Ferry Service

A Nice Article describing the "New" Ferry Service. Also note in last paragraph they are going to repair Victory Bridge.

Art Work

During the 1980's artist Francis McGinley created Oil Paintings, many of Historic Buildings in Perth Amboy.

Mr. McGinley then produced very limited, beautiful Lithographs which includes;

Proprietary House - The Royal Governor's Mansion, Saint Stephens RC Church, Saint Peter's Episcopal Church, Perth Amboy-Staten Island Ferry's Slip, City Hall, Halls of Ivy-Perth Amboy High School and many others.

There are thousands of Post Cards, Photographs and Art Work available depicting buildings, people and scenes of Historic Perth Amboy, you have to ask yourself, WHY?



Perth Amboy is not New York, not Boston, not Washington D.C. or even Atlantic City, so why the interest of so many people.

I hope during our peek into the History of the City and the People that made the city so interesting that it caught the attention of the world. As Fran stated in her "Welcome" Blog, we hope to share with you some of the things that have been collected, heard and/or read. This Blog is for you, me, our families and others that are interested in Ambo Point.

We need your support, we need your stories, photos, collectibles and just your plain old memories.

Just think how Facebook's Favorite Perth Amboy Memories took off, thousands of posts, hundreds of members and photos galore. We can do things here easier with "labels" on your favorite subject. This site is not to replace Facebook, it's here for the love of Perth Amboy.

The Ferry

Thought I would post some pictures of the Ferry Slip from different eras. 

The first is a postcard from the early 1900's

Next is the companion to the photo on the top of the page. Found them on E-Bay as
slides a few years ago and had them converted to pictures. Late 40's, early 50's?  If you enlarge the photo, the white sign going across says
"Overhead Clearance - Eleven feet six inches".  Other signs you can 

make out. Cars 30 cents and 20 Minute Service.  Can you find the sailor in the picture? It seems like the picture was taken in the early fall, since there still leaves on the trees in Staten Island and one man has a top coat and a young lady wearing a red sweater.  The cobblestone street is still there.

The last picture was taken in the early 90's for a project about Perth Amboy, 

a co-worker and I were making with the students.