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Newark Business Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Business-(Main)
Scope and Contents

This collection contains miscellaneous Newark Business materials ranging from the nineteenth century to present day.

Dates: 1855 - 2020

Newark Business Scrapbook

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Business Scrapbook-(Main)
Abstract

This scrapbook contains postcards of Newark paired with ads for local businesses and other entities.

Dates: 1919

Newark Department Store Catalogs Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG NWK Dept. Cat-(Fileroom)
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of advertisements and catalogues of Newark department stores, including: two folders of advertisements cut from the pages of the Newark City Directory (1882) and the New Jersey State Gazetteer and Business Directory (1885), with ads for many Newark businesses; two folders of Bamberger's catalogues (1977-1978); two folders of Haynes' catalogues (1977-1982); and a number of loose catalogues for Haynes' and Bamberger's (1983- 1984, and undated).

Dates: 1882 - c. 1984

Newark Department Stores Collection

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: MG Nwk Dept. Stores-(Main)
Scope and Contents Box #1. Hahnes folder: "My little red Indian book" (children's booklet); Gallery of Fame (leaflet of American heroes); Catalog (1976); KRESGE: Christmas catalogs (1954, 1963); various issues of magazine (1945-46); ad for Christmas folders [n.d.]; L.S. PLAUT: Pocket calendar and stamp case (1 1/2" x 2", 1916); Urban League "nigger brown" case (William Ashby memoirs and letter from L. S. Plaut, 1921); "Home Talk" (July 1899 issue); 40th anniversary celebration, The Bee Hive Musical Monthly...
Dates: 1896 - 1976

Newark Insurance Companies Collection

 Collection — Box: 1
Identifier: MG Nwk Insurance-(Fileroom)
Abstract The bulk of the material in this collection is related to the Prudential Insurance Company. The Prudential Insurance Company of America, known as the Prudential FriendlySociety until 1877, was founded in Newark by John F. Dryden in 1875. The company's first location was 812 Broad Street; in 1892 the "Main" building was constructed on the corner Broad and Bank Streets. Prudential's initial focus was on providing insurance for individuals, but group policies for businesses rapidly...
Dates: 1845 - 2001

Rachlin and Company Records

 Collection
Identifier: MG Nwk Rachlin
Abstract

This collection contains records from the offices of Rachlin & Co., a Newark real estate company (prev. Union Building Company, Alfred Greenfield & Co.)

Dates: Majority of material found within 1904 - 1973