One subject dear to my heart and at the same time a very fascinating study lies in the history of Trenton's hotels, inns and stage coa...

 The above Duke University R.C. Maxwell Trenton collection is a cut and past of a circa 1923 view of State and Broad as it looked back in ...

1952: It was a very good year! Trenton High's class of 1952 will be hosting their 65th reunion and here is the announceme...

Another high definition view of downtown Trenton as it was in 1947. To we old timers, the store signs in view bring some very pleasant m...

From my Hamilton High Class of 1951 classmate, Bob Shinkle. This treasure from the past when good grooming was a clean shave. As you ca...

Back in my younger years, the mostly Italian residents of 'the Burg" were New York Yankee fans. Indeed, Joe DiMaggio made numerou...

Above is a beautiful photo of the "Clinton Street Station" as it appeared in 1925. The original was quite dark and the statio...

On August 10th 2017, my Hamilton High School classmates from the class of 1951 will celebrate our 66th class reunion with a luncheon from ...

I have a number of photos showing St. Stanislaus sports championships from the 1930's and early 40's. This one from JoeWojciechows...

With the closing of the old Baron AA site on Cypress Lane after a controversial existence, the township of Hamilton moved the Hamilton Sen...

Here's a beautiful photo of South Warren Street highlighting the legendary "Casa Lido" along with Capitol Motor before it mo...

  A fascinating look back to the 4th of July in 1884 Trenton!

This splendid view of SouthWwarren Street bring back many warm memories. Note that Capitol Motors is also on the immediate right in the ph...

I originally posted this photo and incorrectly identified it as State and Broad St. Thanks to fellow Trenton historians Mike Kuzma and Gin...

Who among my more "senior" visitors can ever forget Weinmann's Restaurant on West State Street? It was an upscale restaurant...

Note that this photo replaces the originaly June 30 post wherein I inadvertently identified it as "State and Broad St." Tha...

Another beautiful photo of a very familiar Trenton intersection. It almost seems one could walk along that sidewalk in this zoomed in phot...

Some years ago I wrote this interesting article recalling the day the Ku Klux Klan decided to lead a parade and picnic in and about Hami...

This graphic is much too large to give a closeup, but I sure did try. Here's an attempt to segment and enlarge.

Here's an un-dated circa 1939 photo of center city Trenton showing traffic moving west on E. State Street at Broad Street. The clarity...

I am now writing for the monthly "HAMILTON POST;" a very popular community newspaper which is sent to every Hamilton resident vi...

Never to be forgotten!

Here's the 1945 St. Joachim basketball team which has earned a spot in the Hamilton LIbrary's Local History "ST. JOACHIM...

February 3, 1917 President Wilson addressed Congress to announce that diplomatic relations with Germany were severed. In a Special Sess...

As I enter my 23rd year as the Hamilton Local History archivist, you probably noticed that this site has been lacking in new posts over ...

This delightful catalog page from the Trenton Evening Times of April 11, 1917 brings back many familiar memories of tools that I remember ...

This class can be included in the "Hornet Class with Class!" These folks are going all out with a 50th to remember down in At...

This beautiful map of Pennington as it was in 1875 was scanned in at HIGH definition in order to bring the names of the citizens, merchant...

This interesting linkage of 3 different items from the "CADWALADER-WEST END" folder adds a bit of very interesting history of le...