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Record Group: Department of Environmental Protection
Subgroup: Division of Parks & Forestry
Series: Photographs Filed by Subject, ca. 1930s-1970s
Accession #: 1993.090
Series #:  SENPA001
Guide Date:  12/1993 (JK); rev. 7/1999 (EC); updated 7/2004, 3/2006 (JMN)
Volume: 11 c.f. [23 boxes, 1 oversized photograph)


Box List | Contents

Content Note

This series contains photographic prints, slides and negatives of views of New Jersey parks, forests, historical sites and markers, and events associated with the Division of Parks and Forestry of the former Department of Environmental Protection. The items are filed by subject, as listed below. Prints and negatives occasionally have a print or negative number on the corresponding print or negative. This numbering is not consistent. At the time of accession, nearly three cubic feet of material was unfiled. Unfiled items which included identification or could be matched to other views were filed under the appropriate subject. Unlabeled material has been filed under broad subject headings (i.e., Aerials, Buildings) and marked as unidentified.



Box List

(click on box number for full list of photographs)
Box 1 Absecon Lighthouse to Atlantic City State Marina
Box 2 Atlantic City State Marina to Belleplain State Forest Map
Box 3 Belleplain State Forest: Recreation to Cape May: Buildings; William Bates House
Box 4 Cape May: Lighthouse to Connecticut Farms
Box 5 Corson's Inlet to Fire Towers
Box 6 Fishing/Fish to Hacklebarney State Park: Old Hemlock
Box 7 Hacklebarney State Park: Recreation to Indian King, Haddonfield
Box 8 Industry to Lake Hopatcong: Grounds
Box 9 Lake Hopatcong: Grounds to Liberty State Park
Box 10 Lifeguards to Morven: Buildings; Outbuildings
Box 11 Morven: Buildings; Pool and Pool House to Penn State Forest
Box 12 Perth Amboy to Ringwood Manor/Shepherd Lake
Box 13 Ringwood Manor: Buildings to Sandy Hook: Buildings; Main Building
Box 14 Sandy Hook: Buildings; Main Entrance to Skylands: Buildings: Skyland Manor
Box 15 Skylands: Buildings; View of Maple Drive to Springfield
Box 16 Spruce Run to State House
Box 17 State Seal to Stryker, Carol
Box 18 Surfing to Swartswood Park
Box 19 Swimming to Voorhees State Park: Scenic; Panorama
Box 20 Voorhees State Park: Scenic; Roads to Washington Crossing State Park: Buildings; Nelson House
Box 21 Washington Crossing State Park: Buildings; Niederer Farm to Washington Crossing State Park; Scenic; Views of the Park
Box 22 Washington Crossing State Park: Scenic; Winter Scenes to Worthington State Forest
Box 23 Oversized Prints; Titusville Aerial

Contents

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Description
Sampling of Images

Box 21
Washington Crossing State Park [cont'd]

Buildings:
  Niederer Farm, December 20, 1943 [2 items and 2 index cards].
  Park Headquarters, September 1957 [2 items].
  Picnic Area, September 1957, 1959 and no date [24 items and two 4" x 5" B&W negatives and two 5" x 7" B&W negatives and two 8" x 10" B&W negatives].
  Picnic Pavilion, September 1957 and no date [7 items and one 8" x 10" B&W negative].
  Rest Room Facilities, no date [2 items and one 8" x 10" B&W negative].
  State Forest Nursery, 1961 and no date [8 items].
   
Documentation:
  Plaque on monument commemorating oak trees, no date [1 item].
   
Events:
  Concert at Open Air Theatre, no date [1 item and one 2.25" x 3.25" color negative].
  Plaque presentation, National Historic Landmark, Governor Hughes with two unidentified men, 1961 [5 items].
  Unidentified at Open Air Theatre, no date [4 items].
   
Map:
  Washington Crossing State Park, Landscape Plan, no date [4 items].
   
Nature:
  Children on Nature Trail, May 1971 [2 items].
  Flowering trees, May 1971 [7 items].
  Turtle, May 1971 [2 items].
   
People:
  Group photo, identified, December 1961. Left to Right: 1st Row: Raymond Barnhart, Walter Mariarz, Dirk Van Dommelen and Norman Bradley.
2nd Row: George Blaskovitz, Malcolm Joiner, Donald Maguire and Carlton Foree [1 item].
  Scissors Grinder, 1944 [2 items].
   
Recreation:
  Baseball Diamond, September 1957 [1 item].
  Biking, August 22, 1961 [1 item].
  Camping, May 1962 and no date [12 items].
  Canoeing, no date [1 item].
  Picnicking, May 27, 1947 [May 1947, 1957, 1961 and no date [6 items].
  Playground, no date [1 item].
   
Roads:
  Bear Tavern Corner, no date [1 item].
  Entrance at Continental Lane, no date [5 items and one 5" x 7" B&W negative].
  Continental Lane, December 5, 1940, 1961,1964 and no date [10 items].
  Continental Lane, Historic Marker, no date [3 items and one 8" x 10" B&W negative and 1 index card].
  Entrance to Sullivan Grove, 1947 and no date [3 items and 1 index card].
  Entrance to Washington Crossing State Park, August 1937 and no date [5 items and one 8" x 10" B&W negative].
  Sullivan Drive, May 1947, 1963 [5 items].
  Unidentified, June 13, 1938 and no date [3 items and one 4" x 5" B&W negative and one 8" x 10" B&W negative].
  Washington Crossing Highway looking west from Bear Tavern, no date [1 item].
   
Scenic:
  D&R Canal at Washington Crossing State Park, no date [3 items and one 8" x 10" B&W negative].
  Delaware River, 1948, 1963 and no date [15 items and 1 index card].
  Farm with trees, unidentified, no date [1 item and four 8" x 10" B&W negatives].
  Nature trail, no date [1 item and one 8" x 10" B&W negative].
  River Bank at Washington Crossing State Park, no date [20 items and six 5" x 7" B&W negatives and two 8" x 10" B&W negatives].
  View of meadow & trees, June 13, 1938 [2 items and two 4" x 5" B&W negatives].
  Views of the park, 1961 and no date [6 items and two 4" x 5" B&W negatives].
None Selected.

Box 22
Washington Crossing State Park [cont'd]

Scenic:
  Winter scenes at Washington Crossing Park, December 5, 1940, 1960, 1963, 1964 and no date [65 items].
 
Washington Crossing State Park, description cards [19 items].

[Note: Index cards included in box and item count, corresponding photographs missing.]		 None Selected.
Washington Rock (Somerset County)

Building:
  Gazebo, September 1959 [2 items].
   
Documentation:
  Plaque commemorating General George Washington, no date [4 items].
   
Recreation:
  Hiking trail to Washington Rock, no date [1 item].
  Picnic Area, September 1959 [1 item]. 
  Sightseeing at Washington Rock Park, September 27, 1959 [7 items].
None Selected.
Washington State Forest (Warren County)

Scenic:
  Washington State Forest, Maxwell area, two girls unidentified near brook, no date [1 item].
None Selected.
Waterloo Village

Buildings:
  Blacksmith Shop, no date [1 item].
   
Documentation:
  Mrs. Creveling and guided tour sign, no date [1 item].

Wawayanda

Aerials:
  Wawayanda Forest, no date [5 items].
  Wawayanda Lake, no date [7 items].
   
Map:
  Wawayanda Development, no date [1 item].
   
Recreation:
  Boating, no date [1 item].
  Picnicking, no date [1 item].
  Skiing, no date [1 item].
  Swimming, no date [1 item].
   
Scenic:
  Garden bench, no date [1 item].
  Lake Wawayanda, September 1964 [1 item].
Western Union

Buildings:
  Western Union Office, no date [1 item].
None Selected.
Wetlands

Aerials:
  Atlantic City, no date [1 item].
  Rt. 34 & Rt. 35 west of Brielle, November 11, 1957 [1 item].
  Unidentified, no date [3 items and three 2.5" x 3.5" B&W negatives].
   
Event:
  Coastal Conference, October 30, 1971 [4 items and nine B&W proof sheets].
  Public Hearing, Toms River, February 24, 1972 [3 items].
   
Wetlands:
  Unidentified, no date [3 items, and three 2.5" x 3.5" B&W negatives].
Wharton Tract

Recreation:
  Hiking, no date [1 item].
   
Scenic:
  Lake, no date [1 item].
Whites Bog

Event:
 

Whites Bog Tract leased to the Conservation and Environmental Center, group photo, identified, February 4, 1969 [26 items].
None Selected.
Whitman, Walt

Portrait:
 

Walt Whitman, no date [1 item].
Wick House & Farm

Buildings:
 

Wick House, exterior, October 7, 1958 and no date [7 items].
 

Wick House, interior, October 7, 1958 [ 1 item].
   

Scenic:
 

Wick Farm Orchard, no date [4 items].


Wild West City

Wild West Buildings, no date [One 35mm color slide].
None Selected.
Wildwood

Aerial:
 

City of Wildwood, N. J., aerial, just south of North Wildwood frontage on Hereford Inlet, November 11, 1953 [1 item].

Worthington State Forest

Buildings:
 

Barn, exterior, Jones property, February 19, 1963 [1 item].
 

Barn, interior, Jones property, February 19, 1963 [4 items].
 

Cottage on Jones property, February 19, 1963 [2 items].
 

Jones Property, October 6, 1964 [2 items].
 

Power Plant on Columbia Lake, February 19, 1963 [3 items].
   

Scenic:
 

Columbia Lake, next to Power Plant, February 19, 1963 [1 item].
 

Sun Fish Pond, no date [2 items].

Box 23

Oversized prints:
 

Titusville aerial, no date [1 item, 11" x 14" B&W print].
None Selected.

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Boxes 1-5
Boxes 6-10
Boxes 11-15
Boxes 16-20
Boxes 21-23

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