1946: TRENTON GOES WITH HIGH TECH COMMUNICATIONS

I FIND THIS PHOTO TO BE COMPLETELY FASCINATING. THOSE PARABOLIC DISHES ON TOP OF THE BROAD STREET BANK BUILDING BROUGHT THE TRENTON AREA INTO THE WIRELESS TELEPHONE AGE.

1946: ANOTHER LANDMARK BITES THE DUST

Publish PostIT HAPPENED ALL OVER AMERICA, AND TRENTON WAS NO EXCEPTION. AS I PAGE THROUGH MY NEWSPAPER COLLECTION, I SEE MANY REFERENCES TO "OLD LANDMARKS" BEING TORN DOWN TO MAKE WAY FOR A COMMERCIAL OR GOVERNMENT BUILDING. TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE CONSTRUCTION ON THAT OLD ROEBLING CHIMNEY; THEY DON'T BUILD 'EM LIKE THAT ANY MORE!

SOME EARLY TRENTON INDUSTRIES

THERE WAS A PAPER MILL LOCATED ALONG THE ASSANPINK CREEK IN DOWNTOWN TRENTON BACK IN THE 19H CENTURY. AS CAN BE SEEN BY THE ALWAYS INTERESTING "TRENTON IN BYGONE DAYS" COLUMN ABOVE, TRENTON WAS ALSO THE HOME OF ANOTHER PAPER MANUFACTURER, THIS ONE MAKING PAPER BAGS. THE STORY OF THAT HUGE SAW BLADE IS ALSO TIED TO THE AMERICXAN SAW MANUFACTURING COMPANY THAT CALLEDPublish Post TRENTON HOME.

1946: PARKING METERS: THE DECLINE BEGINS

ONE OF THE VERY SAD SITUATIONS IN THE CITY OF TRENTON IS THE PARKING PROBLEM. THE STREETS ARE VERY NARROW AND WHEN THE ORIGINAL TOWN WAS LAID OUT, NO THOUGHT WAS GIVEN TO FUTURE VEHICLES THAT WOULD TRAVEL TO AND FROM TOWN. PARKING METERS PROVED TO BE A NECESSARY EVIL. THE POST WWII DEVELOPMENT OF THE CITY WITH ALL THOSE GLASS-ENCRUSTED HIGH RISE BUILDINGS CHANGED THE CHARACTER OF TRENTON FROM THE SMALL TOWN FEEL TO A LARGE METROPOLIS.

1986: STEINERT'S CHAMPIONSHIP GIRLS' SOFT BALL TEAM

THESE YOUNG LADIES WERE THE CENTRAL JERSEY GROUP III SOFTBALL CHAMPIONS WAY BACK IN 1986. MOST OF THOSE YOUNG LADIES ARE NOW IN THEIR LATE 30'S. IT SEEMS LIKE ONLY YESTERDAY.

1986: HAMILTON'S INDIAN MUSEUM

WHAT A FASCINATING DISPLAY OF PRE-COLUMBIAN ARTIFACTS WERE ON DISPLAY THE DAY I ATTENDED THE OPENING OF THIS MUSEUM! FORMER MAYOR JACK RAFFERTY, ALONG WITH BEING A "DIGGER" OF SAID ARTIFACTS, IS ALSO A VERY INFORMED HISTORIAN ON THE SUBJECT OF RELIC HUNTING. THE MUSEUM IS LOCATED ON THE SECOND FLOOR OF THE CAMP OLDEN HEADQUARTERS AT THE KUSER ROAD ENTRANCE TO VETERANS' PARK, NEXT TO THE JOHN ABBOTT II HOUSE.

1986: WHERE'D YUGO, YUGO?

THIS CAR REALLY MADE HEADLINES BACK IN THE 80'S. IT WAS HYPED TO BE AN "EVERYMAN'S CAR" ALA THE VOLKSWAGEN. MOST AUTO BUYERS WHO FELL FOR THE UNIQUE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN FOUND THAT THEY MADE A BAD INVESTMENT.
STRANGE, BUT TRUE: I SEE MANY OLD 1980'S CARS STILL ON THE ROAD. INDEED, I STILL DRIVE A 1989 BUICK CENTURY. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU SAW A YUGO THAT WAS STILL ON THE ROAD?

1986: REMEMBERING THE MERCER MESSENGER PART 1

WAYNE DAVIS WAS THE EDITOR, JACK LACY THE PUBLISHER, AND THAT GREAT LITTLE PAPER TRIED VALIANTLY TO BECOME THE PAPER OF CHOICE AMONG THE WEEKLY PAPERS. UNFORTUNATELY, THE MANY ADVERTISERS FAILED TO GAIN SUPPORT FROM OTHER ADVERTISING PROSPECTS WHO CHOSE TO GO WITH THE TWO TRENTON DAILYS. IT WAS A GREAT RIDE, AND I MISS THAT WONDERFUL WEEKLY. THE GRAPHIC FOLLOWING THIS ONE WAS APPENDED TO THE BOTTOM OF THE COLUMN I WROTE ABOVE.

REMEMBERING THE MERCER MESSENGER PART 2

1947: VILLA VICTORIA

ROFROM CANDY FRENKING JENS:
Hi, Tom -

Here's a photo of the 1947 Villa Victoria Musicale, held at the War Memorial Building. The accompanist and director is Sister Elizabeth Parente. Usable for your blog??

Candy

IT CERTAINLY IS USABLE, CANDY. THE YOUNG LADIES IN THEIR ANGELIC WHITE DRESSES HARKEN BACK TO THE YEARS WHEN BOYS WERE COMPLETELY CAPTIVATED BY THE "FEMININE MYSTIQUE".......YEARS WHEN YOUNG LADIES WERE PREDOMINENTLY INNOCENT AND WHOLESOME...INDEED BEFORE ALL THE IN-YOUR-FACE SEXUALITY WHICH PERVADES TODAY'S PERMISSIVE SOCIETY. THANKS LOTS FOR SENDING THIS GREAT PHOTO FOR THE VIEWERS OF THIS SITE.

1938: CONGRESSIONAL ASPIRANT RICHARD HUGHES

BACK IN THE 1930'S AND EARLY 40'S, YOUNG DICK HUGHES WAS GETTING HIS FEET WET IN DEMOCRATIC POLITICS. AS WE ALL KNOW, YOUNG RICHARD HUGHES WENT ON TO BECOME GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY.

1987: OUR LADY OF SORROWS CHEER LEADERS

THESE YOUNG LADIES TOO FIRST PLACE IN THE "SECOND ANNUAL NOTTINGHAM HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADING COMPETITION. I SEE MS. KELLY DUNN, OUR MUSIC DIRECTOR AT SACRED HEART CHURCH IN THE PHOTO.

1914: ST. JAMES P.E. CHURCH

FROM THE "WILBUR" FOLDER, THIS GRAPHIC WHICH ONCE AGAIN CONTAINS A FAMILY SURNAME FROM KNOWN VISITORS TO THIS WEB SITE. EDDIE LAYTON, IF YOU ARE STILL WITH ME, ARE THESE TWO LAYTONS RELATED TO YOUR FAMILY? THE "ORIGINAL CHURCH" REFERRED TO IN THE CAPTION STILL STANDS AS DESCRIBED ON E. STATE ST. AT GARFIELD AVENUE. IT IS CURRENTLY THE HOME OF THE REHEBOTH CHURCH.

1922: FROM THE ":NEIGHBORHOODS" FOLDER

I HAVE INCLUDED A "NEIGHBORHOODS" FOLDER IN MY COLLECTION WHICH HAS SOME INTERESTING PROMINENT FAMILY NAMES. ADDITIONALLY, ANY TIME I UNCOVER A FAMILY NAME WITH WHICH I AM FAMILIAR, I AM HAPPY TO POST THEM: LORRAINE FEEHAN MAY AND CHET FEEHAN IS THE CUTE "KITTY" IN THE GRAPHIC A RELATIVE OF EITHER OF YOUR FAMILY TREES?

1912: HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH CENTENNIAL

DIGITIZATION ALLOWS FOR CRYSTAL CLEAR COPIES OF HISTORIC DOCUMENTS. THE CLOTH COVER CAN BE CLEARLY SEEN IN THIS GRAPHIC WHICH HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETELY COPIED AND STORED FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS.

BEAUTIFUL, ISN'T IT? "TRENTON IN BYGONE DAYS"

YES, I AM PROUD OF THIS GRAPHIC. NOT ONLY DOES IT GIVE WONDERFUL HISTORIC INFORMATION ON ONE OF MY MOST REQUESTED SUBJECTS (TOLL GATES), IT IS ALSO AN EXAMPLE OF THE PRISTINE DIGITIZATION PROJECT I HAVE UNDERTAKEN TO PRESERVE THESE INCREDIBLE PIECES OF TRENTON HISTORY. JOHN CLEARY AND HARRY PODMORE WERE THE WRITERS OF THESE COLUMNS BACK IN THE 30'S AND 40'S. MOST OF THE SURVIVING COPIES ARE IN SCRAPBOOKS WHICH HAVE DEVELOPED RIPPLED PAGES, AND ALSO ON SCRATCHY MICROFILM. ALONG WITH DIGITIZING THE IMAGES, I AM ALSO UNDERTAKING AN INDEXING DATABASE WHICH WILL LEAD RESEARCHERS TO A SPECIFIC "TRENTON IN BYGONE DAYS" COLUMN. MANY OF THESE COLUMNS NEED INDEXING DUE TO THE FACT THAT ONE COLUMN MAY COVER MULTIPLE SUBJECTS.

1944 TRENTON CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL SOUVINIR PROGRAM

THIS IS A RECENT FIND FROM WAY DEEP DOW N IN ONE OF THE MANY STORAGE BOXES IN MY COLLECTION. THE GUYS PUT ON A PRODUCTION ENTITLED, "GROWING PAINS." NOTE THE LIST OF TRENTON CATHOLIC ALUMNI SERVING UNCLE SAM DURING WWII IN THE UPPER LEFT PANE.

AN EARLY VERSION OF MAPLE SHADE SCHOOL

THIS GRAPHIC WAS ORIGINALLY A SEPIA COLORED PHOTO FROM THE MCGALLIARD FAMILY VIA MS. ELEANOR ROGERS OF HAMILTON SQUARE. I UTILIZED MY GRAPHICS SOFTWARE TO HAND COLOR IT, LENDING A BIT OF AUTHENTICITY. THE ORIGINAL PHOTO DIDN'T REVEAL THE COLOR OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDING, SO THE COLOR SCHEME I CHOSE IS PURE SPECULATION. (THE GRASS IS AUTHENTIC!)

OUCH! THE DEMOLITION OF MAPLE SHADE SCHOOL

HOW SAD IT IS TO SEE A NEIGHBORHOOD SCHOOL GO UNDER THE WRECKER'S BALL. I HOPE KUSER, KLOCKNER, AND LALOR WILL MAINTAIN THE NEIGHBORHOOD CONCEPT.

1936: MAPLE SHADE '36 GRADUATES AND FACULTY

JOHN KROSCHWITZ, IS THAT YOUR DAD IN THE PHOTO? THERE ARE MANY FAMILIAR NATIVE WHITE HORSE FAMILY NAMES IN THIS PHOTO.

1937: MAPLE SHADE KEYSTONE PATROL

I AM POSTING A STRING OF MAPLE SHADE SCHOOL RELATED GRAPHICS. IT WAS TRULY A SAD DAY WHEN THAT GRAND OLD SCHOOL WAS DEMOLISHED TO MAKE WAY FOR AN OFFICE CENTER. A PHOTO OF THE DEMOLITION IS INCLUDED IN THIS STRING OF GRAPHICS.

1936: DE COU VOLUNTEER FIRE CO.

OLD TIME RESIDENTS OF THE DECOU-FAIRVIEW PARK AREA WILL KNOW A NUMBER OF THOSE "FIRE LADDIES" POSING FOR THE PHOTO ABOVE. CHARLIE PAUL IS THE FATHER OF MY LATE, FAVORITE BROTHER IN LAW, BILL PAUL.

1916: HAMILTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY

THE GENTLEMAN IN THE PHOTO, PETER DOLAN, WAS ONE OF TWO VERY PROMINENT BROMLEY RESIDENTS. DOLAN, ALONG WITH CHARLES FULKERT WERE LOCAL HOTEL AND RESTAURANT MEN. DOLAN WAS THE PROPRIETOR OF A HOTEL WHICH ONCE STOOD AT THE INTERSECTION OF WHITEHEAD ROAD AND EAST STATE STREET. FULKERT WAS THE PROPRIETOR OF THE LOCALLY FAMOUS BROMLEY INN, NOW OPERATED BY THE ROTH FAMILY.

1909: GENESIS OF THE HAMILTON VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT.

THESE ARE MY GUYS, PART OF THE "HAMILTON-ENTERPRISE" FIRE FIGHTING DUO. THESE TWO BROMLEY FIRE COMPANYS HAVE SERVED THE BROMLEY AREA FOR A CENTURY. THE ABOVE ARTICLE DETAILS THE PLANS FOR ESTABLISHING THE HAMILTON VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY.

UNDATED PHOTO OF AN EXTINCT TRENTON LANDMARK

THERE IS NO CITY IN AMERICA THAT AN HISTORICAL HERITAGE TO COMPARE WITH TRENTON, NEW JERSEY. THIS OLD PHOTO FROM THE TRENTON PUBLIC LIBRARY'S "TRENTONIANA" ROOM WAS PUBLISHED IN A LOCAL NEWSPAPER SOME TIME IN THE PAST. IT WAS IN ONE OF THE SCRAPBOOKS IN MY COLLECTION, AND AS SO OFTEN THE CASE, NO DATE NOR SOURCE IS LISTED.

1910: BEATTY STREET AS NONE OF US REMEMBER!

IF THERE IS ANYTHING I TREASURE, IT IS FORGOTTEN PHOTOS OF THE AREA OF OUR FOREFATHERS. THIS 1910 VIEW OF AN UN-PAVED AND SPARCELY POPULATED BEATTY STREET AS IT WAS IN THE EARLY 20TH CENTURY.

S.P. DUNHAM

HIS NAME WAS SERING P. DUNHAM. HE WAS A MERCHANT WHO BROUGHT ONE OF THE VERY BEST DEPARTMENT STORES TO THE CITY OF TRENTON. STARTING OUT AS SCUDDER AND DUNHAM IN THE 19TH CENTURY, DUNHAM'S BECAME A FAVORITE TRENTON DOWNTOWN STORE. I WROTE THIS ARTICLE A NUMBER OF YEARS AGO WHEN TRENTON BEGAN TO REALLY EXPERIENCE A DOWNTOWN EXODUS TO THE SUBURBAN MALLS.

1934: REMEMBER CASTANEA DAIRY?

I HAVE A VERY VAGUE RECOLLECTION OF SEEING OUR CASTANEA DELIVERY MAN COMING DOWN HARTLEY AVENUE IN ONE OF THEIR RUBBER TIRED HORSE WAGONS. I WOULD ASSUME IT WOULD HAVE BEEN IN THE LATE 1930'S.

THANKS TO A VIEWER WHO IDENTIFIED HIMSELF AS "KEN" FOR THIS VERY INTERESTING HISTORIC BACKGROUND ON THE GENESIS OF CASTANEA. THANKS, KEN!
KEN WRITES:
Castanea Dairy was owned by Henry W. Comfort, of Morrisville, PA. Mr. Comfort (1863-1930) was a prominent businessman and well-known Quaker, in the Trenton, east Pennsylvania area. He was the second son of George M. and Ann Elizabeth Comfort, and was born in Falls township. At an early age, he became manager of the homestead farm and became the owner of one of the finest herds in the county, which furnished Trenton with a large part of its milk supply. Mr. Comfort was also president of the Gazette Publishing Co., president and treasurer of the International Pottery Co., Trenton; president of the Yardley National Bank; vice president of the Moon Nursery Co.; a manager of the Friends' Asylum for the Insane, and a director in many other companies.He was also known for cultivating Japanese Chestnut trees on the farm in Morrisville (which later became a part of the Levittown housing development). The botanical name for chestnut is "castanea", from which his dairy's name was derived.His third and final marriage was to my mother's (Lillian Van Aken) aunt, Elizabeth Van Aken.

1902: GENESIS OF SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH

DID YOU KNOW THAT SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH WAS ORIGINALLY LOCATED ON TRENTON'S BELVIDERE STREET? SHILOH BAPTIST CHURCH IS STEEPED IN HISTORIC TRADITION. THERE ARE NUMEROUS SHILOH ARTICLES IN MY "AFRICAN-AMERICAN" FOLDER.....THIS HAS BEEN ONE OF THEM

1928: This had to be embarassing

This is one of those rare cases where a "false alarm" was a real alarm!

1923: R.W. WILDBLOOD'S COLONIAL VFD CARNIVAL STATEMENT

HEY ALAN, ALL THE WAY OVER THERE IN DEUTCHLAND, HERE'S ANOTHER ITEM OF INTEREST. A STATEMENT FROM THE FIRE COMPANY WHICH I GREW UP WITH. LOCAL OLD TIMERS WILL RECALL WHEN COLONIAL WAS LOCATED ON LIBERTY STREET, NEAR NEWKIRK AVENUE. THEY WILL ALSO RECALL THAT TINY LITTLE COTTAGE THAT WAS DIRECTLY NEXT DOOR WHICH WAS THE HOME OF DICK AND EDDIE PETERSON WHEN I WAS A BOY.....ALSO THE "AROUND THE CORNER" HOME OF THE FEEHAN FAMILY, WHO WERE AN INTEGRAL PART OF COLONIAL'S SPLENDID HISTORICAL HERITAGE. (AND WHO CAN FORGET "FREESIES" DELI ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FIREHOUSE, NEXT TO THAT CONCRETE BELL TOWER THAT I THOUGHT WAS THE ARCH OF TRIUMPH WHEN I WAS A SECOND GRADER?)

1943: Circa 1943 WWII Veterans from Broad Street Park

I scanned this postcard size photo at 300 dots per inch. The names are barely discernable. I also tried a 600 dots per inch scan and the names are a bit more legible, though blurry. The revised and enlarged scan is contained in the next post under this one.

1943: WWII Broad Street Park Veterans

This scan was done at 600 dots per inch. Many nmes can be recognized but the magnification has rendered the image a bit blurry and quite inferior to my eye. However, if my 73 year old eyes can read the names, I feel confident that younger eyes will also be able to read the names on the board.

1927: HAMILTON TOWNSHIP TO FORM A POLICE DEPARTMENT

HERE'S A SCAN OF A 1927 ORDINCE TO ESTABLISH A POLICE DEPARTMENT IN HAMILTON. IN EARLIER YEARS, HAMILTON DEPENDED ON CONSTABLES TO INFORCE THE LAW.

1908: INCREDIBLE BUT TRUE!

AND ALL THESE YEARS I THOUGHT THAT PASTA WAS AN ITALIAN STAPLE BECAUSE OF IT BEING SO ECONOMICALLY AND READILY AVAILABLE! THIS FASCINATING 100 YEAR OLD ARTICLE ON THE SUBJECT IS JUST ONE OF LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF INTERESTING LOCAL "AMERICAN ITALIANS" ARTICLES AND PHOTOS I HAVE IN MY LOCAL HISTORY FILES. LAWRENCE HISTORIAN BOB IMMORDINO AND I HAD BEEN WORKING ON A VERY AMBITIOUS PROJECT ENTITLED, "CHAMBERSBURG: THE EARLY YEARS AND BEYOND." USING THE DIGITIZED CLIPPINGS AND PHOTOS IN MY COLLECTION, COMBINING MY FILES WITH BOB'S INCREDIBLE "ETHNICANA" EXPERIENCE IN AMERICAN-ITALIAN HISTORY, WE CREATED AN INCREDIBLY INTERESTING "ASTOUND!" POWERPOINT-TYPE PRESENTATION. WE BEGIN WAY BACK IN THE EARLY YEARS OF THE "BURG" WHEN THE AREA WAS ORCHARDS AND CORNFIELDS, COVERING THE EARLIER ENGLISH AND GERMAN POPULATION, AND FEATURES THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY WHO MADE UP THE ILLUSTRIOUS PAST OF CHAMBERSBURG.

AS THIS IS BEING POSTED, HAMILTON TOWNSHIP IS WELCOMING VISITORS FROM HAMILTON'S SISTER CITY, NORCIA, LOCATED NORTH OF ROME. THE MAYOR OF NORCIA AND HIS FELLOW VISITORS WILL BE VISITING VARIOUS HISTORIC SITES IN THE AREA. MANY OF THE FAMILY NAMES WHICH ARE LISTED IN THE CURRENT PRESS RELEASE RELATING TO THE VISIT ARE FOUND WAY BACK IN THE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURY IN OUR PRESENTATION. WE HAD PLANNED ON PRESENTING THE PROGRAM AT A LOCAL RESTAURANT IN OCTOBER, BUT UNEXPECTED CIRCUMSTANCES FORCED A CANCELLATION.

1909: HIREM WELLER'S BOAT WORKS

THE NEWS PAGES OF THE FIRST COUPLE OF DECADES FREQUENTLY REFER TO THE WELLER BOAT YARD. NOTWITHSTANDING THE SPELLING OF WELLER'S NAME AS "HIRAM" IN THE GRAPHIC ABOVE, I WILL REFER TO THE GENTLEMAN AS "HIREM," BASED ON THE SIGN IN THE PHOTOGRAPH.

1925: NO LIBERAL JUDGE HERE

"LET THE PUNISHMENT FIT THE CRIME!"

1911: CIRCA 1911 PHOTO ST. JAMES P.E. CHURCH

BEFORE THEY MOVED INTO THIS BUILDING ON EAST STATE STREET NEAR GARFIELD, ST. JAMES HELD SERVICES AT "THE WIGWAM" ON EAST STATE STREET IN THE WILBUR SECTION OF TRENTON. BEFORE MOVING TO THE ALLENTOWN-HAMILTON BORDER, ST. JAMES WAS LOCATED ON GREENWOOD AND SO. LOGAN AVENUE. I WAS A PARISHIONER AT ST. JAMES WHEN I WAS A BOY. I CONVERTED TO ROMAN CATHOLIC FAITH IN THE EARLY 1960'S.THE BUILDING IN THE GRAPHIC STILL EXISTS, NOW THE HOME OF THE REHEBOTH CHURCH.

1858; FARMINGDALE SCHOOL

ONE OF THE VERY RARE ITEMS IN MY COLLECTION OF LOCAL HAMILTON TOWNSHIP HISTORY IS A LEDGER LISTING THE NAMES OF SOME OF HAMILTON'S VERY EARLIEST 19TH CENTURY PUBLIC SCHOOL STUDENTS. THIS IS A COPY OF PAGE ONE BEGINNING IN THE YEAR 1858. THE LEDGER LISTS THE SUPPLIES DISPENSED TO THE STUDENT, AND THE COST. IT HAS LISTINGS FROM 1850 TO THE EARLY 1870'S. FARMINGDALE IS BELIEVED TO BE THE OLDEST SCHOOL IN TODAY'S HAMILTON TOWNSHIP.

1922: NOTABLE CIVIL WAR TRENTONIANS

THESE GENTLEMEN VETERANS OF THE WAR BETWEEN THE STATES ARE ALL NOTED TRENTONIANS.

HAR SINAI: A TRENTON LANDMARK

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS VENERABLE OLD TEMPLE HAS DECIDED TO MOVE TO THE SUBURBS. THE INCREASING GROWTH OF THE POPULATION OF THE SUBURBS ALONG WITH THE DECREASE IN TRENTON'S POPULATION AND SOME SAY THE SAFETY OF THE CONGREGANTS WAS UNDOUBTEDLY A CONTRIBUTING FACTOR IN THE DECISION TO RELOCATE AFTER ALL THESE YEARS. THE "GOLDEN JUBILEE" COLUMN IS INCOMPLETE, THE PORTION OF THE PAGE ON WHICH IT ORIGINATED HAVING BEEN LOST TO THE AGES.

1930: SO. OLDEN AVENUE APPROACHING NO. CLINTON AVE.

THIS SCENE IS QUITE DIFFERENT WHEN ONE TRAVERSES THE SAME AREA TODAY. MANUY VIEWERS OF THIS PHOTO WILL REMEMBER THE ALTEMUS PHARMACY ON THE CORNER.

1915: MESSRS. HURLEY AND TOBIN

THESE TWO GENTLEMEN ARE THE FOUNDERS OF THE LATE, GREAT HURLEY TOBIN STORE WHERE MOM GLOVER AND MANY OTHER TRENTON AREA RESIDENTS SPENT MANY DOLLARS ON RADIOS, FURNITURE AND OTHER ALLIED HOME FURNISHINGS.

JUST A NOTE ABOUT TOM GLOVER'S SPELLING ACUMEN:
THESE %$#$% NOTEBOOK COMPUTERS ARE VERY UN-FORGIVING IF ONE IS A TOUCH TYPIST. JUST THE SLIGHTEST BRUSH ON ANOTHER KEY ON THE KEYBOARD WILL SEND AN INCOMPLETE EMAIL, OR AS IS THE CASE ABOVE, SUGGEST TO A NUMBER OF VIEWERS OF THIS SITE THAT GLOVER DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO SPELL "TREHTON," AND "EVENINTG." I REALLY MISS THAT BIG, OVER-SIZED KEYBOARD ON THAT LITTLE USED DESKTOP COMPUTER DOWN IN MY BASEMENT. BEAR WITH ME...I WILL EVENTUALLY LEARN TO ATTACK THE NOTEBOOK'S KEYBOARD WITH MY FINGERS UTILIZING ONLY VERTICAL, "STRAIGHT DOWN" KEYSTROKES.
BREAKING A 50 YEAR HABIT OF RAPID TOUCH TYPING IS VERY DIFFICULT!

1870: VANSYCKEL THE DRUGGIST

THE LATE HARRY PODMORE WROTE MANY COLUMNS ON THE NUMEROUS DRUGGISTS WHO WERE IN BUSINESS IN THE TRENTON OF LONG AGO. THIS ONE FROM 1870 IS QUITE INTERESTING.

1883 W. STATE AND WARREN STREETS

I REALLY LOVE THESE OLD PHOTOS FROM TRENTON'S ILLUSTRIOUS PAST. THIS IS JUST ONE OF THE MANY PHOTOS WHICH I HAVE IN MY COLLECTION. THIS UN-DATED NEWS PHOTO WAS IN THE LEAVES OF ONE OF THE SCRAPBOOKS I ACQUIRED OVER THE YEARS.

2007: HAMILTON'S ANNUAL HARVEST FESTIVAL

THESE PHOTOS OF THE PUMPKIN PATCH AT THIS YEARS HAMILTON FESTIVAL ARE JUST TWO OF THE NUMEROUS PHOTOS I TOOK WHILE I WAS AT THE AFFAIR. THE SIGN AND BACKDROP WERE FURNISHED COURTESY OF HAMILTON'S RELATIVELY KNEW AND VERY IMPRESSIVE DRAGONFLY FARMS ON KUSER ROAD. THE FESTIVAL WAS VERY SUCCESSFUL AND THERE WAS A HUGE CROWD IN ATTENDANCE. THANKS FOR YOUR CONTRIBUTION, DRAGONFLY!

1908: ASTOUNDING!

I FOUND THIS ARTICLE TO BE COMPLETELY INCREDIBLE!