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273 viewsPhoto from Alberto ValdesJan 16, 2022
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Baseball Banned in Military Park217 viewsJan 16, 2022
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The Military Park Fence234 viewsAugust 7, 1881Feb 15, 2020
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The Cannon Mounted in Spanish Style251 viewsApril 1, 1900Jan 28, 2020
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208 viewsPostcardJan 12, 2020
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214 viewsPostcardDec 15, 2019
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That Spanish Cannon243 viewsOctober 13, 1901Dec 14, 2019
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~1920236 viewsWilliam F. Cone PhotographerNov 21, 2019
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1870's-Today182 viewsOct 28, 2019
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Current View174 viewsOct 28, 2019
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1910119 viewsPostcardAug 30, 2019
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1906136 viewsAug 30, 2019
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122 views1905Aug 29, 2019
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Right Foreground185 viewsPhoto from Brill MagazineJun 20, 2019
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125 viewsPhoto from Brill MagazineJun 20, 2019
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136 viewsPhoto from Jule SpohnJun 17, 2019
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Cannons128 viewsPhoto from Jule SpohnJun 17, 2019
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169 viewsPhoto from Jule SpohnJun 17, 2019
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169 viewsPhoto from Jule SpohnJun 17, 2019
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110 viewsPhoto from Brill MagazineMay 25, 2019
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1911145 viewsPhoto from Newark NJ and Its' Attractions 1911Nov 02, 2018
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1911161 viewsPhoto from Newark NJ and Its' Attractions 1911Nov 02, 2018
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152 viewsPhoto from the NPLOct 31, 2018
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1926118 viewsOct 05, 2018
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1921-1926377 viewsPhoto from NNJMMar 05, 2018
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313 viewsPhoto from the NPLFeb 22, 2018
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1891306 viewsPhoto from "Newark & It's Leading Businessmen 1891"Feb 19, 2018
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1891270 viewsPhoto from "Newark & It's Leading Businessmen 1891"Feb 19, 2018
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272 viewsFeb 17, 2018
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Dedication of the Wars of America Monument273 viewsFeb 15, 2018
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Unknown Year306 viewsFeb 15, 2018
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1916 - Northeast side showing Park Place283 viewsPhoto from "The Newarker"Feb 09, 2018
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1915249 viewsPhotos from "Comprehensive Plan of Newark 1915"Feb 08, 2018
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199 viewsPostcardFeb 02, 2018
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213 viewsPhoto from the NPLJan 28, 2018
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271 viewsPostcardJan 28, 2018
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Along Park Place213 viewsPostcardJan 23, 2018
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Clock on Broad Street214 viewsJan 19, 2018
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214 viewsPostcardJan 17, 2018
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203 viewsPostcardJan 16, 2018
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1906209 viewsPhoto from the Shade Tree Commission Jan 06, 2018
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178 viewsDec 30, 2017
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196 viewsPhoto from Essex County Illustrated 1897Dec 29, 2017
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1930s222 viewsPhoto from George RinhartDec 23, 2017
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1800s212 viewsDec 21, 2017
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186 viewsDec 21, 2017
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Socialist Rally185 viewsNorman Thomas Target for Barrage of Eggs in Newark. Newark, N.J.: Rotten eggs and ripe tomatoes break against the face and body of Norman Thomas, Socialist leader, as a crowd of hostile demonstrators go into action to break up a Socialist meeting he attempted to address in Military Park, in the center of the city. The demonstrators, many of them wearing veteran's caps and carrying banners such as 'Reds Keep Out,' marched into the park with a band, which drowned out Thomas as he attempted to speak. Police, who had granted the permit for the meeting, were unable to preserve order and finally escorted Thomas, covered with red and yellow blobs, from the park. Thomas claimed that the pelting was carried out 'by a band of unruly men, obviously taking orders from Jersey City.
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Dec 18, 2017
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Prohibition Rally191 viewsGeneral view of the huge wet demonstration which was staged in Military Park,Newark,by Fraternal Trade and War Veteran organizations.More than 40,000 persons marching to music of a hundred bands, were cheered by thousands of spectators,many of whom joined in the monster rally.The paraders,carried 10,000 signs,bearing the legend,'We Want Beer'.Prominent speakers who addressed the great throng were Matthew Woll, vice president of the A.F.of L.and Mrs.Charles H. Sabin, President of the Woman's Prohibition Reform Organization. (Military Park Building in the background)

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Dec 17, 2017
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Soldier's Monument Proposal178 viewsNov 07, 2017
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Military park on a June Evening305 viewsNov 06, 2017
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1777213 viewsNewark, Municipal Yearbook 1949-50Oct 06, 2017
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1871215 viewsNewark City DirectoryOct 02, 2017
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1943249 viewsPhoto from "National Newark & Essex Banking Company 1804-1954"Apr 21, 2017
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236 viewsPostcardFeb 13, 2017
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Mislabeled Armory Park250 viewsPostcardFeb 13, 2017
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