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| I have been a Jersey Boy for 60+ years. My
early childhood had my parents and I visit Lavallette N.J. every year for two
weeks during the summer for some 18 years. Seaside Heights was my favorite
hangout when I grew older. Just a long walk along the beach at
evening to check out the night time action. These are some old postcards of NJ, the Jersey Shore and I'll get to post some photos I took when visiting. Somewhere in the late '80s I tool a trip to Asbury Park and photographed the last of the buildings. I'll hunt them down. The main pier was still open and I did shoot a number of shots inside the buildings. |
If you have any postcards you would like to add to this page, write to the address above.
Links to other "postcard" sites I have found
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CLINTON, NJ
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Clinton House Bar  |
Clinton House Dining Room 1946  |
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Old Red Mill, Clinton (no date, but 1900's)  |
Clinton Mill General Store  |
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Clinton Twp. Rt. 31 |
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FLEMINGTON, NJ
Love Flemington.com
Current Flemington activities
HistoricFlemington.com
(official site)
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Postcard of the Flemington Fair on Rt 69. So this is from early 1960s  |
Flemington -
Hunterdon County Postcard  |
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Flemington New Jersey
As of May 2016 the old "antique" store and several building
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Flemington Circle Diner - 1970s |
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Flemington Circle diner -1950s
Destroyed by fire in the 90's Flemington Circle
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Photos of Turntable Junction area, June 2024 |
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| Yes, the Flemington Circle is still there.
(Update May 2015, they are upgrading the circle, to a better circle !)
Also they finally put two continuous lanes going north just after the
train underpass to the curve by the truck company. It now goes 2
lanes all the way up to truck repair place, then back to 1 lane for 1/4
of a mile... then to the original 2 lanes made in the 1990s. Why
that stretch is one lane each way... must be politics ! Update: Oct. 2020 - The DOT provided initial plans to put two lanes from north of the circle where Rt 31 goes back to 1 lane all the way to the circle. The train bridge will be removed and replaced with a wider bridge, but not raised much. A number of years later, it will be raised to the Federal height of 14 ft for bridges. Not sure the logic there. In my 40 years living here I have NEVER seen a train go over that bridge. Actually there is a tree growing on that bridge. All this will be done by 2025 ! (Dec. 2021 - nothing done, no markings or anything.) Can't wait. Traffic south in the morning is a terrible craw due to the Subaru light, and the light before it. They are not synced. Going north after 3:30 is not that bad after they made mostly two lanes north, taking out a "right turn only" lane. Before, it went to 1 lane, to 2 lanes back to 1 just before Stop and Shop. Traffic was horrible. Update: Dec. 2019 - The Raritan Twp decided to agree to have a company buy and tear down that gas station on the (Flemington) circle and have a company put up a large electronic billboard ! Yes, something that will not distract drivers when trying to be careful. PLUS: They are putting a sign on the "Flemington" circle. I will see confused drivers everywhere. Update: June 2024 - The company that built this sign, as well as others in NJ went bankrupt. So an auction is being held in July 2024. Rt. 31 from the High Bridge light to Flemington were widened to two lanes in the late 90's. They improved 31 running through Flemington with lanes appear and disappear, a center turning lane was added. The train underpass is still the "blockade" for any 4 lane repair. Flemington Speedway became a Wal-Mart mall and now (2016) a Costco was built. We already have a BJ's, Home Depot, Lowe's and the Flemington Department Store is still great. (Even though it's in Raritan Twp.) In 2017 they fixed the northbound to 2 lane after the train underpass up to a 1.4 mile to the older 4 lane. That's where it goes back to 1 lane, then back to 2 lanes each way with a concrete divider. |
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Flemington Fair 1900s - reprint
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Flemington - Main St. Raggedy Ann Museum |
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Another postcard of Raggedy Ann Museum  |
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Flemington Fair - 1920s - |
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Village Misses
and Deb Shop 148 Main St.  |
Flemington Public Park Note the same house and bandstand in the photo. That bandstand is still there.  Current View - 2018  |
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Danforth's Restaurant '60s- |
Log Cabin Pottery Barn  |
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Darts Mill Bridge Over South Branch River  |
Hunterdon County National Bank (may have changed to Flemington Bank)  |
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Local Towns
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Lambertville covered bridge  Burned down, replaced with current steel bridge. |
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Other Jersey Towns |
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Lake Hopatcong, NJ
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Castel Edward - 1911 ? |
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Easton - Phillipsburg
Since we visit these towns a lot.
I figure it would be interesting what they looked like a few years ago.
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Easton Circle - 1905 |
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Phillipsburg - Easton Free Bridge - 1928  |
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Vacation Spots
Places we've visited over the years
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Niagara Falls - after 1941 |
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