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Showing posts with label KLOCKNER AREA. Show all posts
Showing posts with label KLOCKNER AREA. Show all posts

Friday, March 23, 2012

1906: E.C. HUTCHINSON OF HUTCHINSON'S MILLS

Aha! So now you know where Hamilton's fabled Hutchinson's Mills came from. This 106 year old invoice for 100 pounds of flour for Hamilton Square's Doctor Wilbur shows the incredible price of $2.00. That's not two dollars a pound. Two dollars per hundred pounds. Talk about inflation!

1936: THE KLOCKNER AREA MINSTRELS

This is a nice reproduction of an August 1936 photo of the minstrels who performed for area residents at the Klockner School. Once again, numerous familiar family names are listed along with applicable photographs

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

1927 PUBLIC SERVICE TRENTON SWITCHING STATION

You have probably driven by hundreds of times over the years,and wondered what that big red brick building and all those steel girders were used for. That site is quite familiar to me. I pass it on a regular basis, and always wondered the five "W's" of journalism: 'WHO, WHAT, WHEN, WHERE, AND WHY? Now we know!

Tuesday, June 03, 2008

1893: ANNA KLOCKNER WEDDING

THE KLOCKNER FAMILY WAS AMONG THE MORE PROMINENT AND RESPECTED RESIDENTS OF HAMILTON TOWNSHIP, AS CAN BE SEEN BY THE IMPRESSIVE NAMES OF LOCALLY PROMINENT CITIZENS WHO ATTENDED THE WEDDING OF ANNA KLOCKNER TO CHARLES SCHIZLER.

Tuesday, May 16, 2006

1907: Breaking Up the Louis Klockner Lands

Take a look at the names of the buyers of the huge Louis Klockner farm. Old news clippings indicate that cabbage was one of the largest crops grown on the farm. The "Hutchinson" street referenced in the article is today's Klockner Road.