Publication Title: Plainfield 300 Years 1684-1984 ... · PDF fileImage or Text Page...

Image or Text Page100 years old and still going - Murray, Helga and Lyle Roberts 1861003 Putnam Avenue 88100-Year -Old Building 1841083 Hillside Avenue is an English Tudor cottage built in 1929 2071100 Putnam 981100 Watchung Avenue 921106 Myrtle Avenue 861108 Putnam 981129 Prospect Avenue Residence of Helen Cook Nasmith 1951148 Martine Avenue. Colonial Revival mixed - built around 1906 2271203 Putnam 981214 Putnam 981220-1224 Watchung Avenue 85127 East Ninth Street, the Manley House built circa 1870 2261300 Prospect Avenue 921317 Putnam Avenue 931414 Watchung Avenue 93144 East Seventh Street 89

Publication Title: Plainfield 300 Years 1684-1984, Historical HighlightsPublication Date: 1987

Call Number: PR 974.936 P69

144 East Seventh Street 8916 Evergreen Avenue 2151777 Eder Vermeule House - recent photo façade 201846 Randolph Building - A turn-of-the-century view of the 281869 - Plainfield 68

1886 Colonial Revival -- the largest single family residence in Plainfield 2021942 four generation photograph 14419th Century American painting to be the Drake Children 15202 West Eighth Street 89209 West Eighth Street 92213-216 Putnam 98216 West Eighth Street 89316 West 6th Street 87327 East Seventh Street 89400 Franklin Place 88404 West 7th Street 87420 Stelle Avenue 92423 West Eighth Street 91435 West Eighth Street 235439 East 6th Street 86441-447 West 6th Street 88452 West Eighth Street 90500 Stelle Avenue 92512 West Fifth 98

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520 Central Avenue 87530 West Fifth 98531 West Eighth Street 88563 West Eighth Street 9360 Netherwood Avenue 93606-614 New Street 8960th Annual Track and Field Meet 126615 Central Avenue 85645 West Seventh Street, 1926 Allison & Kerr Residence 216653 Ravine Road 8572 Netherwood Avenue 93726 Kensington Avenue 85778 Belvidere 98789 Belvidere Avenue 90792 Belvidere 98810 Belvidere 98810 Central Avenue 92815 Field Avenue 189815 Field Avenue 189827 Madison Avenue a Van Wyck Brooks Historic District house 202828 Arlington Avenue 86911 East 77th Street 85920 Hillside Avenue 93925 Woodland Avenue 91930 Hillside Avenue 93935 Central Avenue 86935 Prospect Avenue 85937 Hillside Avenue 86940 Central Avenue 88963 Hillside Avenue 90970 Hillside Avenue 90975 Hillside Avenue 90980 Hillside Avenue 92996 Hillside Avenue 93999 Hillside Avenue - residence 95A & P supermarket at 333-337 West Front Street 71Abrams, Morris 140Ackerman Memorial Garden 138Ackerman, Ernest A., Representative 131Ackerman, Ernest R. 99Ackerman, J. 101Ackerman, William 51Acknowledging the cheers of the crowd in Melbourne 128

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Adam C. Blair's Metropolitan Livery & Boarding Stables 124Adams, Alanzo 100Adams, Alex, builder 68Adams, Henry M, 60Adams, Judi 115Ads! 171After Santa's visit 64Ah, the days when snow was a joyous event 145Al Munoz Remembered - Plainfield Today - April 23, 1987 102Albanese, Licia 112Albert Hall 201Alfred Munoz, a modern-day genre painter 103Alfred University 72Alice Tully Hall 110, 111All American Schoolboy Track Team 128All American Swimming Team 128All Souls Church 140Allen, Joseph C. 71Allen, Joseph C. 71Allie Maidens Jazz Syncopators prepare for a toe-tapping evening 106Altantic Trust Co. 72Aluminum Plate and Press Company, The 80Amateur Championship 123Amateur theatrical - cast, circa 1910 116American Commission to Negotiate Peace 60American Eagle ivAmerican Foursquare on Watchung Avenue 191American Indian artifacts 32American Motor Car Co. 82American Six 82American Society of Mechanical Engineers 71American Vacuum Cleaner 80America's Industrial Revolution 44Amphion Theater 117Ancient Order of Hibernians 137And during the hazy, lazy days of summer 124And there was always the excitement of a derailment 77Anderson - citation 66Anderson, Doug 112Anderson, J.C., Dr. 152Anna Lucasta 153Anna Webster and Nathan Vail 16Announcement of one of Plainfield's first automobile shows 58

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Annual Children's Program, An 112Anthony Roman Dylewski in front of Daleska Manor 221Antique and Custom Car Show - Vintage entry 79Applause 115Architect Ebenezer Roberts selected lacy, Carpenter Gothic trim 94Area Reference Center 99Arioso Chamber Music Group, The 110Armat School for Graphic Arts, The 100Armstrong's Drug Store 80Arne, Gerry & Johnann - circa 1870 French Mansard residence 189Arnold, Benedict 148Art Class session 101Artist's rendering of the interior of Crescent Avenue Presbyterian 135Arts Council of New Jersey 112Arts Musica Antigua, The 111As It Was When 112Ashburn, Caroll 117Aspen School of Music 112Aspen School of Music 112Aspinall, Barbara, Reverend, The 136Astor Theater, The 117At the Terry Well on Rahway Road Continentals and British 22Atlantic City Casinos 120Atlantic Safe Deposit Co. 72Augenblick and Gruneisen 74Augustine Herrmann and his horse. Credit-Cop by Harold Morse 7Aunt Jean, Mother and Aunt Gus in 1880's tennis outfits 122Auntie Mame 113Australian singer Marjorie Lawrence 105Auto Bus Company 55Automobile Parade 57Autumn in the Sierras 101Avrum Ramie Raymond Haness - 1898-1986 212Ayer and Pedrick 80Ayers, William C. 67Babcock, George 80Babcock, George H. 49, 71, 137Babcock, Harriet 49Babock Building, corner of Front Street and Madaison Avenue 71Babock, Mrs. 137Babock's Factory 137Bach 110Backyard photo session, circa 1910 147

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Bagwell, John D., Rev. 43Baha, Abul, Persian prophet 100Bailey's or P.T. Barnuum's 45Baker, Dr. 110Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians 108Baldwin, Mr. 145Baltimore Orioles 121Bantle, John G. 73Baptiste, T. James, Reverend, The 141Barber & Howe's History 28Barbershop Group and the Sweet Adelines 108Barclay, John 8Barkalew, Mr. 136Barlow and Cook Schools 131Barlow, Dewitt 108Barlow, Michael L., The Reverend 139Barnes, Catherine 153Barnes, Mills 153Barnes, Mills 153Barry, David, builder 68Barrymoore, Ethel 117Baseball Hall of Fame 121Baton Rouge School System 112Battle Hymn of the Republic, The 106Battle of Bull Run 35Bavier, Stuart, Mrs. 131Beautiful Things - 1838 East Second Street - Scotch Plains, NJ 184Beethoven 106Beethoven's Ninth Symphony 110Beetles, The 105Before Seventh Street and Putnam Avenue were paved 157Bells of St. Mary, The 104Belvidere 98Belvidere Avenue & Charlotte Road - Corner 91Ben Franklin Dairy Store 241Benet, Steven Vincent 115Benny, Jack 117Bergquist, Joseph E., Reverend The 141Berkeley Avenue home of Gary and Katherine Mann 215Bernhardt, Sarah 117Best wishes from the Turner Clan 223Beth Tefilah Isho Yental 140Bethel Chapel 134

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Bethel Church 104Bethel Presbyterian Church 134, 152Bethel Tefelas Yental 140Bethel Young People, The 108Bethlehem Bach Choirs 108Bicket, Emeritus Willard 139Bicycle Club team after winning its game with the Smokers 121Bicycle shop of Frank L. C. Martin, Park Avenue in 1895 120Bierley, Paul E. 146Bierstadt, Albert 101Big White Rats Carnival 117Bihler, Charles 110Bill Evans Trio, The 112Bill Garrett 237Bill Garrett, Bob Chanda, Mary Chanda, Emilia Carlson, Lila David, Maureen andRosemary Haness 236Bill, Rosemary and Christine Friedrich 234Billiard parlor held as much fascination for Plainfield youth 128Billiard parlor held as much fascination for Plainfield youth 128Billups, Ray 105Birdseye, Clarence 59Bishop, Elizabeth 31Black Bank Teller 152Black History Month 100Black Rock 105Black, Joe 126Blackburn, Kim 100Blair, Adam C. 123Blair, Jerry 35Blair's 112Bleeker, A. J. 67Blendinger, Dorothy 107Blendinger, Fred 107, 108Bliss, C. John, Reverend 145Blondyn Plains 143Blondyn Plains purchase 7Blue Army of our Lady of Fatima 138Blue Hills 18, 22, 25, 28, 33, 50, 60Blue Hills Fort 19Blue Hills neighborhood 7Blue Ridge Mountains 59Blume, Judy 102Board of Education 72

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Board of Trade, The 75Bob Chanda, Lila Davis 237Bobacock and Wilcox 71Bogelow, Arthur C., Professor 104Bohems and Lederers, The - partners 140Boice Estate Lumber 43Boice Homestead in East Front Street 133Boice, Anna 41Boice, Helen R., Miss 131Boice, Hollander Jacob 51Boice, Rachel, Mrs. 41Boice-Runyon Coal Company 41Boise, Howard W., Inc. 44Boise's Stationary 117Bosch Magneto Co. 83Bosch Magneto Co. - citation 80Bostelmann, Louis 108Bourke-White, Margaret 101Bourke-White, Margaret 101Boyce, Richy 105Boyd Family - Charlie, Debbie, Chucky, and Chauncey 230Boyd's Plainfield Directory 51Boynton Beach 55Boys at the Bank, circa 1893 150Bradeis Creative Arts Citation 108Brahm's Requiem 110Bramnick Family: Jon, Patricia, Brent, and Abigail 204Brass Quintet 110Brass Quintet 110Brewer, Edward 111Brewer, Virginia 111Briant, John 136Brick hat factory at the rear of French's Mill 16Broadcast Music, Inc. 108Broadnax, Anna 152Brodie, Lynwood 105

Brooks, Van Wyck39, 40, 101, 105, 115, 146,151

Brooks, Van Wyck - Pulitzer Prizewinner 38Brotherhood of Carpenters, The 68Brothers Wiggins and Best 136Broughton, James 113Brown, Arthur 111

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Brown, Flloyd 139Brown, Marshall 154Brown, Theodore S. 34Brown, William - history of New Jersey 71Brubeck, Dave 110Bruce, Mary Evelyn 111Bryan, William Jennings 50Bryant School 131Bucknell University 106Buhot, Alden Bethel 75Buhot, Johanna 75Bull Run 38Bungalow Is An Exact Replica of a Model In New York's Greatest 55Bungalow of 1900-1930 93Burnside, General 35Burton, William E. 146Bus, competition for the trolley line 62Business Men's Association of Plainfield 74Business Men's Association of Plainfield 74Business Men's Association Shop : Plainfield 189But folks continued to buy cars anyway 79Butterfield, W. J. 117Byrd Expedition 59C. Frank and Dorothe A. Sheeley - June 28, 1924 197Cadmus, Jasper G. 70Caesar - Documentation of African born 14Calkins, Leighton, Plainfield Mayor 57Calvary Baptist Church 104, 139, 141, 152Camp Kilmer 107Campbell, Milt 100, 126, 154Candee, Seth, Mrs. 113Canoune, Annie Louise 48Canter, Walter 111Cape Cod 101Carey, Andrew 152Carey, Tinis J., Chief of Police 51Carlson, John 100Carlson, John F. 100Carlson, Mildred 110Carlton College 112Carmel, Samuel 108Carnegie Hall 108Carnegie Recital Hall 112

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Carolina and Cumberland Gap Railroad 72Carpenter Residence - 825 Field Avenue and Velvet 190Carpenter, Gloria 152Carpenter, Russel C. 152Carpenters and Joiners Union 69Carteret, George 7Caruso 105Case, Charles L. 73Case, Howard 106, 110Casino 116, 132Cathie, Shirley 108Cathie, Shirley, Dr. 133Cayer, Elizabeth 132Cedar Brook 15, 49, 84Cedar Brook Farm 8, 11, 12, 25, 49, 50, 51Cedar Brook Farm 11Cedar Brook Parks 55Cedar Creek Settlement 8Cedar Creek Settlement 8Cedarbrook Park 112, 125Census figures for 1980, published in The Courier-News, June 23 58Center Jersey Times 72Central Baptist 134Central Building and Loan Association 74Central Jersey July Fourth Celebration, The 125Central New Jersey 99Central New Jersey Times, The 35, 43, 139Central Railroad of New Jersey 65Central Railroad of New Jersey (CRRNJ) 65, 67, 148Central Reformed Church 139Century-Plainfield Tire Co. - citation 80Cesar 30Cesar 31Chamber groups, choral, orchestral 112Chamber of Commerce 71Champion, Audrey 115Chanda Family: Thorndike, Maryellen, Teddy, Crackers and Bob 198Chapot & Sons 80Charles Warner Wendell 205 West Ninth Street 227Charles, Ric Chorale 110Chase-Manhattan 31Checking the score. Paul Runyon 128Chevrolet Motor Co. 82

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Chevrolet, Gaston 82Chevrolet, Louis 57, 82Chevrolet, Martha 75Chicago World's Fair 73Children Are Our Future 174Children's Corner Nursey School 139Children's Room 99China-San Francisco 48Chinese porcelains and Cloisonne 99Choir, pastor and choir director of Crescent Avenue Presbyterian 135Choral Society 143Chorus of Nurses at Muhlenberg Hospital 108Christmas Time 104Church and Music 110Church Of 1832 136Church of Our Saviour 138Church that Ebenezer L. Roberts designed on Crescent Avenue 135Cioffis: Billy, Kristin, Brian and Beau 223Cioffis: Billy, Kristin, Brian and Beau 223City Beautiful - Ad 80City Council Jon Bramnick 174City Hall iiiCity Hall - interior in Classical Revival style 56City Hall (top center) - 1926 view of Plainfield 57City Hotel - finally Queen City Hotel built in 1850 29City National Bank (in Plainfield) 36, 72City of Churches 134City of Plainfield, N.J. Centennial 242City, State and National Register Historic Places 161Civil Rights and polictical problems 152Civil Service Examination 152Civil War - To the right 74Civil War - Civic Growth 34

Civil War (The)34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 45,65, 84, 89, 100

Civil War veterans 49Clang, clang, clang went this thoroughly modern trolley 62Clara Louise Tea Shop 151Clark, Harriet Mandane 71Clark, Hobart, Reverend, The 140Class picture, a happy tradition throughout our schooldays 130Clawson Building 219Clawson Farm 72

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Clayton 68, 73Clayton's 1882 History of Union County 67Clayton's History 70, 145Cline, Edward 75Clipper, H.S., Dr. 139Closson, James L. 49Closson, James, T. 72Cobb, Ty 121Cochran Jean Carter - citation 110Cochran, Jean Carter 102Cochran, Jean Carter 1944 - citation 136Cock, William R. 53Coe, Philemon E., 138Cohan, George M. 117Cole, Isaac 59Coleman Residence on Forest Hill Road 225Coles, Abraham Ackerman 101Colgan, Harold V., Monsignor 137Colgan, Harold V., Monsignor 137Collier family and residence, 140 Sixth Street in 1891 238Collier, Asa 121Colonial crafts 32Colonial Revival Style 161Columbus Landing on San Salvadore iCombe, Yvonne 108Command Performance 113Common Council 41, 42Common Council in the mayor's office - February 17, 1917 159Community Cultural Center 34Commuter's Day Festivities 57Compliments of Dr. and Mrs. Louis Siccardi 195Compliments of the E. Parham Wanzer residence 225Composition by one-time resident Dolia Loran - charcoal drawing 101Compton's Ice Cream Saloon 45Cone family residence: 669 West Seventh Street 208Cone, Cynthia 137Congratulations Plainfield from the Esposito family on Prospect Ave. 207Congregation Children of Israel 140Congregation Ohavey Zadek 140Congregational Church 73Congregational Church iiCongregational Nursey School 139Congregational parsonage on land donated by Jacob Kirkner 140

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Congressional Medal of Honor 38, 100Conover, Loraine 110Consolidated Stock and Petroleum Exchange 72Coods, Henry 108Cook was originally known as the Netherwood School 131Cook, Frederic W. 55, 131Cook's Lumber Yard 76Cooley,Grace Webster, Miss 132Coon, Matthew 27Coopersmith, Lee, Cantor 140Coriell, Elisha 41Coriell, William McDowell 50Coriell's Ferry 41Coriells, Huguenot 50Cornell, Phil 115Corner E. Front Street Plainfield ivCornwell, George 108Counihan., W. J. 116Counihan., W. J. 116Country Chairman, The 116

Courain, Alice and Beth - home in Plainfield. Corner of Fourth & Darrow 157

Courier News (Courier-News, The)

40, 41, 43, 57, 60, 72, 73, 80,104, 106, 110, 112, 115, 117,121, 129, 131, 146, 148

Court of Errors and Appeals 83Covert, Luke 50Cozzoli, Frank 75Crane and Tracy families resided at Cranehurst 229Crane, Marjorie 108Cranehurst Mews -- 721 Field Avenue 204Crescent Area Neighborhood Association 160Crescent Area Neighborhood Association (image) 160Crescent Avenue Church 105, 108, 110, 112, 136Crescent Avenue Historic District 100Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church 68, 134Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church- after the fire of 1931 135Crescent Avenue Presbyterian Church, Plainfield, New Jersey ii, 165Crescent Choir 110Crescent Concerts 110Crescent Historic District 160Crescent Historic District 94, 160Crescent Oval 120

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Crescent Wheelman, The 120Crescents 121Crockett family - David and Beth 215Cultural and Heritage Commission - Allen Stuart - Chairman 168Cunard Steamers 68Cunningham, John 65Custer's Exploits 69Cutting ice on the pond in the depths of winter 48Czar Nicholas of Russia 100Daily Advertiser 43Daily Press, The 43, 76, 121Dame Durden's Cookbook 39Dame Durden's Cookbook - ladies First Baptist Church 1n 1890 39Dan Robert's Uncle Livery 75Dancing round the Maypole a traditional rite of spring 115Daniels, Bill 154Daniels, Harry H. 75Daniels, John W. 75Daniels, John W. 75Dave, Regina and Katy Englert 189David Frost Show 112Davis, Miles 112Day, Charles 82Days Before the tube in Plainfield 102de Frost, Lee 83De Leeuw, Adele and Cateau - of Plainfield 102de Medina, Cecelia, Mrs. 146de Medina, Duke 146De Revere, George B. 44Death of General Sedgewick 100Deerfield Academy 132DeFreitas, C., Dr. 153Delany, Olive, Miss 131DeLeeuw, Adele 102DeLeeuw, Cateau 102Delmonico House 196Dempsey, Jack 106Department of Recreation 125Department of Recreation - Plainfield's first 145Desnoyers, Albert Henry 74Detroit Tigers 121Detwiller, Charles 99Detwiller, Charles, Jr., AIA 137

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Detwiller, Frederic C. 31, 34Di Giovanni domain 208Dibbs, Lydia 49Dictionary of Scientific Biography - citation 83Dime Savings Institution in East Front Street 37Dime Savings Institution, Inc. 37Distinguished Alumni Award 112Dixon's Ice Cream Parlor 45Doane, Thaddeus - Fire Chief 61Doane, Thaddeus O. 42, 121Dobbin Ramble 156Dockstader's Minstrels in the music hall 115Doctors and nurses with feathered friend 54Dodge, David L. 49Doll's House 115Donald Martino - band and orchestra 108Donna Vose and Gregory Palermo, MD 218Doorways to the Past - A Tercentennial Tour 156Doorways to the Past - A Tercentennial Tour 156Doreen and William Kruse 1009 Hilside Avenue, Plainfield, N.J. 209DosPasos, John 115Dotte Pollard 237Dotte Pollard, Rosemary Haness, Marueen Merrow, Mary V. Griswold and TomRicketts 236Dotte Pollard's Sheepwalk 819 Field Avenue circa 1880 197Double Door 113Double Dutch Tournment 125Doughboy Schorb poses before leaving for France 145Douglass College 111DownBeat Readers 112Downtown face of Plainfield eary in the 20th century 70Dr. Endicott, northerly corner of Park Avenue - Home 157Dr. John Carter Sutphen's home and medical office circa 1830-1850 41

Dr. Merton and Mary Vic Griswold at their residence 920 Woodland Ave. 223Dracula 113Dragonette, Jessica 117Drake Business College 55Drake House 21, 31, 32, 100, 137Drake House ivDrake House - floorplan in various stages of development 33Drake House 1746 Museum 163Drake House as it looked circa 1800 when the Drakes lived here 30

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Drake House Museum - 602 West Front street 163Drake House Museum, 1746 30, 32Drake House, and how it grew 32Drake Mill 31Drake, Daniel 31, 33Drake, Isaac - Drake House 11,12Drake, Isaac 's Will Dated January 3, 1736 14Drake, Isaac, Jr. 31Drake, Isaac, Sr., Will 30Drake, John 31Drake, Nathaniel 14, 19Drake, Nathaniel's Will 33Drakes 34Drama Tourament, The 113Dramatic Guild of the Foothill Playhouse, The 113Drawing of the Battle of the Short Hills 32Drawing of The Eagle 66Dreier, Garrett 140Dreier, Garrett 140Dreier, Harry 140Druse, Ken 102Ducret School of Fine and Industrial Arts 100Dufford, George S. 41Duke Ellington at post-concert reception at Neighborhood House 114Dunavan, Carly C. 131Dunn & Sons - 320 Park Avenue, Plainfield 167Dunn, Elston M. 35Dunn, Joel 34Durant, Dorothy 110Durrah, F.F., M.D. 152Dutch Immigrant Adrian 33E.M. Bird - He has none of the characteristics 81Eagle, The 65Early-mid 19th century homestead on the Hand family farm 51East Front Street at the head of Park Avenue 69East Front Street, near Park Avenue 73Eddy, Henry 101Edgewood 72Edsall,s Emporium 71Edward, Maze 116Eliza Elvira Kenyon First Lady of Plainfield 103Elizabeth Port 67Elizabeth, The, Plainfield and Central Traction Company 148

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Elizabethtown 67Elizabethtown and Somerville Railroad 65Elizabeth-Town Point 65Elks' Annual Auto Parade 82Elks' Club House 57Elks' Week Merriment 57Elkwood Hall 116Ellington, Duke 105, 110Elm Street Courts, The 122Emelia and Isaac S. Manjoe 222Emerson and Channing's Transcendentalism 101Emperor of Austria 100Empire Parlor 32Endicott, Dr. 76Enterprises of Plainfield Ltd. A Corporation 208Erskin, John 108Esther Harness - Movement, laughter and nostalgia 211Estil, Mr. 38Estil, Mr. 38Ethel Barrymore Theater 117Eugenie, Empress 146European campaigns 101Evans, Bill 112Evans, George, Mrs. 39Evans, Harry 112Evans, Monas 140Evans, Rosemary 108Evans, Violet 108Even the Drpression failed to dampen Plainfields enthusiasm 127Evening News, The 43, 45, 51Evergreen Café 210Evergreen School 112Expirimental Theater Workshop 113Exterior and interior views of Plainfields Quaker Meetinghouse 26F.L.C. Martin - F.L.C. once delt in cycles 81F.L.C. Martin Auto Company - 1911 advertisement 78Fairchild School for Boys 26Fairfax Courthouse 35Fairleigh Dickerson University 110Fantastics, The 115Farson, Negley 101Father of Free Public Schools in New Jersey, The 129Faure 110

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Faylor, Freeman 125Federal and Greek Revival style homes 84Feltville, Dam 51Fensterstock, Jennie 74Fernstone 505 West Eighth Street built by Harman family in 1892 228Fiddler On The Roof 113Fields, Hazel 153Fields, Lee 105Fifth Army Band, The 112Fimiani, Louis, F., Monsignor 138Fiorello 115Fire Department horses were trained to back into the carriages 42Fire Engine Company No. 1 42First Baptist Church iiiFirst Baptist Church (AKA Shingle Church), The 39, 106, 134, 139First Baptist Church of the Green Brook, circa 1818 134First Calvary Baptist Church, The 141First Christian Assembly 142First Christian Assembly 142First Church of Christ Scientist 141First Congregational Church 139First International Organist Convention In Toronto, Canada 110First Methodist Church 141First Methodist Episcopal Church iiiFirst National 37, 36First Park Baptist Church 104, 111, 134First Park Baptist Church - gracious interior 135First Presbyterian Church iiFirst Presbyterian Church (of Plainfield) 134First Presbyterian Church, The 101, 134First Unitarian Society of Plainfield 139First Unitarian Society of Plainfield 166First United Medodist Church - yesterday and today. 136First United Methodist Church 136First United Methodist Church Sesquicentennial Program 1982 - citation 136First-Park Baptist Church - beautiful spire of 134Fish, Ferdinand 75Fishing Derby 125Fisk, Charles J. 72Fitz Randolph House, circa 1717 12Fitz-Hugh, Mr. 143FitzRandolph's 112Fitzsimmons, Bob 117

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Flanagan, Cecil 125Fledgling business venture 151Flitz, Dick 113, 115Floersch, Peter 44Flowering of New England, The 101Flynn, John J. 59Flynn, William 53Fontenbleau School of Music 108Force, Albert 43Force, William 43Force's Hotel 70Ford, Henry 106, 123Fort, Franklin J. 43Fort, Leslie 43Fort, R. Leslie 145Foster Residence 190Fountain, Gordon 59Fourth National Bank 37Fourth National Bank 37Fox, Viola 153Franck, Caesar 110Frank L. C. Martin Cycle Co., The 76Freeman, Walter H. 121French Huguenot Family 41French School of Music, The 108French, John H. 33French, Phineas M. 33French's City Mill of 1846 16French's Mill 69Freshman, The 117Frick Building 80Friends of the Library, The 99Friends of the Plainfield Public Library 183Frock-coated Republican 115Frontenac Special 82Frontispiece of the literary section of 1930 edition of Tempora 103Front-Somerst-Park intersection - Below 74Frucht, Zigmund 140Fullerton, Robert 8, 57Fusco Family, resideing on Berkeley Avenue 220Gainfas, J. 74Gallery at Quaker Station 144 North Avenue, Plainfield, NJ 180Gallery, The 99, 100

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Gannett, Frank E. 43Gannett, Lewis 115Garden, Charlotte 110Garden, Dr. 110Gardner's Meat Stand 69Garner House 225Garrett Family Album 192Gavett, Alexander 99Gavit's glass and china shop 151Gazelle Engine Company No. 1 42General Sterling - House built at 829 First Place 38General Sterling House, The 151George A. Troy - Founder of Troy's Lock Co. 169George D. Webster House, which stood at 429 West Second Street 157George Ebert and Jim Morris and Hans' home 201George Marriner Maull, Director, Plainfield Symphony 109George O. Stevens Oil Company 145George with Mr. Hand's horse Sindut 62George with Mr. Hand's horse Sindut 62Georgia Peach 121Georgian Classic Revival Colonial Mansion 233Gesang-und-Turn-Verein 105Gesner, Charles 115Gethsemane Lutheran Church 140, 141Gibson, D. S., Reverend, The 141Gilbert and Johnson 104Gilbert and Sullivan Symphonic and Operatic Music 112Gilbert Farm 49Gilbert, Alexander 49, 99Gilbert, William 101Gilded Age, The 84Gilded Lady, The 117Gilmore, Patrick 146Gin Game 115Gingerbread House 224Gingerbread Journey 156Gingles, Jinks 105Girl on Boat iGish, Dorothy 117Gish, Lillian 117Glass Menagerie, The 115Glenn, Thomas Allen 148Glenoaks 196

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Glick Brothers 74Glick, William 74Gloden Gloves 126Gloekler Building on the northwest corner of Front 68Goddard, Elsie 112Goddard, Harriet 112Goddard, Margaret, Miss 100Godey's Lady Book 40God's Book 104Goins, Clen 105Golden Bantam Corn 55Golden Eagle 1833, and American Flamingo, 1838 iGoldman, Gerald A. 140Goldman, Virginia 101Goldstein, Harris 140Goldstein, Sarah K. 113Golf Digest Magazine 123Gonzales, Edward 108Gonzales, Edward 108Good Friday Concert 110Gordon, Barbara, Karen, Jennifer, Diane and Barb Fuller 191Gordon, John Dr, 8Gordon, Thomas 8,9,10Grace Church 105, 138, 139Grace Church Mission 138Grace Church's Mumford Memorial Rectory 139Grace Episcopal Church 53, 101, 104, 138Grace Episcopal Church - an early view 138Grace Episcopal Church - Sunday Class 138Grace Evangel Church 142Grace Methodist of North Plainfield 136Grainger, Percy 108Grammy Awards 112Grand Old Man 68Grant Avenue Community Center 112, 116, 117, 125Grant Avenue Community Center 174Grant Avenue Community Center - Musical Programs 110Grant Avenue Presbyterian Church 134Grant, Ulysses, S., General 148Great Century (100 mile) Newark to Philadelphia race 76Great Danes Starry Night and Delilah 196Great Depression 57, 107Great Ring of Canada, The 100

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Great Train Robbery, The 117Grecian Bend 40Greek Revival/Italianate residence, The 42

Green Brook15, 25, 30, 45, 49, 84, 134,145

Green Brook Family School 26Greene, Ralph 154Griffith, D.W. 117Griswold, Vicki 104, 112, 115Grocery ad from the Plainfield Courier-News of June 6, 1901 75Groszmann, Waldemar N. 32Gruneisen, Henry 74Guaranty Trust Company 37Guide: Midsummer Night's Dream - citation 112Guion Family 136Gus Nasmith, Jr. 130Gutman, Samuel 140Guy Goins; Nancy Plum. Nancy's Frame Shoppe 182Guy Goins; Nancy Plum. Nancy's Frame Shoppe 182H & H Hairdressers, Inc. 171H. Douglas Davis, president of The Plainfield Trust Company 151Hackenberg, Marine 106Hackensack River 68Hadley Airport 55Hadley Airport - The early days of air travel 62Haedrick, Ken 102Haegman, Florence 110Hall, David Prescott 102Hall, Egerton E., Father 153Hall, Florence Howe 101Halloway, Harriet, Miss 112Halsey, Melvin 153Hampton, Walter 112Hancock, John Wesley 136Hand Bell Festival 110Hand, David 50Hand, Sam, builder 68Hand, William, Captain 35Handel 110Handel's Messiah (concert) 111Hang in there, Baby 62Hannon, James 105Hansen, James C. 74

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Happy Birthday 104Harberger, John S. 31, 137Hardison, Inge 153Harmony Engine Company 42Harned Academy 55Harned, E. N. 55Harper, Kathleen 110Harper, Kay 110Harper, Richard S. 110Harriott, Vail and Co. 67Harris, Arthur 59Harris, Charles P., Dr. 141Harry and Carole Jenkins - residence 207Hart, Charles A. , Dr. 53Hartridge School 112Hartridge school bus, dubbed The Ladies Bus 133Harvey, William, Dr. 110Harvey, William, Reverend, The 136Harvey, William, Reverend, The 136Hatridge Board 132Hatridge School 132Hatridge, Emelyn Battersby, Miss 132Hauge, Frank, Jr. 83Hawthorne (Nathaniel) 38Hayes, Helen 100Hayes, Roland W. 108Heathstone and Hedgrows 156Hedden, Albert 151Hedden, Frank 151Heermann, Augustine 6, 148Heideloff, Henry 34Helen H. Miller Council Member 1982-1984 235Helen, Mygatt and Noss, Edith 151Helfenbeim, Ladiaus 108Hemingway, Ernest 115Henry M. Demarest, Sr. in his best bib and tucker 147Henry, Dorothy 151Henry, M. Maxson, Mrs. 131Henry, Warren 151Heritage Society 112Hersey Hat Manufacturing Company 74Hetfield, Levi 129Hey, cabbie! Taxi service in the days before the city's motorized fleet 124

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Hickson, Pat 115Higgins Home for Funerals 180Higgins Jacob 68Higgins, John, builder 68High School, Whittier, Franklin, Washington, Bryant Lincoln, Irving) 130High up in the tower - the carillon keyboard at Grace Church 105Highlander Girl Pipers parading down front Street (Left) 114Hillhaven, circa 1898 Raymond Haness - Esther Haness - Sal Guadagnino, Jr.Rosemary Haness withHillside Avenue - the estate-like, single-family homes 161Hillside Avenue Historic District 161Hillside Avenue Historic District 95, 161Hillside Avenue Historic District - Candlelight Tour 156Hillside Avenue Historic District - Carlson Home 213Hillside Avenue Historic District Association (image) 161Hillside Cemetery 49, 100, 148Hillside Tennis and Golf Club Inc. 123Hillside Tennis Club, circa 1890 - Hippies of the 122Hillside Tennis Club, circa 1890 - Hippies of the 122Hilltop - the home of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Alcorn 186Hires, Charles E. 45Hiss, Mary Rose 110Historical Society, The 32History of Plainfield - Reprinted from the Courier News, 1963 243Hobson, C.G. 152Hobson's Drug Store 152Hoffman, Ray E. 44, 148Hoffman, Red 123Holt, Clyde 108Homer, Winslow 99Homes on the Central Railroad of New Jersey for New York Business Men 65Homesteads 17Hone Painting & Restoration 184Honegger 110Honeyman 75, 82Honeyman, A. Van Doren 8Hooker, Louis (Lou) 108, 110, 112Hooker, Ralph Moreton 59, 143Hooper, Arthur F. 131Hope Chapel 134Hope Common 122Hopkins, Yvonne 112Hopman, J. P. 80

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Hopple, William H. 82Horesman's Association 123Horne, Prentice C. 132Horsewoman - 20th century 125Howard and Louise Colodne - Home of 202Howard, L. F. 73Howard, William Gerald, Dr. 141Howe, Julia Ward 101Hubbard , Frank J. 137Hubbard Junior High School 131Hubbard School 110Hubbard, J. F. 80Hull, Benjamin - 1701 143Human Labor - the immense value 14,15Humperdink 106Hunton, Gail 42Hurley-Gardner Family 196Hurry, Frances 132Hurry, Frances 132Husted, Harold R. 134Hyde Estate gatehouse still stands at what is now North Drive 72Hyde Mansion on the side of first Watchung Mountain 72Hyde, Charles 72, 110Hyden 110Illinois Central Railroad 49Illinois Central Railroad 49Imes, W. L., Rev. 108Immoral 104Impact of Westminister Choir College 108In 1909 the Daily News published a little book of cartoons 81In 1926, The Plainfield Trust Company (United National Bank) 36In 1942, Mills Barnes gathered all the black graduates of Plainfield HS 153In Excellsis Gloria 110Indoor Gardening 102Industrial Directory of New Jersy 80Industry in the Queen City 82Inman Avenue Campus 132Inness, George 101Institute of Radio Engineers 83Insurance broker Roger F. Murray and architect A.L. C. Marsh 121Intermedio 43International Correspondence School 55International Motor Company 80, 82

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Iroquois Hotel 44Irvington-Newark area 31Ivanowski, Sigismund 100Ivins, Clinton F. 123Ivins, DeWitt Clinton 123J.D. Loizeaux Lumber Co. - Plainfield, N.J. 171J.O.Y. (Journeys of Yesteryear) 189J.P. Van Eps - shop of watch-maker 68Jacob M. Stiger farmhouse (c 1869) 195Jacobean architecture 91Jaeger, Charlotte 108Janes, Edmund S., Reverend 136Janis and David Chaskin residing on Berkeley Avenue 216Janke family - A young matron 146January Thaw 113Jazz Alive 112Jazzmobile: Bill Taylor and Trio 112Jeffers, Lance 153Jeffers, Lance 153Jeffrey Cartwright and Tracey Thayer, Michael and Peter Cartwright 202Jehovah's Witnesses 142Jenkins, Olin L., Dr. 42, 75-76Jerome C. Harris Jr., City Administrator 159Jesperson, Joanne 111Jewish Community Center 113Jim, Maureen, Kiersten, and Jimmy Merrow's 1930 Dutch Colonial 200Jimmie Mc Donough the Fire Department's champion knitter 58Job Male ivJob Male Library on the corner of Park Avenue 69Job Male Public Library and Art Gallery 68John A. Grady and Tess 232John A. Stella family - John A., Aurelia, John C., Matthew and Krista 234John Brown's Body 115John F. Hartman and Steve M. Cardino residence 220John H. Vincent Chapel 136John Pepe golf 125John Taylor Johnston Estate - Gate Lodge 66John Taylor Johnston Estate - Gatehouse iiiJohn Taylor Johnston Estate in East Front Street 66John W. Murray (1834-1918), Captain New York Volunteers 148Johnson and Gilbert 104Johnson family home: Henry, Jan, Jill 194Johnson, A. Frederick 143

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Johnson, Frederick A. 57Johnston, John Taylor 65, 66, 67, 99Johnston's Drive 66Jones, Evan 67, 68Jones', Evan Park House 44Jones, Ifor 108Jones, Joe 154Jones, Joseph N., Dr. 152Jordan, Stanley 112Joseph and Mari Bonini 960 Cedarbrook Road 208Joseph Bonds Pricster and Moses 221Josten's - Joe Verniero P.O. Box 43053 Upper Montclair N.J. 07043 244Judge James Verdon - home and barn on Somerst Street 137Judkins Colonial Home 171Julliard School of Music 108July 4, 1914, parade in East Front Street 124Junior League of Plainfield 50Kadish, Louis 74Kadish, Louis 74Kaminski, Henry T., Reverend 138Kanona and Prattsburg Railroad 72Keaton, Buster 117Kelleher Residence on West Eight Street 217Keller, Wee Willie William 121Keller's Cleaning Shop, Inc. 75Kempy 113Kennedy, John F. - Memorial 111Kenny Sanitary Manufacturing Co. 80Kenny, David T. 80Kensington Avenue gang 192Kensington Hotel in North Avenue 45Kensington Hotel, The 44Kent, Faye Barnaby 110Kenyon Gardens 55Kenyon Players, The 112, 113Kenyon, Eliza Elvira 44, 55Kenyon, Eliza Elvira, Miss - First Lady of Plainfield 101Kenyon's Machine Shop 80Kestenbaum, Martin 113keyboard of a piano 104Kilbride, Percy 117King, Charles 49King, Fannie 41

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King, King and Goldsack, Attorneys At Law 173King, Martin Luther, Jr. - Adult Reading Room, Plainfield Public Library 99King, William 131Kingdom Hall 142King's Daughters Day School 133King's Daughters Day School - Before 1967 - 1967 - 1987 179Kinney, W. B. 49Kinsey, Jonathan - a hatter 33Kirby, Adele H., Miss 37, 102Kirk, William T. 78Kirkner, Jacob 72, 139Kitty, James and Daniel Lynch, residing on Belvidere Avenue 217Kiwanis Club 125Kliner, J. B. 145Knickerbocker Holiday 117Knight, Richard 125Krajewski, Joseph 125Kreins' Symphony Club 108Kreins' Symphony Club 108Kreins, Christian 108Kreisler, Fritz 107Krisberg, Norman 113Kueter, Paul 111Kunsman, Dr. 104L.L. Manning & Son 35, 141, 145Labor Day 120Ladies' and an Apprentices' Library 99Lady in Repose iLaing 80Laing Farm 68Laing, Allen B. 79Laing, Benjamin 26Laing, Edward 57Laing, Jacob, G. farm 67Laing, John 136Laing, John W. 41Laing's Hotel 69Laing's Hotel - Built in 1828 24Laing's Hotel and Thorn's Masion House 44Lakawana and Leigh Valley Railroads 67Lamb Studios of New York 138Lambert, Hayes 154Lampkin Farmhouse 13

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Landing of Columbus at San Salvador 101Lane, Linita 117Lane, Louis 75Lannoly, Jacques 105Lapsley, Howard G. - Historian 27, 49Larabee, W. H. 51Larson-Brown Invitational Track Meet, The 125Last Week of Zingarra's Gypsy Camp 205 Park Avenue 242Late19th Century, former H.C. Fuller House 220Lathrop, F. S. 67Lattimore, Everett C. 154Laufer, Judith 115Lawrence -Collins House (front view) 234Lawrence-Collins Home (back view) 234Le Fever, Charles 139Leach, Benny 44Leads and Supporting Players 65League of Women Voters of Plainfield 222League of Women Voters of Plainfield 222Leal, John 132Leal's School School for Boys, The 132Learning for Life 134Lee Mills, battle in Virginia 38Lee, Robert E., General 148LeFevre, Miss 112Leffler, Blaine - Courier News Reporter 104Legend of Sleepy Hollow 50Leidy, George 121Lenox, Levi 50Levant, Oscar 108Leviathan 80Lewis, Henry 112Liberty of Deed 83Liberty Theater 117, 122, 128, 129

Liberty Theatre, the first air-conditioned movie house in Union County 118Library and City Hall 100Lie, Jonas 100, 140Life Is Not A Dress Rehearsal 237Life Magazine 101Lift Up Thine Eyes Unto The Hills 100Lillianthal 140Lily GreenLeaves Restaurant 181

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Lincoln Center 112Lincoln, Abraham 67Lincoln, Abraham - campaign 34Lincoln, Abraham - President 35Linn Boyd Benton, notherly corner of Park and Crescent - Home of 157Lister, Henry K. 76Little League 120Little League Teams 125Little Theater Trophy 153Liverpool Chapel Organ 110Livingstone, Mary 117Liz Urquhart - First Ward Councilwoman 1987-1991 235Lloyd, Harold 117Lobby of Oxford Theatre featuring Mary Pickford in Suds 117Local thespians on the boards 'round 1927 116Located on the secon floor of City Hall the Assessor's Office 159Located on Watchung Avenue Just north of Front Street 157Lockwood, Charlotte Garden 110Lockwood, Charlotte Garden 110Locomobile 79Lohr, Bob 106Lohr, Dorothy 106Loizeauz, Joshua 108Long, Marguerite 108Looking east on Front Street toward Laing's Hotel 52Looking Over the Cliff Winslow Homer iLoosli, Demetria 113Louis Hooker, Director, New Jersey Schola Cantorum 109Lovely, lively Gothic Revival 85Lowry, Robert , D.D., Rev 134Lowry, Robert, Dr. 106Luddy, James, builder 68Lybeck Residence on Belvidere Avenue 221Lyndon, Johnson, President 35Lyric Theater 117M.P. Moller and Co. 110Macabeaus, Jacob 111MacDonald Diary 39MacDonald, Mrs. 39MacIntosh, Alexander Campbell 75MacIntrye, George 78Mack, Connie 121Macy's 151

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Madame Butterfly 117Madden, Jeanne 117Mademoiselle Ynonne (seated) and Madame Michele Seguin 111Madison House 29, 70Madison Square Garden 121Madison-Park site downtown Plainfield - pre-demolition view of the 59Magnetic Telegraph Company 42Mail carriers in front of the old Post Off 61Maimone, Pat 111Main House, Pinecone, Acorn and Mushroom - dormatories 132Male Animal, The 113Male, Job 67, 68, 99, 134, 140, 160Male, Job - Bible 140Male, Job - Mayor 51Male, Joe 146Maltby, Charles S. 59Manhattan Bank 31Manhattan School of Music 108, 112Manhattan School of Music 108, 112Mann, George H. 129Manning Granite Works 26Manning, James, Dr. 51Manning, John 26Manning, Randolph 50Manning, Samuel 24, 26Manning-Steele Plantation- 18th century 197Mansion House 75Map of 1685 9Map of Plainfield in 1832 - The oldest known 26-27Map prepared by Captain Cornelius Vermeule in 1778 20Marcia Bomanansky 237Mario, Queena 108Market and Fulton Bank 49Markle, Ronald R. 137Marr, David 123Marsh, Elston M., Hon. 129Martin Co., The 79Martin Express & Van Company replaced horse-drawn livery service 76Martin, Emma, Miss 75Martin, F. L. C. 57Martin, Frank 78Martin, Frank L. C., Wheelman 76Martin, Horace 125

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Martin, Kenneth 117Martin, Louis 108Martin, Mr. 76Martine Family 104Martine, Daniel 49, 50Martine, Ella 49Martine, James 8, 49Martine, Senator James - Cartoon from Just for Fun 50Martino, Donald 108Marx, Fleix 140Marx, Mrs. 140Mary Ellen Chanda 237Mary Ellen Chanda, Bob Chanda 237Massett, Mrs. 146Master Mundy, of later date, looking just a tad more comfortable 147Mathewsen, June 113Mathewson, F.S. Matty - Courier News 145Maull, George Marriner 108Maull, George Marriner 108Maureen Merrow 237Maxson, Dr. 130, 131Maxson, Henry, Dr. 137Maynard, Alice 152McClelland, George B., General 50McColgan, Brian 113McCoy, Chink 125McCracken, Leonard 82McCutcheon, Charles, Mr. 143McDaniel, Keith 101McDonald, Jenkins Bertha 42McDonalds - Entrepreneur Tom Washington 183McDonough, James S., Father 137McKenney, Dorothy 50McKenzie School 132McKinney, Tom 100McQuillan's 950 Hillside Avenue 224Me Nobody knows, The 113Me y Pablo Maria Mijares, acrylic on canvas, 24", 1986 103Meadowlands 120Mechanics Baseball Club 121Medford, Alice 153Meeting House, Mills and Merchants 23Melbourne Cricket Grounds 126

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Memorial Day 120Memories of grandmother's kitchen 149Memories of life's happiest moments 150Men and Children Everywhere 110Mendelsohn 106, 110Mendelsohn Glee Club 108Merchandise ad from the Plainfield Courier-News of June 6, 1901 75Messiah Lutheran Church 141Metropolitan Museum of Art 66Metropolitan Open, The 123Metropolitan Opera Company 108Metropolitan Opera House 104, 112Mets 121Meyers, Joseph 75Meyers, Nathan 75Meyers, Samuel 75Michael Wroble and Blondyn at the Fitz-Randolph Farmhouse 187Michael Wroble and Whiskey and Sherry his 1925 Dutch Colonial 227Michael Wroble and Whiskey and Sherry his 1925 Dutch Colonial 227Midsummer Night's Eve 112Midsummer Pageant 112Mijares, Maria 100Miller, Duer Alice 102Miller, Thomas E. S., Reverend, The 134Millous, Pierre 139

Mills Barnes, Elizabeth Morse, Cindy Cone and Catherine Barnes. Bill Hetfield,Dotte Pollard, Marilyn Carpenter, Harold Morse, Ned Taylor and Emilia Carlson 236Milne, Alexander 83Milt Campbell, world high hurdle recorder holder 128Mintz, Mr. 140Mirandi, Joseph J., Reverend, The 138Miron's Furniture Store 44Mirrage Proposal, A 113Miss Adele Hope Kirby, Plainfield High School graduate 103Miss Smith of the Plainfield Smiths 154Misses Scribner and Newton's School for Young Ladies and Little Girls 132Mitchell, Elizabeth 140Mitchell, John W., Reverend, The 139Mitchell, John, builder 68Mobile Meals 134Modern Machine and Tool Company 75Modern Pioneer Award 82

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Moldenke's Castle iiMoment, Dr. 110Monday Afternoon Club 48, 101, 112Monday Afternoon Club Magazine 50Monday Afternoon Club's Kenyon Players 113Monroe Avenue Methodist Church 136Montgomery Ward Catalogue, The 39Moody, Lewis W., III 139Mooney, Hilda 113Moore, Brenda 111Moorland Branch Y.M.C.A. 152Morning Gayety 100Morrision, William 43Morrison, George W. 43Morrison, Thomas 43Morse, Beverly 111Morse, Elizabeth 110Moses, Tim 115Moses, Tim 115Motorcycle corps member 149Mount Olive Baptist Church 43, 139, 152Mount Olive Baptist Church - 116 year of service 164Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church 141Mozart 106, 110Mozart Piano Concerto in D-Minor 111Mr. & Mrs. Tucker Johnson's homes - April 25, 1895 and 1930 188Mr. and Mrs. Frank D. Greco - 1210 Denmark Road 235Mr. and Mrs. Norman E. Barnes - 123 East Ninth Street - Home of 200Mr. Hand's horse and sulky at 207 East Seventh Street in May of 1889 62Mr. K. L. Cook, from the files of Paul R. Collier 144Mr. Leal's School for Boys, forerunner of Wardlaw Hartidge School 132Mrs. Clark's birthday party, February, 1927 64Mrs. Marguerite Traynor Collier She loved all creatures 238Mt. Olive Baptist Church iiMt. Saint Mary Academy 117Mt. Zion A.M.E. Church 152Muhlemberg Operating Room Staff, 1934 192Muhlenberg Hospital 68, 110, 120, 138, 153Muhlenberg Hospital iiiMuhlenberg Hospital - Nurses Chorus 109Muhlenberg Hospital - Role in the Community 53Muhlenberg Hospital - Woman's Auxillary 101Muhlenberg Place 123

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Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center, Inc. 53Muhlenberg, William Augustus, Reverend, The 53, 138Mullin, Tommy 121Mumford Memorial Rectory 139Mumford, T. J. 78Municipal Courtroom 101Munoz, Alfred 59, 100, 102Munoz, Alfred M. - citation 57Muppet Band 141Murray, Mae 117Music for Youth Program 110Music -for-Youth Program 111Musical Tour of Historic Homes 156Musicians and singers in concert 107Mutnick, Joseph 75Mutnick, Joseph, Jr. 75N.A.A.C.P. 152N.E. Singleton Residence 200N.E. Singleton Residence 200N.J. A Mobile Art Gallery 100N.J. Schola Cantorum 111N.J. Schola Cantorum, Music Inc. 110N.Y. Times obit - citation 66Nancy Taylor School of Business 55Nancy's Frame Shoppe 99, 100Nat all baseball games were played on the diamond 122Nathaniel Drake House, The 30National Academy 100National Academy of Design in N.Y. 100National Association of Letter Carriers 177National Association of Manufacturers 82National Bank Act 36National Council of State Garden Clubs 138National Endowment for the Arts 108National Institute of Arts and Letters 108National Register of Historic Places 137National Vita-phone Company 82Naval Consulting Board 83Ned Taylor: a cherubic youngster in 1915 150Negley, James Scott 38Negro Spiritual 110Nehemiah, Renaldo, Skeets 126Neher, Otto 79, 80

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Neighborhood House 110, 125Neighbors 117Netherwood 65Netherwood Area 98Netherwood Fire Station 42Netherwood Heights 49Netherwood Hotel (later Truell Hall) ivNetherwood Hotel (later Truell Hall) 45Netherwood Hotel, The 44, 68, 72Netherwood Reformed Church 141Netherwood Section of Plainfield 50Netherwood Union Chapel and School 138Nevius Building 117New Brunswick Traction Company 148New England Conservatory of Music 108New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, The 108New Jersey Ballet Co. 110New Jersey Blues 35New Jersey Blues 35New Jersey Brigade 35New Jersey Council on the Arts 108New Jersey Garden State Opera Company 112New Jersey Legislature 28New Jersey Motor Carriage Co. 79New Jersey Railroad and Transport Co. 68New Jersey Schola Cantorum 110New Jersey Schola Cantorum concert at Crescent Avenue 113New Jersey Schola Cantorum, Inc. 171New Jersey State Council on the Arts 108New Jersey State Council on the Arts - Funding 113New Jersey State Letter Carrier's Association 35, 39New Jersey Theater Forum, The 115New Jersey Youth Symphony 108New Jersey's Patriotic Spirit 35New Orleans and Northwestern Railway 72New Providence Circuit 136New York & New Jersey Telephone Company 42New York Automobile Show 82New York Clientele 67New York Gazett - September 25, 1769 17New York Herald Tribune 67New York Industrialists 104New York Markets 67

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New York Philharmonic 104, 108New York Stock Exchange 72New York Times, The 112New York University School of Law 75New Yorker Joseph Webster Sandford met Plainfield's Minni Murray iNewark News 80, 123Newcorn, William 140Newman's Grocery store 151Next to food, fashion ruled Victorian lady's life 40Nicholas, Donald, Sr., Reverend The 139Nickleodeon Theater 116Night Scene in Taxco, Mexico iNJ Library Development Plan 99No Virginia 117Nocera, Grace 108Nocera, Rosine 108Non-domenational Bible Truth Hall 139Norman Wolf Jr., residing at 714 Dixie Lane 214Norman Wolf Jr., residing at 714 Dixie Lane 214Norment, Elizabeth 153North Avenue from Watchung Avenue in 1895 77North Avenue Historic Area 156North Avenue Historic District 96North Avenue in its commercial heyday 73North Carolina, Expedition 35Northwest Mounties 123Noss, Edith and Mygatt, Helen 151Nostalgic Americans looked back to their roots inspiration 92Now is the time to take pictures for next year. All-year-round 238Now the site of Grace Church's Ackerman Memorial Garden 157Now, The 104Number Belonging 130Nursey/Day School, The 133O"Brien, Pat 117Of Pride and Plainfield 57Off to the war. Recruits walking down Front Street 58Oh, a hundred years is a very long time 110Oh, how we danced to the mellow of music of the Big Band era. 113Oh, those wonderful Plainfield homes 63Ok Billy 112O'Keefe, Paul 113Old Fair Grounds and Race Track on Park Avenue 124Old Hope Chapel, The 122

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Old Neighborhood House Chorus, The 108Old Pearl White Serials, The 117Old St. Mary's School formerly Washington School 138Old Stillman Music Hall 117Old View Of Cedar Brook Farm with single dormer in 1717 wing 11Old York Road 16, 25, 42Oldring, Rube 121Oldsmobile 79Oliver 113Oliver and Carrie Brown residing at 1326 Evergreen Avenue 187On state in Plainfield 117On the site of today's City Federal Savings & Loan Association 62Once more, with gusto! 111One for Helen 112One of Plainfield's Painted Ladies 49One of the early boards of directors of First National Bank 35Oom-pah, oom-pah, oom-pah! 109Oops! The horseless carriage replaced the horse 78Oops! The horseless carriage replaced the horse 78Oops, again! 78Operation Lamplight 132Ora and Emily Coates with firstborn Andrew Pearce Coates in 1908 148Oratorio Choir 110Orff's Carmena Burana 110O'Rourke, Jeremiah 137Orthodox Judaism 140Osman Brothers, The 105Otterson House 132Our 1920's home -- 1133 Prospect Avenue 194Our 20th century eastbound railroad station 67Our first hospital building in Muhlenberg Place 52Our first hospital in Muhlenberg Place 53Our Home - 738 Kensington Avenue 192Our present staff, representing 162 years of locksmithing 169Our Public Works Department out in force 61Out for a morning run in 19th century Plainfield 62Out of the country 104Outlined Area - Recommended Historic District 98Owners Michael F. Shugrue and Carl Barth with their Akita 206P.C.S. rehearsal for soloists Bob Weidman, tenor 113P.M. Demarest's sidewalk grocery display in Front Street 70Pacard, Les Fils De Georges 105Paderewski - pianist 100

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Painting of The Gardner Museum Music Room 102Palisades 117Palmer, Christina 110Panama Canal 100pantry for Star-Fish, a Catholic, Jewish and Protestant emergency relief 137Paoli, Robert 104, 108, 110, 111Paramount (former Plainfield Theater) 117Paramount Theatre - grand opening 119Paramount Theatre curtain, circa 1928, a great way to advertise 118Parcifal 110Parent Teachers Association 131Parish Players 168Parish Players , The (oldest community theater in New Jersey) 113, 115, 140Parish Players production of 1983 140Park Avenue Baptist Church 104, 134Park Avenue Baptist Church iiPark Avenue Baptist Church (of Plainfield) 134Park Hotel iiPark Hotel iiPark Hotel Annex 116, 132Park Hotel, The 44Park House, The 68, 140Park Terrace residence of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Willard 194Park-Madison project 57Party favors for everyone, back in the 1930's 64Passion for Bread, A. 102Past Rediscovered, The 84Path through the Wood, A 101Patterns vie with one another to decorate the Victorian Queen Anne 88Paul J. Okeeffe family residence 195Paul R. Collier Photographic Expert 238Paul Revere Collier (1886-1951) 238Pauper People 129Peabody Award 112Pedrick and Ayer 80Peffer, Ernest M. 131Penrose, Frank 151Penrose, Ruth Hedden 151Peoli's, John - "Peanut John" stand 35, 37Pepe, John 125Perhaps from an ornately encased radio in such a livingroom as this 119Perkins, Max 38Perkins, Maxwell 115

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Perkins, Mrs. 38Perlmutter, M. 74Perrine, Harry 49, 148Perry, Anna 49Perry, Archie 49Perry, Dolly 49Perry, John 49Perry, Martha 49Perry, William 49Persinger, Louis 108Person, Nelly 74Personal Recollections 143Peruti, Carl Della - Solid Brass 108Peter Garby & Company - Mercantile firm 6Peterson, Claus 55Peterson, Nancy 111Peterson's Farm 55Petrovec House 937 Oakwood Place Plainfield, N.J. 07060 231Petrovec House 937 Oakwood Place Plainfield, N.J. 07060 231Pfiffer, Helene 108Philadelphia Museum of Art 101Philco sold by Simcoe & Sommer 241Philip Swain, Practical Guilder 99Phillips, Dixon C. 132Phillips, Percy 125Phlinfield Symphony Society 106Pickford, Mary 117Picnic (Detail) ivPicture Frame, Mirror and Art Store 99Pidgway, David M. 53Pilgrim Covenant Church 141Pinch Gut 143Pingry School 132Pioneers of the 1920's - our Visiting Nurse Association 133Piscataway Seventh Day Baptist Church 137Pittis Estate Commercial Property Management 177Pittis Family 120Pittis House 145Pittis, A. P. 51Pittis, Albert D. 143Pittis, Albert, Dr. 104Pittis, Bertram H. 104Pittis, Walter F. 104

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Piwowar family on Myrtle Avenue - Greetings from 208Plaindfield's Visiting Nurse Association 133Plainfield - History of officially begins 8Plainfield 1874 46-47Plainfield Arts Council 113Plainfield Bank, The 36Plainfield Bicycle Club - the wives of the members 121Plainfield Board of Education 71Plainfield Business College, The 55Plainfield Choral Society 110, 111Plainfield Choral Society 111Plainfield Choral Society in the old P.H.S. 118Plainfield Classical Institute, The 26Plainfield Classical Seminary 26Plainfield Color Stars 125Plainfield Colored Stars in 1930 - players 126Plainfield Community Church 141Plainfield Community Church on a sunny day - membership, 1985 141Plainfield Community Church on a sunny day - membership, 1985 141Plainfield Concert Society 107Plainfield Country Club 122Plainfield Country Club circa 1895 123Plainfield Country Club in the Roaring Twenties 123Plainfield Country Day School 132Plainfield Courier, The 43, 44Plainfield Courier-News 123Plainfield Courier-News -cartoon, June 6. 1901 64Plainfield Crescents Baseball Club 121Plainfield Cultural and Heritage Commission 101, 112, 113Plainfield Cycling Culb 120Plainfield Daily Press, The 40, 59, 68, 120Plainfield Dog Frisbee Contest 125Plainfield Driving Association 123Plainfield Driving Park 123Plainfield Electric company, The 76Plainfield Electrical Supply Co. 108 North Avenue 241Plainfield Fire Company 42Plainfield Foundation 108Plainfield Herald 28Plainfield High auditorium - Full house 130Plainfield High School 110, 120, 128Plainfield High School iiiPlainfield High School Auditorium 107, 108

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Plainfield High School Football Team - 1916 County Champs 126Plainfield Historical Scrapbook 115Plainfield Historical Society 137Plainfield in 1869 68Plainfield Iron and Brass Foundry, The 80Plainfield Lady Cyclists 120Plainfield Latin School, The 55Plainfield Library 72, 110Plainfield Library ivPlainfield Library - Interior 100Plainfield Lodge 885, B P O Elks 116Plainfield Music Club 104Plainfield Musical Club, The 111, 112Plainfield National Bank 37Plainfield Negro History Club, The 152, 153Plainfield News, The 43Plainfield Players 117Plainfield Public Library, The 72, 99, 104, 110Plainfield Public Library, The 72, 99, 104, 110Plainfield R.R. Station (eastbound) iiiPlainfield Recreation Commission 153Plainfield Republican, The 43Plainfield Rip VanWinkle 110Plainfield Rotary Club 125Plainfield Savings Bank 37Plainfield School Cardinals, The 125Plainfield School Society 26Plainfield Seminary 45, 101Plainfield Sign Company 74Plainfield Star, The 43Plainfield Street Railway Company 77Plainfield Symphony 106, 107, 110, 112Plainfield Symphony 168Plainfield Symphony in concert at Crescent Avenue Presbyterian 107Plainfield Symphony Society, Inc. 107, 108Plainfield Theater 116Plainfield Theatre ivPlainfield Times, The 69Plainfield Times, The (Robinovitz, David) 43Plainfield Today 57, 104Plainfield Today (Johnson, Henry C. & Johnson, Jan M 43Plainfield Trolley Company 148Plainfield Trust Company, The 36, 37, 41, 60

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Plainfield Union 28Plainfield Union & General Advertiser 28Plainfield YMCA iiPlainfield Youth Baseball League 125Plainfield YWCA iiPlainfielders love a parade - then and now 64Plainfield-North Plainfield Historical Society 147Plainfield's Jersey Oaks 125Plainfield's champion basketball tean of 1928-29 127Plainfield's downtown appearance before large display windows 241Plainfield's finest with new motorcycles in front of city hall/parade 61Plainfield's Grand Old Man 68Plainfield's growing economy could support a second daily 43Plainfield's handsome present-day library 100Plainfield's World War I Home Guard snaps to attention 144Platt, George 152Platts' Place 224Players, The 110Players, The 110Playground Commission 125Playwrights - A listing - Paul R. Collier 240Plianfield Riding Club 123Plum, Nancy 100Police Chief Daniel Kiely 61Polison, J. G. 74Pollard, Dorothe - narative history 60Pond Co. 80Pond Machine Tool Co. 80, 152Pond Tool 80Pond, D.W., Mrs. 140Pop Thorn's bicycle shop 151Pope's Ochestra 106Population Graph (page 58) 33Porgy and Bess 112Porter, FitzJohn, General 38Portrait of Nathaniel Drake, Jr. 14Potter Printing Press Works 73, 80Potter, Charles 80Potter, Mr. 71, 80Poulenc 110Pound, Theodore 145Powell, John 111Pratt Institute 82

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Pre-1920 buses of the Buburban Transit Company 76Presbyterian Church 45Presbyterian Hymnal 106Preservation in the Making 155Presley, Elvis 105Princeton University 104Private Lives 115Probasco, J. B., Dr. 76Probasco, Maria Boice 51Proctor, F. F. 116Proctor's (Oxford) Theater 117Proctor's Theater 116Professional Associates Realty 176Propose Netherwood Historic District 166Proposed Historic Districts 98Proscenium Players, The 113Prussing, Steve 108Public Service Company 75Public Service Company 75Pulitzer Prize for Literature 101Putnam Avenue District 98Quaker Friends 112Quaker heritage 59Quaker Meeting House 84, 112, 134Quaker Meetinghouse 25Quaker School 26Quaker Village, A. 84Quakers 30Queen Anne Dining Room 32Queen City 76Queen City Hotel 44Queen City Hotel 29Queen City Wheelman 120Quest Over 1060 Central Avenue 90Quiet in the House 115Quinn, Brendan H., Reverend, The 138Raceway to French's Mill, looking from Tier's Pond 17Rachmaninoff, Sergei 107Raffo, Seno" - Italian consul 44Railroad employees at Plainfield's westbound station 67Railroad's Annual Report, The 66Randolph Building 36Randolph Farmhouse, The 1323 13

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Randolph, Caroline Fitz 132Randolph, Edmund 148Randolph, Edward Fitz 19, 23, 24Randolph, Ephraim Fitz 51Randolph, Fitz 27Randolph, Jacob Fitz, Elder 134Randolph, Louis Van Syckel Fitz 27, 72Randolph, Louis, V. R. 49Randolph-Cooley Collegiate Brochure 132Raphael's Sistine Madonna 137Raritan Creek known by the name Mankackkewachky 6Rawson, Marion Nicholl 151Rayburg household 227Re:Person I know 112Read, Mary Lee 108Reade, Walter 117Receding waters left Stewart's Wheelwright Shop stranded 52Recreation Commission of Plainfield 108, 113, 115Recreation Commission of Plainfield 108, 113, 115Reed Theater Cup 113Reed, Marcy 111Reform Hall 141Reid, James 154Relations between Indians and European 7Remember when the Pony Man came around in summer time 192Remembered with Love: Letters to My Sister 102Renovation of old Plainfield houses 48Repp, Clinton Burgess 82Reproduction of original and current city seals 41Residence of Carey Coale family- photo circa 1913 226Residence of Dona C. Bass, Esq. and James R. Perry 206Residence of Dr. George Lane 203Residence of Joseph and Christine Casaleiz 205Residence of Linda and Brann Northcutt, circa 1910 193Residence of Phineas M. French (1859-1901) 16Residence, barn and milkhouse on the Peterson Farm 55Residences of William and Elizabeth Hetfield 199Resurrection 138Retail Grocer's Protective Association 75Rethberg, Elizabeth 107Rettan, Dorithy (usually spelled Rutan) 30, 31Rev. Joseph Stockbridge House in 1837 34Revere House, The 44

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Revuelto, Manuel, Reverend, The 138Reynolds House 214Reynolds residence on Belvidere Avenue. 208Ric Charles Chorus, The 108Rice Family 116Richard L. Taylor 159Richardson Romanesque train station 96Richmond and Allegheny Railroad 72Richner, Thomas 111Ricketts, Thomas E. 137Ricketts, Thomas E. - Calendar Covering Over A Century 30Ricord's history of Union County 72Riedler Residence 1040 Hillside Avenue 227Riley, Sibbie, Queen 49River Mist 100Roanoke Island, Battle 35Robert Wood Johnson Medical School 53Roberts, Ebenezer L. 134Roberts, Ebenezer L. 134Robinson, Alson H. 140Rockwell, George W. 75Rodgers, Clark 67Rodgers, Michael 67Rodgers, N. Pendelton 78Rodgers, Nathan 67Rodman, Mason, The Reverend 138Rogers Family - Greetings From 185Rogers, Marion R., Ray 126Rogers, Woodrow , Woody 122Romantic Victorians expressed their sentiments with lacey iRomantic, robust Italianate styling of the Civil war decades 87Rorem 110Rorem, Ned 111Rosembaum's Department Store 74Rosenbaum, Henry 74Rosenbaum, Samuel 74, 136Ross, Don 123Rotary Club of Plainfield 126Rothberg, Kalman 140Rotogravure 61Route of the Old York Road 17Roy and Anna Marie Johansen - 1200 Denmark Road 197Rubicam, Dom 115

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Runyon, Charles M. 75Runyon, Frank W. 43Runyon, General 35Runyon, Harry Chase 143Runyon, Mary 106Runyon, Sarah 41Rushmore Dynamo Works 82Rushmore, Dynamo Company, The 80, 82Rushmore, Isaac W. 82Rushmore, Mr. 151Russell, George 112Russell, Lillian 117Rutanm Dorithy 30, 31Rutgers University 153Rutgers University Choirs 110Ruth, Babe 106Rutland) Vermont Union Whig - citation 66Ryshkewitch Family 215Ryshkewitch Family 215Sabbath Recorder, The 43Sabbath Ringers, The 137Sabbath School 71Sagerbund Hall 108Saint Marks 152Saint Mary's Commercial School 55Saklatvala Estate 117Salvation Army, The 141Samber, Moshe, Rabbi 141Samptown Baptist Cemetery 143Samuels, Joe A. , Reverend, The 137Sanborn, Marian 107Sanctuary Choir, The 110Sanderson, Harry 116Sandford, William, Mrs. 131Sanford Residence 190Sara Jane and Kate Spaulding - 732 Dixie Lane - built in 1911 190Sauer Motor Car Co. 80, 82Saunders, James 152Savings Bank of Central Jersey 37Savory Suppers & Fashionable Feasts 39Schanz Building - September 6, 1905 36Schepflin, Bladwin and Tweedy & Co. clothing firm 70Schepflin, Mr. 145

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Schloss, Emanuel 140Schloss, Moses 140Schloss, William 140Schneider, Edward, Reverend, The 139School days, school days, dear old Golden Rules days 130School Junior: Jeffrey Millwater, Sophomore at Plainfield HS 113School of Sacred Music 110Schubert 110Schwab, M. - the traveling optician and oculist 69Schwed Brothers 140Schwed, Charles 75Schwed, Herman 140Schwed, Ike 140Scotch Place Dam on Surprise Lake 51Scotch Plains Baptist Church 31Scott Drug Ltd. 172Scott Printing Works 73Scott, Julian, Colonel 38, 49, 51, 100Scott, Julian, Colonel 38, 49, 51, 100Scott, Veronica 108Scott, Walter 73Scottish John 41Scott's Patent Press 80Scott's Press Works 80Scrapbook Notes, Collins, Muriel 112Seale, Linda 140Second Baptist Church 134Second Empire Style (1860-1880) 86Second Presbyterian Church (SEE ALSO: Crescent Avenue Presbyterian) 34, 134Second Street Youth Center 125Sectional Group 4 Title 126Seguin, Michele, Madame 108Seidel, Alex 100Self Portrait by Riva Helfond (1941) 100Serebrier, Jose 108Servants brought from Europe 14Servel Easy 241Sessions, Dale, R., Reverend, The 134Seven Keys to Baldpate 113

Seventh Day Baptist Church 43, 71, 72, 104, 136, 137, 139Seventh Day Baptist Church iii, 166Severe Ice Storm, January l, 1948 192

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Shaded Outline Area - Recommended Historic District 98Shadow of Darkness 139Shadow of Darkness, The 138Shakespare Gardens 112Shakespeare 112Shape of the Industry, The 80Shattuck, Levi H. 65Shepherd, Charles 68Shepherd, Johnston and Goodwin, the firm of 68Shiloh Baptist Church 141, 152Ship in Construction iShippen, Peggy 148Shitehead, Charles 123Siccardi, J. J. 117Sickles, General 35Silbert, fWalter 108Silver Medal at the American Institution 71Sim, Randolph, Capt. 27Sim, Randolph, Capt. 27Six Second Powell 125Skating on the Green Brook near Tier's Pond 48Slavery - Permanent 14, 34Sleeper, Harriet 132Smalley, Newton B. - North Plainfield Mayor 116Smalley, William, North Plainfield Mayor 57Smalley's Butcher shop 151Smiley 74, 80Smiley, F. T. 8, 143Smiling for the camera, the 1912 graduating class of Plainfield HS 131Sminck, Charles S., Councilman 59Smith, Cornelius, builder 68Smith, Joshua 152Smith, Thomas 35Smith's Lager Saloon 69Snyder Brothers 113Soldier's Plot 49Somerset Street awash during the flood of 1889 52Sometimes posing for pictures can be fun 147Songbird of the Air 117Sonmans, Peter 7,11Sound of Music 113Sousa Band 146Sousa, John Phillip 146

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South, E. W., Dr. 42Southeast corner of Front Street and Park Avenue turn of the Century 37Southeastern Louisiana University 112Southwest façade of Grace Church 139Spanish-language weekly 43Speert, Arnold, Dr. 112Spencer, Fred, Jr. 120Spicer and Hubbard 80Spicer Manufacturing Co. 80Sport of Kings 123Springtime for Henry 113St Peter's Lutheran Church 141St. Bernard's Parish - Priests, Staff, and People 166St. Bernard's Roman Catholic Church 138, 141St. James Presbyterian Church 112St. Marks Church 153St. Mark's Episcopal Church 138St. Mark's Temple Sholom 141St. Mark's Temple Sholom 141St. Mary's Area 98St. Mary's Church 138St. Mary's Church benefactor John Harberger 137St. Mary's Commercial School 137St. Mary's R.C. Church 165St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church 31. 137St. Mary's Stony Hill 137St. Stanislaus 141St. Stanislaus Kostka Church 138St. Stephen's Episcopal Church 138Standard Aero Co., The 82Standing Alone iStandpipe Plainfield Water Supply Co. iiStar Ledger, The 104Starched collars and old lace for a pre World War I performance 105Starpointe Savings Bank 37Starpointe Savings Bank 175State and National Register of Historic Places 160State Association 75State School Fund for Pauper Children 129State Trust Company, The 36, 37Stedge-Fowler, Joyce, Reverend, The 134Stedman, Clarence Edmund 49, 50Stedman, Elizabeth - Quaker poetess 49

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Stella 153Stelle Building 42Stelle Farmhouse - Vintage photo 13Stelle Farmhouse 1808-1855 13Stelle, Benjamin 66Stelle, R. M. 76Stelle's Grove 45Stender, Albert 44Sterling Creations 182Sterling, General 38Sterling, William H. 38Steuben Glass 100Stevens, John P., Jr. 132Stillman Gardens 117Stillman Map of 1832 -Detail 74Stillman Music Hall 116, 117, 146Stillman Music Hall playbill featuring Effie Ellsler as Bessie 117Stillman School 129, 131Stillman School 129, 131Stillman School - Victorian exuberance of 131Stillman School, the first public school in Plainfield 130Stillman Theater 116Stillman, Charles H. Dr. 67, 72, 129, 137, 143Stillman, T. B. 67Stillman, William M. 116Stine, William 34Stockbridge, Joseph A. 34Stolz 106Stone Residence 132Stony Brook 112Stony Brook iiiStorey of the Bible 136Stout, Chauncey 43Strand 242Strand Theater 117Stravensky 110Stuart Allen and Carol Terminelli with Max and Natashia 218Stuphen, Dr. 41Stuphen, John C. 42Stuphen, John Carter, Dr. 41Stuyvesant, Peter 6Styne, Herbert A. 131Suburban Symphony 110

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Summer Fury 113Summer Olympic Games 126Summer Residence of Richard and Elizabeth Kamis 210Summer Resort To Wall Street Suburb 44Suratt, Nellie, Mrs. 154Susan Williams' Savory Suppers & Fashionable Feasts 29Susan, Arthur and Adam Green - 7020 Sleepy Hollow Lane 190Sutphen House 41, 42Swain, Philip 99, 100, 145Swain, Philip - Picture Frame, Mirror and Art Store 67Swain, Walter 100Swain, Walter, Jr. 100Swain's Art Store 99, 100Swains Art Store & Gallery 145Swain's Gallery 99Swain's New Jersey"s Oldest Art Gallery 181Swedish Evangelical Lutheran Gethsemane 141Symphony Hall in Newark 110Symphony Hall in Newark 110Tallamy, Bertram F. 32Talmadge House Burned 1969 714 Belvidere Avenue 88Taub, Deborah 111Taub, Harry 74Taub, Robert 108Tauzuko, Mayo 108Taylor Made Piano- A Jazz History 112Taylor, Charlie 125Taylor, Dr. 112Taylor, Edward W. 143Taylor, Edward W., Reflections of Old Plainfield, 1976 - citation 45Taylor, Gloria 159Taylor, J. P. Welles 147Taylor, Ned 125Taylor, Richard L., Mayor 151, 159Taylor, Richard Marcus 159Taylor, Tina 115Teale, Oscar 136, 137Tehekolf, Anton 113Telephone linemen at work after the storm 62Temple Beth El (Conservative) 140, 141Temple Players 113Temple Sholom (Reformed) 140Temple Sunday School 113

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Ten Little Indians 113Tennis attire of the 1920's 122Tepper Bros. 31 Complete Departments - A Safe Place to Shop 242Tepper, Adolph 74Tepper, Max 74Terril Road Bible Chapel 139Teubner, Johanna 105Texaco 241Thaddeus O. Doane 82Thatcher, George 116Thatcher, Theater 117The Battle Hymn of the Republic 101The Chestnuts Eliza Elvira Kenyon's Seminary for Young Ladies 103The Choir Window at Seventh Day Baptist Church, donor's wife iiiThe Choristers 108The Christmas Carol Lady 108The Clark Rogers House circa 1870 217The happiest of days at the turn of the century 64The happiest of days at the turn of the century 64The Mayors' Corner 170The scope of of his work was boundless 238The, The 104Then, home to show everyone the wedding presents 64Thirteen Stars On A Field of Blue 21This home once stood behind the Park Hotel on Arlington Avenue 157This is the way we went to school-and church, railroad station 125This old house stood in West Front Street-King's Daughters Day School 25Thomas Brokaw, Jr. President and Carol A. Brokaw, Vice President 208Thomas Furniture Company 172Thompson Printing Co. 171Thorn, E.P. 70Thorn, Jacob 29Thorn's Masion House 44Tier, John 49, 134Tier, John, Sr. 45Tier, Mrs. 45, 49Tier's Dam 123Tier's Pavillion 123Tier's Pond 45, 48, 120, 151Tier's Pond - ice cream pavilion 48Tiffany, Louis Comfort 138Tilden, Samuel J., estate 72Tilden, William P., Reverend, The 140

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Tillotson, James, Mr. & Mrs. 108Time to Wake Up 113Times-Triubne, The 104Today it's blue jeans, but this was the standard outfit for spring 147Tom Ricketts, Dotte Pollard, Maureen Merrow, Mary V. Griswold and MichaelWroble 236Tourel, Jeanie 112Tracey, Susan 111Treadwell, Louise 117Treasures Lost or Altered 158Trexler, Richard 143Trickett, Homer, Reverend, The 134Trinity Church iiiTrinity Reformed Church 139, 141Trinity Reformed Dutch Church 139Troy's Lock Company 36Truell Court 106Truell Inn 44, 140Truell Inn 44, 140Tub in Plainfield 59Tweed 99Tweedy Girls 40Tweedy sisters in the parlor of their home 40Tweedy, Isabel, Miss 40Tweedy, Miss 40Tweedy, Mr. 145Twenty-Six Churches that accelerated during the last thirty years 142Tyler, Colonel 38Tyler, Mason W. 73Tylers, The 100U.S. Army cavalryman poses for a World War I patriotic poster 144U.S. Golf Association 123U.S. Patent Office 73Union Baptist Church 139Union County - History of 8Union County Bank 36Union County Board of Freeholders 51Union County College's Plainfield Center 133Union County Cultural Hertiage Commission 113Union Theological Seminary 110Unitarian Church 68, 113, 115Unitarian Church on Park Avenue 100United Church of Christ Congregational 139

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United National Bank 37, 41United National Bank 178United Nations Assembly 112United Orthodox Synagogue 140United Presbyterian Church 134United secretary-general Trygve Lie 140University of Medicine and Dentistry 53University of the City of New York 66Upton, Kathleen 105, 108, 110Urban League, The 152Vail Family 112Vail, John 10, 45Vail, Mrs. 35Vail, Nathan 51Vail, Wallace 35Vail's Grove 45Valley Players, The 113Van Boskerck, Major 38Van Boskerck, Major 38Van Ness, J. K. Count 78Van Werckhoven grant 6Van Wyck Brooks - Boyhood home circa 1893 186Van Wyck Brooks Historic District 50, 74, 162Van Wyck Brooks Historic District 97, 156Van Wyck Brooks Historic District Association (image) 162Van Wyck Brooks Historic District Presents 156Van Wyck Broooks Historic District, largest and most diversified 162VanBoskerk, Maude 108Vanderbeck, A., Mr. 70Vanderbeck, Ethelyn 75Vanderbeek Building 37, 123Vanderbeek Building, corner of Park and North Avenues 124Vanderbeek, Andrew 123Vaughn, Susan 111Verdon, James, Judge and Mrs. 137Vermeule Farmland 19Vermeule, Cornelius Clarkson 19, 21, 22, 23Vermeule, Frederick 26Vermeule, Manning 25, 27, 33Vermeule, Mary Emma 33Victor E.D. King 215Victorian Vernacular architecture repeats preceding designs 89Vincent, John H., Dr.Hurlbut, Jesse L, Dr. 136

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Visble Heritage 156Visscher, Nicholas. Movi Belgii Novaeque Angliae Nee Non Partis 7Vivaldi 110Voice, The (Blackshear, Warren D.) 43Voices of the Departed Soul 146Voluntary Hospitals of America 53Volunteer Symphony Orchestra, A. 107Voorhees Popular Drug and Medicine Store - opposite Pond's Bakery 69Wagner 106Wall Street Suburb, A 132Wall Street Suburb, The 84Wallace House, now the C.W. Davis residence in the Hillside Ave 213Waller, Monk 125Walter Scott Press Works 80Waltz for Debbie 112Want A Happy Married Life?Domestic Science C. Classes A Good Start 131War Between the States 49Wardlaw baseball players sat for a portrait (but not a moment longer) 132Wardlaw baseball players sat for a portrait (but not a moment longer) 132Wardlaw Country Day School 132Wardlaw, Charles Digby 132Wardner, Sara, Mrs. 131Warren Chapel 134Warren, Dale 151Warwick River 38Washington Bedroom and Eastlake library 32Washington family - A studious young member 146Washington Hall 116Washington Rock 41Washington School 55Washington School 137Washington, George 18, 19, 21, 41, 148Washington's Headquarters in Plainfield 163Watchung Avenue iiiWatchung Avenue and East Sixth Street 157Watchung Avenue Presbyterian Church 134Watchung Indian Ledgen 112Watchung Mountain 59Water Power of Green Brook 33Watercolor (Detail) ivWatkins, Frank 125Watson, Lawrence 152Watumpka Falls 112

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Watumpka Indian 112Wawdlaw-Hatridge Shool 132, 133Way of the Transgressor, The 101We attempted to enlist all of these 1930's Plainfielders 239We Only Get Once Chance To Be The Best That We Can Be. 237WEAM Radio Station 117Webb, Kenneth 113Webster Mill 15Webster, Anna 51Webster, William 45Webster, Zachariah 27Webster-Martine House, 1717 193Webster's 112Weldy, Robert 140Wells, Dr. 38Wells, Henry B. 140Wera Broadcast, A. 111WERA Radio Station 117WERA Radio Station 117Wesley Methodist Church 136West 7th Street Mansion Of Clarice Carlton, Holland, Now Demolished 86West Eight Street - an early 20 century view of 60West End Civic Association, The 31West Fifth 98West Front St. Plainfield iiWest Front Street, looking east to the Park Avenue intersection 73West Point 111West Point Military Academy 100Westebd Fire Dept-Pfd ivWestminster Choir College 110, 111Westminster College 112Wetumpka Falls iiiWhat grace! What lace! 149What Preservation Might Have Saved 157What the well-dressed tennis player wore in Plainfield about 1880 122When a baseball diamond was added to the Crescent Oval 121White Cliffs of Dover, The 102White, Alfred Presto 152White, Catherine K. - Attorney at Law 172White, Harr, K. 140White, William 48Whitelegg, R. O. 110Whitford, Lucy 131

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Whitney, May Vincent 143Whittier School 131, 137Who's Who In American Women 110Wifey 102Willard Storage Battery Service 75William (Plainfield) 66William G. Wigton home -- copy of the Longfollow House 216William Patterson College 112William, Vernal 152Williams, Johnny 125Williams, Susan 39Williams, Susan, 1985 - citation 45Williams, Wilmore 125Williamson, Piatt 145Wilson, James 129Wilson, John 25, 26, 245Wilson, Woodrow, President 44, 50, 106Wimer, Wade, J. 131Wimer, Wade, J. 131Windham, Henry, Hotel Waldorf 44Winding Line iWindows of Faith 139Winter at Round-Out Valley or River Mists 101Wirrer, Gottfried 82Wolff, Kay 106Wolff, Ralph 104, 106Wolff, Ruth 104Wolff, Thomas 115Wollf, Eileen 104Woman's Auxillary of Muhlenberg Hospital 101Woman's Function in the Banking World 102Wood shingles, stone, terra - fanciful combination of patterned 97Wood, William Filmore 154Woodbury's Bridge 35wooden shingles across the surface of the house 90Wooden's Grove 45Workman pause and pose during construction of the City Hall dome 56World Series 120World War I 104World War I - unidentified actors 144World War II 101, 104, 108World War II - wedding 141World Wide Church, A. 102

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World's Greatest Athlete 128Wormley, R.C., Dr. 152Worship and Music 110Worth, T., the harness and saddlemaker 69Wyckoff, Francis 35Wynn, Deno 105Y.M.C.A. 59Y.M.H.A. 140Y.W.C.A 115, 152Yale 66Yates and Porterfield 48Yates, Joseph Washburn, Hon. 48Yen, George 140Yetman, Evelyn 153Yokes, Emmitt 108Yorkshireman Sam Pollard (1892-1972) 207You Can't Take It With You 113Young man's dream of an evening at the theatre 118Young man's dream of an evening at the theatre 118Young Mens Christian Association 59Young Mens Hebrew Association 140Young Paint and Varnish Co. 171Young upper-and middle-class professionals 161Young Womens Christian Association 152Young Women's Christian Association 242Young Women's Christian Association - 1907-1987 181Youngster of an earlier day 148You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown 115Youthful musicians round the 1930's 106Yvonne Hopkins, soprano, Metropolitan Opera House (Above) 114YWCA'S Red Middies of 1929 142Zephyr Hook & Ladder Company No. 1 42Zephyr Hook and Ladder wagon 43Zooey, Ellen, Hilary, and Pete Nalven, residing on Richmond Street 223

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