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Grandstand563 viewsImage from the Dec 16, 1942 Harness Horse magazine (defunct).
"Road Horse Association of NJ" (aka Gentleman's Driving Club).

Courtesy of Don Daniels
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2009560 viewsThe newly restored Branch Brook Park bridge which crosses over Bloomfield Ave.
Photo from Jule Spohn
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2009541 viewsPhoto from Jule Spohn
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Grandstand538 viewsImage from the Dec 16, 1942 Harness Horse magazine (defunct).
"Road Horse Association of NJ" (aka Gentleman's Driving Club).

Courtesy of Don Daniels
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2009537 viewsPhoto from Jule Spohn
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535 viewsPhoto from Jule Spohn
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Lions at Entrance (larger format)532 viewsPostcard
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Disobeyed a Park Rule, Four Were Nearly Drowned530 views1908
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2001518 viewsPhoto from Glenn G Geisheimer
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Grandstand511 viewsImage from the Dec 16, 1942 Harness Horse magazine (defunct).
"Road Horse Association of NJ" (aka Gentleman's Driving Club).

Courtesy of Don Daniels
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Postcard508 views
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2007503 viewsPhoto from Jule Spohn
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Postcard493 views
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The Bridge over the Lake (larger format)489 viewsPostcard
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Baseball Game 1909488 viewsPostcard from Kevin Olvaney
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487 viewsHonor Roll Page from early 1930's school newspaper at Monmouth Street School, "The Monmouth Chatter", listing Louis Schleifer and Nat Bodian as two of the four students on the 8A Honor Roll.
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Flowerbed (larger format)480 viewsPostcard
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1872 Map479 views
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Paddock Area479 viewsPostcard
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Matinee Finish474 views Image from the Dec 16, 1942 Harness Horse magazine (defunct).
"Road Horse Association of NJ" (aka Gentleman's Driving Club).

Courtesy of Don Daniels
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1911 Map473 views
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1914 - City Playground Opened in Vailsburg467 views
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1874 Map463 views
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2007463 viewsPhoto from Jule Spohn
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463 viewsPostcard from Gonzalo Alberto
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The Ballantine Parkway Gate463 viewsMarch 11, 1900
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1911 Map457 views
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454 viewsPhoto from Newark NJ Memories
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How the Weequahic Park Extension will be Laid Out451 viewsMay 8, 1910
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1915 - Vailsburg Park will be Opened on May 29448 views
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Miss Anna C. Ward's Old Home Yielding to the Wreckers446 viewsOctober 31, 1909
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1915 - Want Park in Vailsburg444 views
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Golf Links are Urged for Weequahic Park442 views1912
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Balantine Gateway439 viewsPostcard
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A Weequahic Park Lamb Proud Mother of Triplets438 views1912
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Nineteen Ducklings on Weequahic Lake436 views1908
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Race Track & Lake435 viewsPostcard
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Twenty Fine Sheep Will be Placed in Weequahic Park Next Month435 viewsJune 26,1910
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Swans and Geese at Weequahic435 viewsApril 4, 1909
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434 viewsPostcard
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Weequahic Ducks go to Market; Children are Heartbroken427 views1913
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Boating Has A New Fascination At Branch Brook Park Where One May Now Enjoy A Good Three-Mile Row426 viewsJuly 8, 1906
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Fencing Class425 views
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1913 - Wants Public Park in Vailsburg423 views
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New Stable and Sheds for Upper End of Branch Brook Park423 viewsMay 22, 1904
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Will Soon Begin Work on Riverbank Park422 viewsSeptember 26,1909
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ShirleyTemple (Carpenter), StraightShot (Caton)421 viewsImage from the Dec 16, 1942 Harness Horse magazine (defunct).
"Road Horse Association of NJ" (aka Gentleman's Driving Club).

Courtesy of Don Daniels
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Will Start to Dismantle Ward House on Thursday416 viewsOctober 10, 1909
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Flower Bed415 viewsPostcard
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Handsome Bridges For Branch Brook Park412 viewsJune 12, 1904
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1912 Map410 views
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Branch Brook Wading Pool Reopened410 viewsAugust 19, 1906
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Almost Another Drowning In Branch Brook Lake406 viewsAugust 19, 1906
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Boating Is Resumed At Branch Brook Lakes405 viewsJuly 1, 1906
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