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The near corner, fire hydrant, and pole appear to be drawn.



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http://xrl.us/LetterToPershing


Seller's description:

ANTIQUE

LETTER ADDRESSED TO

GEN. J.J. PERSHING

BY EMMA C. BACKUS OF HACKENSACK

ASKING FOR THE DISCHARGE OF HER SON GORDON M. BACKUS...AND THE SUBSEQUENT DISCHARGE..

DATED APRIL 1919



Seller's scan has cut off part of right side. I cut off part of the raggedy (and blank) left side to make image larger and words more readable.



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http://xrl.us/HackHelmet


Seller's description:

Fantastic Vintage 1930s-40s Cairns Brother Alumnium Fire Helmet. This is estate fresh from a Hackensack, New Jersey man. This was the foremans helmet which was signified by the red color tone. Leather front plate with brass hoses. Canvas and leather head inserts. Light age wear. Overall very good condition.


Seller has included 4 additional pictures with the auction.



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My 8 years at HTS were evenly split between the old and new schools.

Last Saturday, there was a "garage sale" in the school cafeteria. After a perfunctory look at the merch, I walked through a dark hallway and up 2 flights to try to get some cellphone photos of my 5th, 6th, 7th, and 8th grade classrooms before whatever happens to the now-closed school happens.

Those halls were also pretty dark because all the classroom blinds were drawn and 3 of the 4 classroom doors were locked, so shot variety was pretty limited.

The rooms didn't appear to be designated "5A", "5B", etc., as they were way back when, so I don't know what grades last used what rooms. Doesn't matter - I knew which rooms I did my learnin' in.

Let's start with 5A. When you climb the steps on the Pangborn Place side to the second floor, you turn left into the hallway. The first room on the left was 5A.

The first image below is the photo I got through the window of the 5A door. Below that is our 5A class photo from 1957. Notice that little has changed...........the floor and even the desks look exactly the same 52 years later!

Rather sad.

(BTW - I'm second from the right against the blackboard)

The 6th grade classroom (third picture) was the only one that was unlocked. The next picture shows what the nuns quaintly referred to as "the cloakroom".

The next 2 pictures show my 7th and 8th grade classrooms with the same ancient desks and floors. I don't recall the horrid classroom colors. Either I've blocked it out or it's the only visual "improvement" made in a half-century.

Time for a pit stop and one final second-floor memory, facing east and west. Then it was time to head back downstairs to the cafeteria, where I took a photo of the building where I spent the first 4 years of my HTS life.


I DID enjoy my 8 years at HTS and got a great education, but have no special feeling for the building. I don't know what's to become of it - one man I spoke to in the cafeteria Saturday mentioned a possible movement to bring the school back - so I look at this as my goodbye tour...........something I needed to do.



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http://xrl.us/OritaniFC

http://xrl.us/TheHackensackYrbk


You know about Hackensack, MN. You may even be familiar with New Hackensack, NY, near Poughkeepsie. But have you ever heard of Hackensack Mountain?

It's right by Warrensburg, NY. For some reason that I haven't researched yet, there are a lot of things in Warrensburg named Hackensack, including a Hackensack Avenue.............and even their high school yearbooks, some of which have an Oratam-like indian on the cover.

The seller has 10 of these for sale on eBay that cover every year from 1945-1955 except 1948. If you want to see the other ones, click the above link and then hit the seller's "See other items" link.

I don't expect that anyone here would have any interest in these............I just found it unusual that Warrensburg Jr-Sr School would call their yearbook, "The Hackensack" - a name inspired by a nearby mountain.

And why did they name the mountain "Hackensack" in the first place?



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http://xrl.us/HackNow 

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