Back Row. Third from Right. Bloomfield Little League. Frankie's Futurematic Car Wash Team. Memorial Day. c. 1960.

 

A great new scan from an HSOB museum map donation

 From a donation from Adrianna O'Toole. (R.Rockwell scan)

Nathan Russell. Real Estate, Documentarian (1890-1917)

                             

 Visit HSOB for more Nathan Russell photos of area homes. 

Glenwood Avenue Car Sales

Old Photo by Mark Sceurman

New photo Google 

 

Map of Bloomfield - 1856

 

Bloomfield Church's Days Could be Numbered

 Bloomfield Architect Charles Granville Jones Designed Church. 

Designated for "development" - code word for demise.

Photo Courtesy: Mark Szep

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Bloomfield College Gym

Bloomfield Bank and Trust

Bloomfield's George Schwacha

Inside Bloomfield's Tung Sol Factory

Manufacturer of radio tubes

The Franklin Arms

When it had it's historic marker. (1970's?)

Macy's Parade Balloons - c. 1940

The Broughton Chapel

Tommy's Sales Booklet

Help is needed!

The Historical Society of Bloomfield's Mr. Rich Rockwell has posted new pictures of Bloomfield, Montclair and Glen Ridge houses from the famous Nathan Russell collection.  He has identified 274 from Bloomfield, 137 from Glen Ridge and 31 from Montclair. Visit the site to see them!

Like the one below (my favorite) here are the ones that are unidentified...

Help is Needed!

The Historical Society of Bloomfield's Mr. Rich Rockwell has posted new pictures of Bloomfield, Montclair and Glen Ridge houses from the famous Nathan Russell collection.  He has identified 274 from Bloomfield, 137 from Glen Ridge and 31 from Montclair. Visit the site to see them!

Like the one below (my favorite) here are the ones that are unidentified...

Montague Roberts - 1908 in Indiana

Seen before, but a new print was obtained, noting Indiana. 

View of the "Centre"

A rare view...pre-automobile. Or maybe just a few. 

Bloomfield Avenue Cobblestoned

1941 Chrysler(?) Passing the #29 Streetcar on the inside. 

Ediphone Works Committee

Clarks Pond October 2018

Photo of Historic Clarks Pond - Bloomfield, NJ

Photo used with permission from a video by Betto Cario (Facebook)

A Local Bloomfield Bank - 1954

Became Midlantic, became PNC.

Bloomfield Sportsmen - Published in 1949

In St. Valentine's Golden Jubilee Book - 1899-1949

Note: Walter Van Grofski's stance looks like Lou Gehrig's

The School Nurse

See the Wax Beatles!

A Bromo Seltzer Sized Crowd

Not a beach day, by the clothes. 

Bon Voyage

Good bye, we'll miss you, but we're apparently fine here too. 

Chuck and his Market

Sell the sizzle

Lakewood Terrace 1953 - "colorized"

Where are the excess cars?

Halcyon Park Sales Map

Deco Gal

Fight Claustrophobia. At Bloomfield's Westinghouse.

On Back: "Aunt Chloe in her Store"

No other ID. 

Laying Sidewalk - Perth Amboy, NJ 1938

Depression Era

Bloomfield's Schwacha - Watercolor on Paper - 1947

"Peaceful Cove"

And now framed...