The Amboy Guardian

PERTH AMBOY – Perth Amboy Dry Dock Company. Photo was taken on September 16, 1995.

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PERTH AMBOY –  A double ended trolley snow plow/work car owned by Jersey Central Traction Co. (which operated in Perth Amboy).

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PERTH AMBOY – Historic signs were placed on houses in the Waterfront Area. The Perth Amboy Historic Preservation Commission sponsored this project. The owner of The Print Shop, Jose Searevalo, and employee Dezmar Barrero worked with the Commission to hang the signs. For more information on this project, contact the Perth Amboy Historic Preservation Commission. […]

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PERTH AMBOY –  Liberace visits Perth Amboy – 1950’s Perth Amboy High School.

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WOODBRIDGE – The Robert E. Lee Civil War Round Table of Central New Jersey will host its annual Civil War Living History Weekend at Parker Press Park on Rahway Ave., Woodbridge on Saturday and Sunday, August 2nd and 3rd. Take a step back in time 150 years ago and see how soldiers from the North […]

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      * Historical facts and pictures courtesy of John Kerry Dyke

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WOODBRIDGE – Anna Krentar, a resident at St. Joseph’s Assisted Living in Woodbridge, celebrated her 100th Birthday with family and friends on Thursday, July 10. Woodbridge Mayor McCormac issued a proclamation to honor Anna.

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PERTH AMBOY –  Gas Station on New Brunswick Ave. Circa 1970s.

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PERTH AMBOY –  Perth Amboy Girl’s Drum Corps. July 4, 1956, Fourth of July Parade on Smith Street near the train station.

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PERTH AMBOY – Sexton’s Pharmacy circa 1890s.

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Celebrating Our  Nation’s Birthday 350th Anniversary of New Jersey  

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Some of you saw a film called “Field of Dreams.” This took place on a farm and a cornfield in Iowa. You probably say, “It was a good film, but it was not true an could not happen anywhere.” You are right when you say the story was not true but you are wrong when […]

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PERTH AMBOY – Perth Amboy librarians Melanie Bolick, Vilma Novak & Ashley Miranda hold a documentary DVD. This brand new documentary is available at the Perth Amboy Library, currently located at Brighton Ave & Sadowski Parkway. The DVD is free to the general public, courtesy of the Dyke Family.

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PERTH AMBOY – Panoramic view of High Street circa early 1930s. Note the Kearny Cottage at it’s original location. The Kearny Cottage was moved in the early 1930s, to where the Tennis Courts are now, and again to 63 Catalpa Ave., where it currently stands.

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SEWAREN –  C.R.R. of NJ Bridge “The Hole in the Wall” circa 1890’s.

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