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Over 7,100 images from our photograph and manuscript collections 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.


1,838 images from the following collections:
Civil War Cartes de Visite - 401 portraits of New Jersey Civil War soldiers, mostly officers, 1861-1890s United States Colored Troops Service Files - 286 images of service records for New Jersey's black soldiers in the Civil War, 1862-1870s Spanish-American War Infantry Officers - 40 portraits collected to honor those who served, 1898-1904 Spanish-American War Naval Officers - 25 portraits of officers in the Battalions of the East and West, 1898-1905 Spanish-American War Miscellaneous Naval Photographs- 9 maritime and group photographs, 1898 New Jersey National Guard - 972 images documenting over a century of National Guard activity, 1863-1973 Gettysburg Monuments - 86 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


3,199 images from the following collections:
Department of Agriculture Photograph Collection - 2,017 images depicting farming in New Jersey from the 1880s to 1983 Department of Transportation Photographs by Subject - 324 images related to roads and transportation in New Jersey from the 1920s to the 1970s Division of Parks and Forestry Photograph Collection - 338 images of state historic sites, structures and parks from the 1930s to the 1970s Wanaque Waterworks - 159 images documenting the construction of the waterworks, 1920-1923 Morris Canal Investigation - 67 images showing the canal in 1903, from Jersey City to Phillipsburg State Geologist photographs of the Morris Canal - 119 views of the Morris Canal compiled by Henry B. Kümmel, 1923-1937 State Geologist photographs of the Delaware and Raritan Canal - 41 views compiled by Henry B. Kümmel, 1935-1936 Early Houses of Burlington County - 111 views of historic houses photographed by Nathaniel R. Ewan, 1932-1949 State Government Offices - 23 images of buildings in Trenton used by state government agencies, 1938


838 images from the following collections:
Governors’ Oaths of Office - 68 images of the original oaths of office of governors and acting governors from 1790 to the present Bordentown Manual Training School - 100 photographs of student activities, staff and school grounds, 1930s-1950s Governor's War Cabinet - 574 pages of minutes documenting World War II-era civil defense in New Jersey, 1942-1944 Lindbergh Kidnapping Evidence Photos - 24 images of State's evidence from the 1935 Hauptmann trial Inmate File #17400 - 72 images from Bruno Richard Hauptmann's State Prison file, 1934-1965


997 images from the following collections:
Bergen County Peddler's Licenses - 6 images of petitions and recommendations for peddler's licenses, 1760-1800 Burlington County Peddler's Licenses - 10 images of petitions for peddler's licenses, 1739-ca. 1776 Cumberland County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants - 67 images of applications for federal pensions by Revolutionary War veterans, 1820-1829 Essex County Shopkeepers' Petitions & Licenses - 65 images of petitions for shopkeeper licenses, 1781 Hunterdon County Slave Manumissions - 152 images of Hunterdon County freedom papers, 1788-1836 Hunterdon County Children of Slaves - 456 birth certificates of children born to Hunterdon County slaves, 1804-1835 Hunterdon County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants - 130 images of applications for federal pensions by Revolutionary War veterans, 1820-1828 Middlesex County Shopkeepers' Petitions & Licenses - 23 images of petitions for shopkeeper licenses, 1781 Somerset County Affidavits and Estate Inventories of Revolutionary War Pension Applicants - 88 images of applications for federal pensions by Revolutionary War veterans, 1820-1831


52 images from the following collection:
Cleveland Family Records - 52 images of letters, photos and memorabilia of President Grover Cleveland and his family, 1838-1909

Contact Information:
Joseph R. Klett, Deputy Director for 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 archives.collections@sos.state.nj.us archives.publications@sos.state.nj.us

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