21 Nov 2025
Thanksgiving is right around the corner, so we wanted to send you some vintage greetings. Postcards are postmarked 1907 through 1924.
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7 Mar 2025
19th century autograph albums are a great source of #ArchivesHandwriting. "Excuse the writing, mistakes forgive, remember the writer, as long as you live."
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3 Jan 2025
Read all about it! These issues of the "Newark Patriot and New-Jersey General Advertiser" from 1819 are the only known issues of this newspaper in existence. Isn't it amazing what you can find in an archive?
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6 Dec 2024
For the holidays, why not whip up an #ArchivesFeast for family and friends? Need a good recipe? These Plainfield community cookbooks from our archival reference collection should have just what you're looking for!
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4 Oct 2024
This dog is all set for a road trip. Want to come along? Photo from the John Grady Historical Collection.
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6 Sep 2024
Patterns are all around us. Even in the library. Have you ever noticed this one? Here's a hint: look up!
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19 Jul 2024
Planning a trip this summer? Don't forget to bring back a souvenir! Like this 1960s era Plainfield, NJ pennant highlighting destinations around the state. #PlainfieldLibraryNJ #PreservingLocalHistory #FromTheArchive #SpecialCollections #SummerVacay #VintageSouvenir
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17 May 2024
May is National Bike Month, so get out there and celebrate the benefits of cycling. But remember to practice bicycle safety. Especially when riding your penny farthing!
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2 Feb 2024
Sound on for #ArchivesASMR. Let the gentle swish of paging through this 1894 Plainfield atlas soothe and relax you (better with headphones).
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3 Nov 2023
A photo of a family looking at family photos. How meta! From the Irving & Clotee Georges Photograph Collection.
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1 Sep 2023
A sense of #ArchivesCommunity is evident in this guide to local government, updated and published by the League of Women Voters of Plainfield in 1982.
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4 Aug 2023
This is all perfectly legitimate science taking place here, we swear. It just looks like we're making moonshine.
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9 Jun 2023
There's still time to check out our Muhlenberg Hospital School of Nursing exhibit, which is on display now. Look for the QR code in each exhibit case that links to a survey. Let us know what you think!
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2 Jun 2023
Here is something from the #ArchivesUnderTheSea. Well, more like the pool -the YMCA pool! The Fish Club was the intermediate swim program for boys. Patch and pins from the 1940s.
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7 Apr 2023
You never know what little treasures you'll find on the shelf here in the archive. Like this mini book on New Jersey birds from 1911.
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4 Nov 2022
Check out this #ArchivesMenu from the Park Hotel in Plainfield. If only you could still get lunch and a cocktail for under $2.00!
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5 Aug 2022
Wish you were here! This #ArchivesPostcard allowed the sender to express themselves using a handy list of sentiments and news items they could mark with an X.
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8 Jul 2022
July is National Ice Cream Month! Which would you choose from this menu? A regular sundae or a fancy sundae?! 1930s menu from Galane's, a sweet shop that had two locations in Plainfield.
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29 Jan 2022
Did you know that Duluth used to have 2 incline railroads?
The Seventh Ave. West Incline – featured on this postcard from the library's collection – operated from 1891 to 1939. Many rode the incline to travel to Duluth Heights and enjoy stunning views.
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10 Dec 2021
I think they are really getting into the holiday spirit this year. 1900s Hoffman family portrait from the John Hoffman Photograph Collection.
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