Monday, October 31, 2011

History of Perth Amboy 1664-1920 Part 1

History of Middlesex County
New Jersey
1664-1920
Under the Associate Editorship 
of
John P. Wall 
and
Harold G. Pickersgill 
Assisted by an Able Corps of
Local Historians
Volume II
1921
Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc.
New York and Chicago 
 
 







To be continued........

Sunday, October 30, 2011

William C. Wilson -Perth Amboy Mayor 1921-26

This article about William C. Wilson
Mayor of Perth Amboy
1921-26
is from the book
History of Middlesex County
New Jersey
1664-1920
Under the Associate Editorship 
of
John P. Wall 
and
Harold G. Pickersgill 
Assisted by an Able Corps of
Local Historians
Volume II
1921
Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc. 
New York and Chicago



Mayor of Perth Amboy
1921-26 
Died January 14, 1951



Friday, October 28, 2011

Perth Amboy Grocery Store 1910

Thanks to Ginny Moravek for sharing 
an article from the News Tribune and photo 
about her Grandmother's store. 
The store was located on the corner 
of Alpine and Francis Streets.

The article is dated December 1, 1977








Original photo used in the newspaper article

Building as it looks today.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Perth Amboy Shield

The Shield 
Perth Amboy High School Newspaper 
Circa 1920














Another Perth Amboy High School Newspaper 
was called the Periscope. 

See a copy of the June 1964

 Perth Amboy High School circa 1930's

 Picture is  from the 1985 Perth Amboy Calendar 
produced by W.A.T.E.R.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Perth Amboy Newspapers

Perth Amboy Newspapers

This list was obtained at 
  • Middlesex Megyei Magyar hírlap = Middlesex County Hungarian news. (Perth Amboy, N.J. ;) 19??-1952
    Languages: English, Hungarian
  • Polak Amerykanski = The Polish American. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 19??-????
    Languages: Polish
  • Sokol times. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1968-????
    Languages: English, Slovak
  • Americké listy. (New York, N.Y.) 1962-1989
    Languages: Czech, English
  • The Middlesex County Democrat. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1868-1907
  • New Yorský deník. (New York, N.Y.) 1962-19??
  • New-Jersey gazette, and Perth-Amboy commercial advertiser. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1819-182?
  • The Perth Amboy gazette. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1875-1879
  • Perth Amboyi Magyar szó = Perth Amboy Hungarian press. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1921-1921
    Languages: Hungarian
  • Magyar szó = Hungarian press. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1921-????
    Languages: Hungarian
  • Hiradó = Perth Amboy herald. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1921-1970
    Languages: English, Hungarian
  • The New Jersey era. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1866-1868
  • The Perth Amboy herald. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1860-????
  • Perth Amboy observer and the Perth Amboy record. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1930-1931
  • Perth Amboy evening news. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959 

  • The Perth Amboy chronicle. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1890-1913 

  • Perth Amboy citizen. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1901-1905
  • The Perth Amboy journal. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1858-1859
  • The Perth Amboy journal and Middlesex County advertiser. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1859-????
  • The Middlesex County herald. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1889-1907
  • The Jersey mosquito. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1919-1922 

  • Middlesex Republican. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1934-1934
  • The Labor news weekly. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1917-????
  • The messenger. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1906-1909
  • The mosquito. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1898-1919 

  • The mosquito. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1922-1931 

  • Vostok = The East. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1920-19??
    Languages: English, Ukrainian
  • The Perth Amboy republican. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1887-1903
  • The weekly guardian. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1873-1875
  • Perth Amboy mosquito. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1944-19??
  • Perth Amboy times. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1858-1859
  • Perth Amboy Democrat. (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1859-1860
  • Americké listy (New York) 1962-1989
    Languages: Czech, English
  • New-Yorské listy. (New York, N.Y.) 1874-????
    Languages: Czech, English 
 Two papers from Perth Amboy that weren't on the list 

Perth Amboy Record 
1924


The Loyal American 
1896


                                  There are probably a few others that were published in Perth Amboy.  

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Do You Remember - King Cut Rate

King Cut Rate was a 
General Merchandise Store 
located at 274 Smith St. 
Right near the Farmer's Market 
It opened sometime between 1950/51
It closed between 1956 and 1964. 

Toy Catalog from 1954-1955 



Mattel Toys and Musical Instruments 

Dolls

 Creative Activities 


Toy Pistols 


Child size appliances


 Record Players


 Sports Equipment


Playing Mommy


Board Games 
Trucks


Gone but not forgotten