1915: PENNINGTON ROAD AT THE ODD FELLOWS HOME

Not all graphics can be as clear and pristine as the R.C. Maxwell Duke University Collection. The above 1915 view is a somewhat primitive news copy of an offset photo during the years when the process hadn't been perfected. However, with a bit of imagination, we old time Trenton area residents can easily see the familiar area on Pennington Road at the Ewing-Trenton border.

1915: ODD FELLOWS HOME

I get particularly exasperated when a non resident journalist reports on an event on "Greenwood or Logan Street," "Liberty Avenue," or some other error that points to a writer who is unfamiliar with the Trenton area. The above photos are laid before my visitors. I am digitizing an old 1915 full page newspaper page filled with various roads and highways photographed in the Trenton area. The above photo somehow makes me wonder about the curve in the road you see as you journey down Pennington Road toward the Parkway Avenue intersection. There is no cure in the Google Earth map. However, the terrain has probably been changed over the years.

1915: THE ODD FELLOWS' HOME

THAT BEAUTIFUL AND MAJESTIC BUILDING ON PARKWAY AND "SCOTCH ROAD," (TODAY'S PARKWAY AVENUE) HAS ALWAYS BEEN A MYSTERIOUS PLACE FOR THOSE OF US WHO DIDN'T UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT OF "ODD FELLOWS." HERE'S AN ARTICLE WHICH CHRONICLES THE 96th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FOUNDING OF THE HISTORIC INSTITUTION.