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Daniel Kennedy is a local history buff and a board member of the Ramsey Historical Association.

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Swiss Chalet

Filed in Business by on August 5, 2010 20 Comments • views: 41780
Swiss Chalet

Established in 1918 by Louise and Charles Pfuhl as a lunch and dinner restuarant.

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Another Death by Train

Filed in Miscellaneous by on August 4, 2010 0 Comments • views: 15000
Another Death by Train

Don’t cross the tracks when the crossing gates are down.

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Woodie Ramoco Grill Diner

Filed in Business by on August 3, 2010 8 Comments • views: 10179
Woodie Ramoco Grill Diner

The Woodie Ramoco Grill Diner.

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H.R. Parvin Druggist

Filed in Business by on July 27, 2010 7 Comments • views: 87881
H.R. Parvin Druggist

Parvin’s Drugstore as it appeared on Main Street in Ramsey in 1908.

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Ramsey’s Professional Athletes: Ryan Grant

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Ramsey’s Professional Athletes: Ryan Grant

Star football player Ryan Grant of the Green Bay Packers played his high school football at Don Bosco Preparatory High School in Ramsey, NJ.

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Don Bosco Polish Institute, Ramsey, NJ

Filed in Education by on July 13, 2010 0 Comments • views: 7394
Don Bosco Polish Institute, Ramsey, NJ

The school was founded in 1915 by the Salesian Fathers and Brothers (a Roman Catholic religious order founded by Saint John Bosco) after a fire destroyed the Salesian school in Hawthorne, New York.

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Ramsey’s First High School

Filed in Education by on July 8, 2010 5 Comments • views: 9129
Ramsey’s First High School

Back on June 23rd the featured post card was of the original Dater School building. This postcard features a view from farther down the street “in color”, post the renovations of 1923.

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Interstate Lanes

Filed in Sports by on July 6, 2010 13 Comments • views: 14520
Interstate Lanes

Interstate Bowling Lanes. Inc partially opened a 40-lane bowling center in Ramsey. N. J. during October 1958.

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Forest Rest

Filed in Business by on July 1, 2010 1 Comment • views: 4817
Forest Rest

Depicted is a 1940 post card of a gas station and cabins along Route 2 called Forest Rest.

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Washington Headquarters

Filed in Homes by on June 29, 2010 8 Comments • views: 8627
Washington Headquarters

A postcard entitled “Historic Washington Headquarters, Ramsey, NJ”.

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Salo Workbench Company

Filed in Business by on June 24, 2010 0 Comments • views: 5183
Salo Workbench Company

These are two advertisements from 1951 for the Salo Workbench Company, in Ramsey, NJ. The first is for the cabinetmaker’s bench, the second the Salo all-purpose work bench both imported from Finland.

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Ramsey High School (Dater School)

Filed in Education by on June 23, 2010 7 Comments • views: 11112
Ramsey High School (Dater School)

Starting in 1912, the original Dater School building (torn down in 2006 to build the new grammar school) was the high school in Ramsey until 1937 when it switched to housing grades K-8.

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