Perth Amboy Calendars

Throughout the years organizations and companies  have produced 

calendars of Perth Amboy. 

In  1975, Three Financial Institutions (First Savings and Loan of Perth Amboy,

Perth Amboy National Bank, and Perth Amboy Savings Institution) unwrote 

the costs of a calendar with Historical Perth Amboy Pictures. 

This calendar was comprised of various sketches of Perth Amboy. 

A few of them were drawn by Francis McGinley

The Waterfront Association to Effect Restoration ("W.A.T.E.R.") put out 

a calendar in 1985 with vintage photos of Perth Amboy.

 Smith and State Streets 1912
 
Another Perth Amboy Calendar put out by W.A.T.E.R in 1987

A picture of a trolley from 1908 taken on Smith St. near No. 4 

School.  Check on the empty lots. 

Picture was courtesy of the National Railway Historical Society. 

The Maid of Perth, Antiques & Collectibles owned by Barbara Booz 

produced a calendar of Perth Amboy Vintage Photos in 2000. Check out 

the Strand Theatre and Seaman's Drug store on front cover

Included in the calendar was a photo of a 1953 snowstorm. 

Picture is of lower Smith Street. 

In this picture you can see the signs for Surprise Store, Rexall Drugs (Seaman's)

and Famous Hats. In the lower left hand corner, there are windows of a bakery.

In 1964, it was called "New Bakemaster Bake Shop.  It may have been 

known by another name. 

 The Majestic Theatre
Circa 1945

Perth Amboy Trust Company
Circa 1920's

Other calendars with Perth Amboy photos may have been produced, if you know of any

please let us know.

Enjoy the photos!

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.