The Hudson and Manhattan railroad station served the rapid-transit trains to NYC. Commonly referred to as the Hudson tubes, the trains provided easy access to midtown Manhattan. The tunnel was completed in 1910, the tubes began operating in 1911 from…
L. Bamberger and Company stood at the corner of Market and Washington streets. At the time horses and carriages are still being used, a few automobiles and trucks are appearing.
Hahne & Company was the oldest department store in Newark. It began operations in 1858, it began handling general merchandise in the 1870s. The Building pictured was opened on Labor Day 1901. Women who come to Newark with their carriages came to…
In the image the Raymond-Commerce Building stands left to the old city market. The Art Deco building was designed by Newark architect Frank Grad. To the right, the National Newark and Essex building (744 broad Street building), the tallest structure…
The Firemen’s Insurance Company moved to this building, also located on Broad and Market this building also features a statue of a firemen on the roof.
The Firemen’s Insurance Company stood at the northeast corner of Broad and Market street, A 16 stories building built in 1916 making it the highest along the street at the time.
View of Newark, showing all buildings in Downtown. Important buildings and train stations are labeled. Important streets are identified. Also includes view of Harrison on other side of Passaic and the Crane Company Thread Mill of East Newark.
Newark Panorama, Bird's eye view of Newark between the present-day area of Mulberry Street and Penn Station, labeled with homesteads of important residents (Sally Crane, John Morris, etc.) and names of city streets (Mulberry Steet, Market Street,…
Broad Street was laid out in 1666. At times the street has been referred to as Main Central and High Street as well as Broadway. But by 1790, it had come to be known by its present name. Originally it extended from Clay Street on the north to…
On WPA projects in New Jersey. Shows the Newark airport, the city hall in Jersey City, and a recreation center at Perth Amboy built by the WPA. Shows construction on a reservoir at Atlantic City. Girls attend domestic science classes. Rock is…
On WPA airport improvements. Runways are graded at a Newark, N.J., airport. Planes land at the Detroit City Airport. A plane is turned on a turntable at Floyd Bennett Field, New York City. Runways are graded at a Jacksonville, Fla., airport. Ditches…
Short film from Thomas Edison showing "four horse drawn fire engines roar up a snow-covered Newark, New Jersey, street while spectators watch from the sidelines"
Hudson Terminal (or Penn Station), Newark.
Pan over city as seen from tall downtown building
Historical landmarks
Branch Brook Park
downtown street scenes
Centre Market
Broad & Market streets
Pixillated footage of downtown intersection showing…
Hudson Terminal (or Penn Station), Newark.
Pan over city as seen from tall downtown building
Historical landmarks
Branch Brook Park
Downtown street scenes
Centre Market
Broad & Market streets
Pixillated footage of downtown intersection showing…