Our "Pit"

Modern gyms can be bland, antiseptic, utilitarian. Here is our 1920's Bloomfield High School Gymnasium"The Pit"

Color photos by Jerry Simon

The Route of the Morris Canal

Richard Veit 1962

Fischer's Men's Shop Sells Stetson Hats

Morris Canal - Berkeley Avenue Bridge. Bloomfield, NJ

Oakes Woolen Mill 1927 Bloomfield, NJ

Here's Joe Bloomfield

Maj. Joseph Bloomfield - October 18, 1753-October 3, 1823. Fourth Governor of New Jersey

                                                     Painting by Charles Willson Peale
Joseph Bloomfield (1753–1823), who was born in Woodbridge, N.J., studied law under Attorney General Cortlandt Skinner and was admitted to the bar in 1774. The following year he was commissioned a lieutenant in the New Jersey Light Infantry. Bloomfield became a captain in the 3d New Jersey Regiment in February 1776, and he was promoted to major in November 1776. He served as deputy judge advocate general of the Continental army from 1776 until his resignation in October 1778. Bloomfield fought at the battles of Brandywine and Monmouth, and he was wounded at Brandywine. He was elected state attorney general of New Jersey in 1783 and reelected in 1788. After changing his politics to Jeffersonian republicanism, Bloomfield served as governor of New Jersey 1801–12 and as a member of Congress 1817–21.

Oakes Mills Founder David Oakes, Jan. 13 1809 - July 26, 1878

Bloomfield Schools at War

Letter to George Oakes 1911. George Augustus Oakes Born Bloomfield, July 9, 1872. Attended Bloomfield Public Schools. Graduate Rutgers College.

Bloomfield Trolley #29

Ogden & Cadmus - Bloomfield, New Jersey