The Puerto Rican Experience in Hoboken and America

Hoboken Historical Museum

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Subject

Chapbooks and historic materials

Description

The Hoboken Historical Museum is an invaluable resource to the people of Hoboken. They've been preserving and interpreting the history of the city since 1986.

Amongst the resources they produce are chapbooks. Included on this site are chapbooks produced by the Museum that highlight the lived experiences of Hobokenites of Puerto Rican extraction.

Creator

Hoboken Historical Museum

Collection Items

The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982

Flyer advertising "The Fires: Hoboken 1978-1982" exhibit at the Hoboken Historical Museum
B+W photo of Hoboken firemen outside the burnt-out tenement at 121 Clinton St., Hoboken, Jan. 20, 1979.

Black-and-white photo of Hoboken firemen outside the burnt-out tenement at 121 Clinton Street, Hoboken, January 21, 1979.

8" x 10" high modern copy print. Photographer not indicated. Reverse has ink note: Hoboken, N.J. Tenement Fire 21 Killed 1979.

The fire took place on January 20th (see photo 2013.001.0068 for another view that taken at night on that day when the fire was fully engaged.)

The event was the worst example of a building being destroyed by suspected arson-for-profit in Hoboken during a period when such fires were all too frequent. Although arson was suspected and investigated, no one was ever charged with a crime related to it. The death toll of twenty one included several children.
And Then I Started Reading Books

Hoboken Historical Museum Chapbook

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We Were Not As They Thought

Hoboken Historical Museum Chapbook

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When People Got Together and There Were Feasts

Hoboken Historical Museum Chapbook

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