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Over 4,400 images from our photograph and manuscript collection are presented below and in our Documentary Treasures area. Consult the Guide to Reproduction and Research Services, Policies and Fees for information on reproduction of these and other images available from the New Jersey State Archives.

Historic Structures, Sites and Parks
Transportation and Public Works
Military Service Records
Slave Records
Family Papers
Imaged Collections


Portraits of Soldiers

   

Civil War Cartes de Visite - Over 400 portraits
of New Jersey Civil War soldiers, mostly officers.


Spanish-American War Infantry Officers - 40
portraits collected in 1904 to honor those who had
served.


Spanish-American War Naval Officers - 26 portraits of officers in the Battalions of the East and West.



Historic Structures, Sites and Parks    

State Government Offices, 1938 - 23 images of
buildings in Trenton used by state government agencies.


Early Houses of Burlington County - 110 views
of historic houses photographed by Nathaniel R. Ewan,
1932-1949.


Parks & Forestry Photo Collection - 322 images of state historic sites, structures and parks from the 1930s-70s.
 



New Jersey Institutions


Bordentown Manual Training School - 95 photographs of student activities, staff and school grounds.
 



Transportation and Public Works    

Morris Canal Views - 91 images showing the canal in
1903, from Jersey City to Phillipsburg.

Wanaque Waterworks - 150 images documenting the construction of the waterworks, 1920-1923.


Photographs of the Canal - 93 views of the Morris Canal compiled by Henry B. Kümmel, 1923-1937.


Photographs of the Delaware and Raritan Canal - 39 views compiled by Henry B. Kummel, 1935-1936.

Dept. of Transportation Photos by Subject - 322 images related to roads and transportation in New Jersey from the 1920s to the 1970s.
 



Military Activities & Monuments    

New Jersey National Guard - 969 images documenting over a century of National Guard activity.

Gettysburg Monuments - 95 images depicting New
Jersey's monuments and related material, 1885-1888.


Photographs of Monuments - 19 views of New Jersey military monuments, in- and out-of-state, 1888-1908.
 



Military Service Records


U.S. Colored Troops Service Files - 284 images of service records for New Jersey's black soldiers in the Civil War.
 



Governors' Documents    

Governors’ Oaths of Office – 68 images of the original oaths of office of governors and acting governors from 1790 to the present.

Governor's War Cabinet - 515 pages of minutes documenting World War II era civil defense in New Jersey.



Slave Records    

Hunterdon County Slave Manumissions – 57 images of Hunterdon County freedom papers, 1788-1836.

Hunterdon County Children of Slaves - 415 birth certificates of children born to Hunterdon County slaves, 1804-1835.



Lindbergh Kidnapping    

Lindbergh Kidnapping Evidence Photos – 22 images of State's evidence from the 1935 Hauptmann trial.

Inmate File #17400 - 63 images from Bruno Richard Hauptmann's State Prison file.



Family Papers  

Cleveland Family Records - 52 images of letters, photos and memorabilia of Grover Cleveland and his family.


 

Contact Information:
Joseph R. Klett, Chief of Archives
225 West State Street
P.O. Box 307
Trenton, NJ 08625-0307

609.292.6260 (general information)
609.292.9105 (fax)
email: archives.reference@sos.state.nj.us
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