Postcards

The Series

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Station Square 1945

"Dear Mary and Horace,

Received your card and glad you want to visit us Wednesday evening. We'll be looking forward to seeing you both again.

Best wishes for a happy New Year.

Sincerely, Alice & Dick"

(Vintage Post Card Collection - Susan King)

West Passaic at Park Avenue, Rutherford, NJ (1938) - Postcard to Mrs. Langdell of Vermont - "I think you are a pretty good guesser. I have been home just two days when I received your postal. Glad to hear from you. Tell Marjorie to do likewise. We had plenty of rain and a hurricane which leveled trees in New Milford - not bad here...Love, Mrs. Storm"

Postcard to Mrs. P.H. Langdell of Vermont in October 1938

Two women boating "on the Passaic River" in Rutherford....postcard mailed from Rutherford, NJ to Miss Mabel McNallon of Westfield, PA on November 21, 1905.

Rutherford Depot - 1907

"Dear Emily, We are having such a lovely visit with Nell and Lou. Wish you were here too. We all went to Coney Island Saturday. They say there is nothing like it. Many thanks for your pretty postals. Your loving sister, Lore"

Donaldson Avenue - circa 1905 - "Fine morning this. All well as usual. Hope you are the same. Would like to hear from you all. FWP" November 9, 1907

Donaldson Avenue, Rutherford - 1907

"Passing through Mrs. Gloves' with [?]. Will" (October 28, 1907)

Union Avenue, Rutherford - 1905

"Papa is still feeling pretty well. Wish you were here to take a walk with me this morning. Jennie" (September 28, 1905)

Station Square, Rutherford, NJ (1945)

"Dear Mary and Horace, Received your card and glad you want to visit us Wednesday evening. We’ll be looking forward to seeing you both again. Best wishes for a Happy New Year. Sincerely, Alice & Dick" (December 25, 1945)

Postcard from the Susan King Collection

Riverside Drive / Passaic River, Rutherford, NJ

“Dear Joe, This is where Florence and I spent Saturday and Sunday. Glad you are having a good time. Mildred” (July 29, 1906)

Postcard from the Mary Melfa Collection

Rutherford United Methodist Church - 56 W Passaic Avenue Rutherford, New Jersey

“In 1869, Methodist ministers Rev. A. Craig and E.V. King from Passiac were called to form a congregation in Rutherford Park. A charter was drawn on December 15, 1870, for the Park Methodist Episcopal Church. Initially meetings were held in the busy Union Hall; it took another 10 years - and some reorganization to construct a building across the street. The land was donated by Mary E. Ames of New York City. As was the case with other structures in a growing town, the church proved to be inadequate to house the increasing number of worshipers. A new site was found, and architect Taylor Corwall started work on the new edifice in the fall of 1895. The final dedication was on April 12, 1896.” The name was later changed to the Rutherford United Methodist Church.

(“Images of America - Rutherford”, William Neumann, 2012, Published by Arcadia Publishing, Charleston, South Carolina.)

"Rec'd your postal - sorry you were sick - Will be home next week. Have had a lovely time. Love to all. Will come see you when I come home". Clara H. Roe - September 7, 1906

Grace Church Postcard, “To Edna, With Love from Emma L. White”, August 18, 1904.

Lincoln Avenue, Rutherford, N.J. - Rutherford Postcard Collection

"Mr. Brown and I are spending the afternoon here. It is a beautiful day and I love to be in the country. Friend to Friend" - May 25, 1907