

Poster labeled ""Backward Glances in Newark"" showing old photos and methods of transportation in Newark.

F.A.I.A. - An architect,( 1874- 1936) He was born in Newark in 1874. Following a course at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he began practice in Newark. He
designed many apartment houses and churches, and specialized in the buildings of…