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Great vintage piece, although I have no idea if there will be any interest.  Since most of it is during Wartime (WWII),  I would think there should be some interest.  From what I can tell,  this scrap book was owned by a fellow named Frankie Pizza,  who was a pitcher for the Hackensack Red Wings.  Just from doing a general search,  not much info.  Many of the articles refer to the teams as part of the Northern New Jersey Baseball League.  I'm not sure if there are any "famous" names, as this is not my era,  even though I am a baseball fan.  The book itself is filled with newspaper clippings as well as a handful of photo's of the players in uniform.  The overall condition of the book itself is very yellowed and is obviously falling apart.  Being sold as-is...as-found.  The last 2 photo's look like 8x10's that are reprints of smaller photo's...last pic is Frank Pizza.




The seller posted 24 images in this auction. Since I can only put 10 in this post, I'm posting the auction link so you can check out the other 14 images while the auction's still current. If you find anything in those left-out images that should be posted, please do so.

Some of the yellowed photos were so color-saturated that I had to make them totally black-and-white.

There were mentions of games at Pulaski Park and Columbus Park. There were also mentions of not only the Hackensack Red Wings, but also the Hackensack Tigers, the Hackensack Pirates, and the Hackensack Troasts - a name that's still around. I'm not sure if those were different teams or just the evolution of one team's name.

As for familiar names, I did see a Cerbo in there and one of the articles was written by Al Del Greco, the former Record sports editor.

Anyone recognize any of the others?



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Mailed by someone who lived at 46 Anderson St - right across Anderson Park from the church.



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Guess what? Today is the one-year anniversary of the creation of the big hole in Anderson St. Happy Anniversary, A-hole!

Let's throw a party..............or better yet, let's all throw anniversary cakes at the street. Maybe the cars running over them will fill in the uneven parts so that it's finally smooth again.

It sure doesn't seem like anyone else is interested in getting it back to the way it was.



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I watched from home as a social worker from Comprehensive Behavioral Care drove one of their vans into the municipal lot behind my building. Coming off the State St entrance, she didn't go straight ahead to one of the reserved spaces they use, but instead took the short route by driving against the traffic arrows to the pay spaces on the south side of the lot, where she parked.

Of course, that meant having to make a 300-degree turn into the space - something that usually results in backing out once or twice to get into the angled space properly.

Maria Andretti made it on the first try..........or so she thought. I figured after that 275-degree lunge, she would be eager to correct the embarrassing attempt. I figured wrong.

I decided to watch her get out and see her expression when she saw how off her parking was - how a third of the van was in another space and blocking a car from getting out - and then fix it right away.

After 5-10 minutes, she finally emerged, fed the meter, apparently saw nothing unusual, and sauntered across the street to CBC.

This happened between 12:30 and 1pm. I went out about a half-hour after she pulled in, saw the van was still there and took the below photos. You can see from the right front wheel in the second image that no attempt was made to park correctly - just pull in and leave it.

How can someone be so blind, inconsiderate, and nonchalant? If you were the CBC, would you want this person driving your clients around?


In fairness, I should mention that I've never seen less-than-exemplary driving in that lot from other CBC drivers.



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Used? Unused? PM date? Who knows? The seller didn't bother with any of that information.



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I thought this was in our database.

It is now.



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I looked at my copy of the book and they dated the photo "circa 1948" which is well in the ballpark judging on the style of the autos.

Great detail on the photo is the car coming out of what was Demarest Place

"Circa 1948" is exactly what they wrote this week too. The guy at The Record told they got that from a database and it's pretty useless because the actual photo would have the date the picture was taken on the back of it.

That's why they said they were bringing in their archivist to try to find the original print..........that and the fact that some people - myself included - think it's from the early 50s because we think a couple of the cars are beyond the 40s.

What does the "great detail" of that car turning onto Main St reveal to you as far as its make and model year?

To me, it could be a Chevy from as late as 1953. I think the key car is the fourth one behind the pedestrians - definitely not 40s-looking.



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Stamp on bottom is dated 1885. Comes from Hackensack, NJ. It measures about 5 inches high by about 8 inches to end of handle. Has all the original black and gold paint on it. Its a Lion swallowing the stamp.



One problem - the imprint doesn't say a word about anyone being a notary. It just says, "Liberty Hose Association, Hackensack, N.J., Incorporated November 2, 1885", so it's probably not from 1885.

I couldn't find any NJ reference for this company, but there was a public documents depository by the name of "Liberty Hose Association" or "Liberty Hose Association Library" in Brooklyn in the late 1890s (see below).



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