The Hoboken Historical Museum is displaying postcards from the “golden age” of Hoboken, from 1890 to 1910, and is also displaying newer postcards designed by the city’s children.
Children from local schools submitted postcards from January through May, and right now at the museum, all 150 entries are on display.
Ten of the children’s designs were chosen to be printed. The first two are already being sold at the museum, with the others to follow over the summer.
Foster said the museum selected one card from each of the schools that submitted, as well as one winner from the community at-large.
The winners were: “Clock Tower” by Celeste Nora Aurora, Hoboken Charter School; “PATH Stairs” by Sean Caulfield, All Saints Episcopal School; “Friendship” by Amanda Dale, Calabro School; “Hoboken, Birthplace of Baseball” by Blake Faucher, Rafe Spadavecchia, and Brian McIntyre, Hoboken Charter School; “Hoboken, We are Here, N. J.” by Kyeise Lopez, Wallace School; “The Ferry & Train Station Building” by Jarius Mills, T.G. Connors School; “Run Along the River” by Julian Palacios, Brandt School; “Visit Hoboken” by Lucia Pizarro, community entry; “City Collage” by Carson Rice, Mustard Seed School; and “Hoboken Hawk” by Charles Smith, Hudson School.
Sherrard Bostwick, curator for the exhibit, said, “All these superb efforts represent Hoboken so well, that making a selection was a great challenge.”
Bostwick added, “The winners are bold designs that print well and represent a wide variety of Hoboken landmarks.”
She said that some of the other entries may be used in future projects, perhaps a 2009 calendar.
Older postcards in a book
Meanwhile, the older postcards are being exhibited both in the museum at 12th and Hudson streets, and also in a new book.
The book, “Greetings from Hoboken: A Postcard History,” was designed by McKevin Shaughnessy and edited by Melissa Abernathy, both of Hoboken.
The featured postcards depict rails and ships, fires and faces, parks and streetscapes.
“Before the days the days of camera phones and image- and text-messaging, postcards served these transitory visitors and local residents as a cheap and entertaining way to send greetings,” reads the book’s introduction, by Museum Director Bob Foster.
Foster worked on the book as an executive producer and is looking forward to a release party at the Museum on Sunday, Aug. 3 from 2 to 5 p.m.
“All these superb efforts represent Hoboken so well, that making a selection was a great challenge.”
– Sherrard Bostwick
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The book will be available at the party for $25, with a limited number of hardcover copies available for $35.
The Hoboken Historical Museum is located at 1301 Hudson St. If there are any questions about the book or exhibit, please call (201) 656-2240.
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