Early Photo of Parsons West Jersey Hotel in Camden, New Jersey (1850)

 

View of Parsons West Jersey Hotel in Camden, New Jersey, c. 1850. The building was constructed 1849-1850, was eventually renamed the Hotel Ridgway during the early 1900s and seems to have finally been demolished during the 1950s. Taken by the Langenheim brothers and originally published as a salted paper print.

Source: J. Paul Getty Museum.

Another early image West Jersey Hotel.

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Photo of Union General Philip Kearny's House, Known to Locals as Kearny Castle, in What Would Become Kearny, New Jersey (1862)

 

View of  Union General Philip Kearny's house, known to locals as Kearny Castle, in what would become Kearny, New Jersey, 1862. The photo was taken a few months before Kearny was killed at the Battle of Chantilly in September 1862. The house was also known as Bellegrove Chateau and Kearny Manor and seems to have been demolished in 1927 after it was sold at auction in 1926. Taken by Amateur Photographic Exchange Club member William Mead and originally published as a stereoview.

Source: Library of Congress.

Glass Stereoview of a Group Posing in Front of a House Along the Hudson River Somewhere in New York or New Jersey (1850′s/1860′s)

Glass stereoview of a group posing in front of a house along the Hudson River somewhere in New York or New Jersey, c. 1850′s/1860′s.

Source: New York Public Library.

Stereoview of a Group Posing in a Street in Newton, New Jersey (1880)

Stereoview of a group posing in a street in Newton, New Jersey, c. 1880. By Townley's Newton Photo Gallery.

 Source: New York Public Library.

Stereoview of People at the Beach in Long Branch, New Jersey (1865)

Instantaneous stereoview of people at the beach in Long Branch, New Jersey, c. 1865. By George Stacy.

Source: Library of Congress.

Carte De Visite Portrait of a Photographer Posing With a Camera in Front of a Painted Beach Backdrop Titled “Welcome The Dude” (1880′s)

Carte de visite portrait of a photographer posing with a camera in front of a painted beach backdrop titled “Welcome The Dude,” c. 1880′s. He also holds an advertisement for the attributed photography firm of Chester and Handy of Cape May, New Jersey.

Source: Library of Congress.

Portrait of Members of the Princeton University Baseball Team (1873)

Portrait of members of the Princeton University (then the College of New Jersey) baseball team, 1873. By William R. Howell.

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A Man Posing With the Tombstone of Aaron Burr in Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, New Jersey (1850′s)

A man posing with the tombstone of Aaron Burr in Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, New Jersey, c. 1850′s. By Frederick De Bourg Richards.

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