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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.



http://cgi.ebay.com/1907-HACKENSACK-NJ-RPPC-w-Adv-PROSPECT-AVE-RR-DEPOT_W0QQitemZ120401927055QQihZ002QQcategoryZ922QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

#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: