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LOOKING BACK: Model T

WOODBRIDGE – Going for a car ride in a Model T in a parade circa 1920’s. *Photo Courtesy of Dale Morris This photo was restored under a grant for the Kearny Cottage Archiving project by the Middlesex Cultural and Heritage Commission.

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LOOKING BACK: Easter Parade

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LOOKING BACK: Pep Boys

PERTH AMBOY – PEP Boys 1960’s New Brunswick Avenue.

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LOOKING BACK – Blood Drive, 1943

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LOOKING BACK: Sexton’s Pharmacy

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LOOKING BACK: Bowling Time, 1950s

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LOOKING BACK – Robert Hall

PERTH AMBOY – Robert Hall Clothes circa 1950’s

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Looking Back: Perth Amboy Recreation Dept.

PERTH AMBOY – Recreation Department Circa 1950’s. Two young women fencing.

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LOOKING BACK: 5 Corners

PERTH AMBOY – 5 Corner Cafe circa 1980’s, State and Smith Streets.

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PERTH AMBOY – Opening Day, Jefferson Market circa 1909, Jefferson Street.

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LOOKING BACK: Victory Bridge Rededication Ceremony, June 8, 2004

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LOOKING BACK: Babe Ruth Visits Perth Amboy

PERTH AMBOY – Babe Ruth and his wife, Claire Merritt Ruth, visit Perth Amboy circa 1930s.

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LOOKING BACK: Santa Claus, 1958

PERTH AMBOY – Santa Claus visits the Roky Theater on Smith Street December 22, 1958.

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Looking Back: Thanksgiving 1948

PERTH AMBOY –  Miss Doyle’s Fifth Grade Class Thanksgiving Play, “Pilgrims Going To Church,” 1948. 

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PERTH AMBOY – Art Show This photo was restored under a grant for the Kearny Cottage Archiving project by the Middlesex Cultural and Heritage Commission

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LOOKING BACK: Miss Riddlestoffer Retires, 1965

PERTH AMBOY – Oct. 6, 1965 – Retiring Perth Amboy High School Teacher Miss Amy Riddlestoffer receiving a plaque from Miss Mary White, President of the Perth Amboy Teacher’s Union.

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