The "Greatest Generation" is a growing folder in the WWII files in the Hamilton Library's Local History Collection. In the ph...

Trenton Transit #616 at the Trenton Reservoir, 1944. The familiar cream and green colored buses were a common sight in the Trenton area for...

The beautiful Trenton Times photo of Trenton's S.S. Kresge "Five and Ten" was from a 1938 Christmas ad. The original was in ...

Back in the 30's and 40's, Hamilton Township had a very active summer playground program. Crafts, sporting events, games, and other ...

A Trenton Transit bus approaches the intersection of South Olden Avenue and Whitehorse-Mercerville Road in this circa 1950 photo. Today it...

The capton on this photo read as follows: FINEST FIRE HOUSE The new home of the Union Fire Company of Washington Crossing and Titusvill...

This photo is from the Trenton Times of March 14, 1943. It is a photo of the past presidents of the Nottingham Volun­teer Fire Company. They...

Mayor Glen Gilmore’s administration recently converted the run down “Morris Mills,” Anchor Thread Company property into a community park. In...

As a Bromley resident for more than 45 years, I am very interested in the genesis of this community. A large part of the area we know as Bro...

You are on the other side of 50 if you remember when Calhoun and West State Street appeared as in this 1948 photo. The old Trenton Filtratio...

Christmas Day, 1946. Hamilton township proudly announced the opening of the new RKO Hamilton theater. It was located on South Broad Street. ...

MONDAY, JUNE 18, 1923 THE FIRST GRADUATES OF HOLY ANGELS SCHOOL Commencement exercises of the Holy Angels School were held last evening in t...

I have been particularly interested in the schools of my youth. For more than 50 years, I have avidly sought anything and everything relatin...

Not many people are aware that Hamilton Township once had a school known as the "Friendship School." It was located atop the weste...

There are numerous files on Homedell in the Hamilton Library Local Collection files. This is one of them: The area known as Homedell is loca...

CAMP OLDEN By Tom Glover Definitive information on Camp Olden has proven to be quite elusive. The exact boundaries of Camp Olden are not kno...

An extract from a 1943 program donated to the Hamilton Township Public Library Local History Collection by noted local historian, Mary Alice...

MONDAY, JULY 3, 1893 THE BEAUTY OF BROAD STREET PARK AND “THE MEADOWS” Among the numerous near by places where a day’s outing can be obtaine...

HAMILTON SQUARE - November, 1892 Local Democrats converged on Hamilton Square at 7:30 Thanksgiving evening for an ox roast and parade, celeb...

TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1877 1877: SANDTOWN - REVOLUTIONARY WAR - QUAKER BRIDGE TRENTON DAILY STATE GAZETTE The citizens of Sandtown will feel s...

THE EARLY YEARS OF ST. FRANCIS HOSPITAL SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 1874 GAZETTE A gentl...

SATURDAY, JUNE 18, 1881 HAMILTON SQUARE BAPTIST CHURCH NEARING COMPLETION The Hamilton Square Baptist Church will probably be ready for occu...

Through 74 years, the amateur radio operators from DVRA have been ready, willing and able to provide emergency communications whenever and ...

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1938 CONSTRUCTION ON NEW SEWAGE PLANT TO BEGIN In less than a week after bids were received, construction work on Hamilto...

1914: Real estate properties for sale at Villa Park for as low as $49! Buy Now.

Once again, thanks to 21st computer technology, an old black and white photo can be hand colored and proudly displayed.

This World War II clipping shows Louise Perilli, sister of former Hamilton Mayor Maurice ("Maurey") Perilli, and Friend of the Lib...

As a young boy, I eagerly went to the pages of the Trenton Sunday Times Advertiser to read "Trenton in Bygone Days." John Cleary a...

A NOTE FROM TOM: Many of the articles and news photos posted on this site are extracted from my collection of Trenton newspapers. They inclu...

AUGUST 21, 1876: CONSECRATION OF ST. MARY’S CEMETERY The new cemetery recently laid out on Olden Avenue, under the auspices of St. Mary’s Ca...

MONDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1875 EXTENDING OLDEN AVENUE TO WHITE HORSE Before 1875, Olden Avenue began its long journey northward from Hamilton Aven...

I drew the above pen and ink sketch some 20 years ago, when Mr. Chamberlain of Hamilton Square let me borrow the photo from which this sketc...

Just one of the many historic buldings in Hamilton Township, built in 1892 by Frederick and Theresa Kuser. This year's "Winter Wond...

October, 1935: