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http://cgi.ebay.com/VINTAGE-SCRAPBOOK-HACKENSACK-NJ-1920-s-NATALIE-PRATT_W0QQitemZ270373856753QQihZ017QQcategoryZ1440QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is a scrapbook from a Hackensack girl who lived at what I think is 116 Clinton Place (picture isn't sharp). Most of the contents are from the 1920s, but there are letters from her father from as far back as 1908. She apparently liked high school football and not just Hackensack games. There are more pictures with the auction.

Here's the seller's description:

Up for auction is: A vintage girls' scrapbook circa 1920's in the Hackensack New Jersey area. Her name was Natalie Agusta Pratt and she collected some early letters (2 from her father dated 1908 & 1912), photos, an envelope with her baby hair, The Buzzer 1927 Hackensack High School newsletter and a host of other memorabilia in her life.

Also in this scrapbook are newsletter from the church dated 1929, a snapper from a party, 1925 junior admission tag for RHS football, a 1924 hand drawn football postcard, Piano Recital at the school leaflet 1925, a Mary Pickford of Haddon Hall pamplet  (which she notes is the first movie she ever saw in New York.), crushed flower...plus more letters & photos with some documentation beneath. She had all this stored within 10 pages (counting front & back) within this vintage scrapbook.

The rest of the pages are blank about 28 pages more (so you can add your own scrap memorabilia).  An separate envelope of small photos and newspaper clippings is also in the back.

Very interesting to read and collect.  Condition: Papers are yellowed as would be expected of paper 80+ years old. But they have held up well. Front hard cover of the scrap book has a tear in the fabric at the front edge & some spots. Cracks/splits in the hinges but still secure.  Lots of photos of the contents.

  Free photo shoot if these "slippers" fit her:

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#5 of 6

Says the seller: "This postcard shows a new concrete bridge built on existing stone abutments, possibly remaining from a covered bridge. The span has 5 arches so the waterway is quite wide, possibly the Hackensack or Passaic River."

Anyone got a clue?


http://cgi.ebay.com/1907-HACKENSACK-NJ-RPPC-New-Bridge-on-Old-Abutments_W0QQitemZ370183773663QQihZ024QQcategoryZ922QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

#3 of 6

This card is the only ID'd one of the 6 - a concrete arch bridge over a railroad tracks adjacent to Hackensack's Prospect Avenue Station.



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#1 of 6

A series of 6 real-photo postcards from around 1907 put out by a Hackensack company of builders/engineers showed up on eBay today. I wanted to address them all in one post, but because there would be about a dozen images that I would have to put at the bottom of the post and no way to ID them there, it would be very confusing for me to refer to specific images or for anyone else to reply about them, so I will have to make 6 posts.

The postcards were produced by the F. R. Long Co Engineers & Contractors of Hackensack to advertise their Bridge Building and Engineering Services. It's highly unlikely that the images were all taken in Hackensack - there's only one that's definitely Hackensack - but it's possible that many or all of the others are local. If you have any info about any of them, please post it with regard to item 1-6.

The first card is the only one with a postmark (1907) and the rest are unused. This one was mailed by someone named Bettie, who the seller claims is Frank Long's wife. It says "THESE ARE FRANK’S NEW ADV CARDS". All 6 cards would fit that description.

I will clean up the images as much as possible. Hopefully, someone knows the location of the image. Here is the auction and below are the images:

http://cgi.ebay.com/1907-HACKENSACK-NJ-RPPC-Stone-Arch-Bridge-ADV-CARD_W0QQitemZ370184054390QQihZ024QQcategoryZ922QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

I hate generic postcards that just slap on lots of town names to the same image from who-knows-where. They may give out-of-area people a serene feeling about Hackensack, but we know better. 

Below are 4 such cards that just popped up on eBay:

There are 2 auctions (same seller) on eBay - each for 2 George Stimmel watercolor images of Hackensack scenes. The first two are Hackensack River scenes and the other two are Hackensack churches. I'm sure you'll recognize all 4 scenes (actually, I'm not sure which swivel bridge that is, so if you know for sure, please post the info).

I've alerted the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in case he wants that image of his building.

The seller originally thought the river scenes were lakeside scenes, but changed the title after I contacted him. That's why "lakeside" is still in the auction's URL.

Each set of starts at $99.00 - well worth it.

BTW - I've spiffed up the seller's scans a bit for posterity so we'll have nice images to look at long after the auction is over. I don't know how accurate the seller's scans are, but take a look:

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-George-Stimmel-of-Hackensack-NJ-Watercolors-Lakeside_W0QQitemZ120402158039QQihZ002QQcategoryZ551QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/2-George-Stimmel-of-Hackensack-NJ-Watercolors-Church_W0QQitemZ120402159640QQihZ002QQcategoryZ551QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Through a dirty window in my back room: