New Jersey subject photographs, 1880-[ongoing].

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New Jersey subject photographs, 1880-[ongoing].

This collections consists of photographic prints, prints, and photocopies of photographic prints relating to specific and general subjects. Most of the photographs were copied from the New Jersey "Places," "Newark," and "People" photograph collections. The images document the activities and events associated with various professions, people or groups, types of transportation, politics and wars. Specific subjects include African-Americans, airplanes, amusement parks, beach scenes, bicycle clubs (1890s), boats, bridges, cemeteries, ceremonies, construction sites, the Ku Klux Klan in New Jersey, laborers, organizations, railroads, sports, transportation, women, the Civil War, the Spanish-American War, the First World War, the U.S. Marines in Haiti, the Revolutionary War, the U.S. Navy, West Point, fictional characters, the 1893 Columbian Exposition (World's Fair), Newark basketball teams (1905-1911), and many others. Other items include service record posters of several Civil War veterans, autographs and photographs of United States Presidents, Civil War era envelopes, non-New Jersey stereocards, and railroad-related prints, oversized photographs, and drawings.

5 linear ft. (13 boxes)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7371695

New Jersey Historical Society Library

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