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Broad Street, looking north, about 1915.
 
Broad Street, looking north, about 1910.
 
Broad Street, looking north, about 1910.
 
Broad Street, looking north, about 1907.
 
Broad Street, looking north, about 1915.
 
 
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Clarendon Place--see Hazelwood Road and Clarendon Place below.
 
 
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Davey Lane (now Davey Street). See also The New Town Crier, Mar 2006 and Sep 2006
 
 
East Passaic Avenue, at James Street, 1940.
 
 
Elm Street, looking north, about 1910.
 
 
(Probably) Elston Street, view from rear of 6 Martin Street, winter 1922.
 
 
Franklin Street, looking north, about 1920.
 
 
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Glenwood Avenue and Henry Street, about 1905.
 
 
Hazelwood Road and Clarendon Place, about 1910.
 
 
Montgomery Street, looking west, about 1910.
 
 
Oakland Avenue, looking north from Fremont (misspelled as "Tremont" on picture), about 1910. Street was named for Senator John C. Fremont.
 
 
Orchard Street, about 1960, looking north from railroad crossing toward Liberty Street.
 
Park Avenue, looking west, about 1910. The church in the distance was the German Presbyterian Church.
 
 
Park Place, looking north, about 1910. The old canon buried at corner was later moved to the lawn of the Municipal Building, about where the Law Enforcement Building stands today.
 
 
Park Place, looking south, about 1900.
 
 
Park Place, looking north, about 1910.
 
 
Park Place, looking north, about 1920.
 
 
If this picture, from an old colorized post card, is indeed Bloomfield, its location is unknown. If you can help us identify this road, please contact us
 
 
Spring Street, about 1910. [Add photo from archives, BR]
 
 
Vernon Terrace, about 1925 [add pic BR86]
 
 
Walnut Street, looking south from Belleville Avenue, about 1948. This entire block, including the street, was removed in 1952 to make way for the Garden State Parkway. The dutch colonial house in the center was relocated to the corner of Beach and Spruce Streets.
 
 
Washington Street looking east, about 1905. This picture was taken from about where Farrand Street meets Washington today. The posts on the left are could be hitching posts (for horses).
 
 
Watsessing Avenue, about 1910.
 
 
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West Parkway, Halcyon Park. See also The New Town Crier, Sep 2006.