New Jersey's Major Cities Looked So Different In The 1910s. Trenton Especially.
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Kristen
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As the new year approaches, many of us look back and reflect. Why not look back a little further? Say… a century ago. Life in New Jersey was very different a hundred years ago – take a peek into our past through these photos taken within a decade of 1910.
Trolley lines near the courthouse circa 1910.
Suffragette march from New York to Washington D.C. Photo snapped in Newark on February 12, 1913.
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Bloomfield Street between 9th & 10th Streets circa 1910.
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The iconic Steel Pier circa 1912.
A very crowded boardwalk near the Blenheim Hotel circa 1913.
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Taken during the 1913 silk strike.
A parade along North Broad Street circa 1912.
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Where the Delaware River and Assunpink Creek meet, with the statehouse in the distance. Circa 1912.
State & Broad Streets circa 1918.
A housing project called Yorkship Village, built as residences for New York Shipbuilding Co. employees. Though this photo was taken just after WWI, the company was the largest and most productive shipyard in the world during WWII.
Which of these images is your favorite? I’m partial to the shots of Atlantic City and Trenton. For more vintage photos of New Jersey, check out these shots from the 1960s and 1970s.
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