This postcard of a trolley and automobiles on Bloomfield Avenue is likely from the 1920s.
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Postcards From Montclair: 150 Upper Mountain Avenue
This postcard, postmarked May 25, 1911, describes the home pictured as “Just one of the summer homes here.”
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Postcards From Montclair: State Teachers College
Postcard recipient Dicky Smith is treated to a lovely photo of one of the Mission-style architecture buildings on the State Teachers College campus, now Montclair State University.
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Postcards From Montclair: The Carnegie Library
The Carnegie Library was built in 1904 at the corner of Church Street and Valley Road. It was one of two “Carnegie” libraries built in Montclair.
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Postcards From Montclair: The Crane Building
One of the cleverest parts of this building no longer exists—a large clock on top that had letters spelling out S-E-Y-M-O-U-R-C-R-A-N-E instead of numbers 1 through 12.
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Postcards From Montclair: The First Montclair High School
In 1910, Bessie Mead sent a postcard to her Aunt Chacha, sharing her experience as a student at the first Montclair High School, located on Orange Road.
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Postcards From Montclair: Montclair Art Museum
Ruth Hudson was very favorably impressed with Montclair during her visit in 1929. She sent this postcard to a Miss Virginia Raymond, affectionately called as “Ginnie.”
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Then and Now: Montclair Heights Public School to Bradford School
A look at the Montclair Heights Public School, which later was renamed Bradford School in this edition of “Then and Now.” Montclair Heights Public School was built in 1895 at […]
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Then and Now: Holmeswood to Marlboro Inn to Christopher Court
Deacon Samuel Holmes constructed an awe-inspiring Italianate-style mansion, famously called “Holmeswood,” on 17 acres at the junction of Grove Street and Watchung Avenue in the 1870s.
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Then and Now: First Congregational Church
The First Congregational Church has a rich history. It was originally constructed in 1872, only to be destroyed by a devastating fire in 1914.
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Then and Now: Trunk Building to Bellevue Theatre
The Trunk Building was constructed at 260 Bellevue Avenue in Montclair circa 1898. It was named for its trunk-like roof.
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A Look Back: Honoring Troop 20
The young boys in the troop went on to be changemakers in Montclair and throughout the United States.
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Then and Now: Washington Street YMCA to Charles H. Bullock School
Originally the site of “Old First” Methodist Cemetery, this site housed the Washington Street YMCA beginning in 1926 and Charles H. Bullock School beginning in 2010.
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Then and Now: Bond’s Ice Cream to Bank of America
The iconic cup on the Valley Road restaurant’s roof celebrated the Bond’s Ice Cream “Awful, Awful” milkshake.
