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From 2/25/30.


Seller's description:

free shipping. good condition, although some chipping and flaking around edges. 17 by 7 inches, this picture was taken at the "Annual Dinner of Comfort Co-workers at Swiss Chalet, Feb. 25, 1930. taken by Schmidt Studios, Hack. (Hackansack) N.J. nice place for the time. boy they had a lot of employees.

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OK - so it's Hackensack, Minnesota. Fortunately, we don't have an "attraction" THAT ugly! The seller thinks it's 50s, but it's 60s - it mentions lakes that were stocked in 1961 and 1962. On the back, it says, "All roads lead to Hackensack". How do I know? I bought one on eBay a long time ago (Lucette got to me).


Seller's description:

The Hackensack, Minnesota Resort Area, travel brochure, 1950s(?), map, 12-panel fold-out travel brochure advertsing the resorts in the Hackensack area, a clean, firm, unmarked copy.

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Seller's description:

about 8 1/4 inches long, this seems to be a deer antler, carved into a letter opener. flowers carved on one side of blade and on other side, "The Hackensack Trust Company." which is in New Jersey from what I googled.

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(unfortunately, this auction closes in 3 hours)


Seller's description:

    This item is a wonderful,original document dated 1800, New York, where Richard Varick has signed a pay order for copies of the state laws....5x7, tipped to larger sheet, would frame up nicely

    Richard Varick (March 15, 1753 Hackensack, Bergen County, New Jersey - July 30, 1831 Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey) was an American lawyer and politician.

    On June 28, 1775 he was appointed Captain of the 1st New York Regiment. He served under General Philip Schuyler in various posts until after the Battle of Saratoga and was then appointed inspector general of West Point.

    At West Point, he became an aide to General Benedict Arnold. Although he was no longer serving in this capacity when Arnold defected to the British, Varick, along with David Franks was arrested, but subsequently cleared by a court of inquiry. After the West Point incident, Varick served under General George Washington as private secretary until the end of the war.

    Varick was a Recorder of New York from 1783 to 1789, and New York State Attorney General from 1788 to 1789. He was Mayor of New York City from 1791 to 1801. Along with Samuel Jones, Varick revised the statutes of New York (1788). He was a member of the New York State Assembly from New York County from 1786 to 1788, and was Speaker in 1787 and 1788. He served as a colonel in the state militia.

    Varick also served as a bank officer. He was a founder and later President (succeeding John Jay) of the American Bible Society. Richard Varick was a member of the Society of the Cincinnati and president of the New York chapter until his death. He was a member and generous contributor to many charitable organizations in New York City.

    At the outbreak of the war, fifteen year old John Bogert was drafted out of the Albany militia to escort British prisoners taken at St. Johns' to Kingston and then on to Pennsylvania. The next year, he was a sailor on his father's sloop, the Magdeline helping transport stores and supplies on the Hudson for the Continental army. In 1777, he took over for his father as skipper. The Magdeline carried companies of soldiers between Albany and Fishkill and hauled provisions, wood, and military stores as well. Later he conducted the wife of a British officer, a French priest, and others to New York under a flag of truce. Bogert's pension application details his services, which continued on the river and on land during the winter thru the end of the war. Although appearing on local muster rolls, this able teenager was valuable enough to be exempted from military service on a number of occasions.

    By the time he came of age at the end of the war, John Bogert was an experienced Hudson River skipper. Living on court Street in his father's first ward household, he began to take part in civic actiities serving as chimney viewer and fireman. Later he would be elected alderman, supervisor, and then chamberlain or treasurer. He retained his milita commission for a number of years.

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Seller's description:

Emile Stange (1863-1943) original landscape oil painting on canvas. Signed and dated in ink on back "Emile Stange, 27 (1927)". Very good condition, no chipping or paint loss. Measures 11 1/2 X 14 inches. This painting is on canvas and was painted as is as you can see the thumb tack holes on each corner. Emile Stange 1863-1943. Birth place Jersey City New Jersey, lived Hoboken, New Jersey 1895, North Hackensack, New Jersey 1917. This painting has been in storage for fifty years and has never been offered for sale. If you have any questions please ask - thank you.

This is not an online find - it's a file cabinet find.

I was going through some old slides and came across these images. The first one was taken from my living room in 1991. It's not exactly my best work - I'll blame it on the crappy weather.............yeah, that's it.

Anyway, you can see where the seats were downstairs and where the balcony was where you used to go to make out.

The second one was taken a few years ago. The space looks way too small, but that's where the Fox was.

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There are no pictures, so here's the seller's description:

On this 3" reel of Super-8mm color home-shot film is about 2 or 3 minutes of an October 1984 Reagan/Bush rally that took place in Hackensack, New Jersey. I tried like crazy to capture some digital images of this film, but my camera made that very unsuccessful. Therefore I will explain exactly what is on this film.

It starts off with some downtown Hackensack scenes of the crowd gathering. You can see Reagan signs all over, an American flag hanging from a tall building, and the flag-draped stage with gathering New Jersey dignitaries (none of whom I can identify.) Then there is a shot of Reagan's helicopter circling above. (I'm assuming Reagan is in the helicopter.)

Then you can see the dignitaries standing in a line on the stage as Reagan enters, shaking hands with everyone and then approaching the microphone and speaking (of course this is not a sound film so you can't hear what he is saying.) You can certainly tell that it is Reagan on the stage, but I don't want you to think that the cameraman zoomed in enough to see details of him. You can not see facial details and if you didn't know what Reagan looked like and how he carried himself, you might not know for sure that it is him. But having lived through 8 years of Reagan as President there is no doubt that it is him in all his historical glory.

Very cool footage!