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The Doremus family in front of their farm house more than a century ago. The house stood on the site of the Town House Apartments on Doremus Place.
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Hillside Avenue just west from the bend at Maple Avenue, circa 1870.
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The old Hillside School, for which Hillside may have been named, stood on a little hill on Hillside Avenue near Maple Avenue.
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Main entrance for the Evergreen cemetery. The acreage covered is equal to much of the remainder of Hillside south of Route 22.
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An Elizabeth Daily Journal map showing the proposed new borough.
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A copy of the enabling legislation for a referendum.
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The Abram P. Morris home at North Broad Street and Williamson Avenue.
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The "heart of Lyons Farms" in its early days.
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H.G. Looker store. North Broad Street bridge traffic has traveled over the site of the store ever since 1928.
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The Shulman Department store advertising in the late 1920s.
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This diagram shows how the realignment of North Broad Street was planned in 1926, as it appeared in the Hillside Times.
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The Union Trolley on the Public Service Transport right of way, circa 1935.
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The Union Trolley approaches the Public Service bridge over Route 22 in 1935. The Miller Coal silo can be seen in the background.
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A class in the old Salem school, circa early 1900s.
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Shanty Shack recreation program for teens in 1942.
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This zoning map of 1931 shows some of the changes a few years made, with ideas for the future.
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The Bristol-Myers Company some sixty-five years ago. The firm arrived in town in 1919 and provided employment for many local residents.
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Hillside's Fire Department had two companies by the 1920s. This photo was taken in front of the Maple Avenue Fire House.
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Corner of Liberty and Hillside Avenues, site of the future Hillside Public Library.
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A sandlot team of the 1920s, possibly representing Hillside Presbyterian Church.
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