1934: SO. CLINTON AVENUE LOOKING TOWARD E. STATE ST.

That spire was long gone before I was a visitor to Trenton. Undoubtedly struck by lightning in some severe thunder storm in the distant past. Many church steeples didn't survive the years. The steeple on First Baptist Church on Centre Street in Trenton, the Hamilton Square Presbyterian Church steeple in Hamilton Square all were the victim of Mother Nature's wrath.

1933: STEEPLEJACK AT CLINTON AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH

When I was a boy, I, and my buddies spent hours over in Kuser's Woods climbing to the highest heights of 100 foot tall Oak and Norway Maple trees. We were fearless. Then I grew up. The scene changed drastically. Today I have and aversion to "dizzying heights." I would never dream of boarding an airplane. Harold Peterson, and other steeplejacks must have the ability to "not look down!"