1950s Memories of Pennington – Mike Thomsen (2018)

“Pop,” Sam and the Chief: Memories of Pennington N.J. at Mid-Twentieth Century
by Michael Thomsen, 2018, 64 pp.
A tour of Pennington using many c. 1958 photos, annotated with the memories of a local kid who went through the Pennington schools from 1946 to 1959.
Also see the associated Thomsen photo collection in the Image Gallery for these and other images.
Courtesy Michael Thomsen
Contents:
1 – Our Home on Welling Avenue – Behind grammar school building
9 – North Main Street – Pharmacy, hardware, market, appliances, gifts, firehouse, bank, cleaners
13 – West Delaware Avenue – Confectionery, hardware, railroad bridge
17 – South Main Street – Pop’s Confectionery, Sam’s Shoes, butcher, Post Office, grocery, doctor, barber
23 – East Delaware Avenue – to Stony Brook and Princeton
25 – Schools – Primary school, Grammar School, old and new Central Hish School
41 – Here and There – Train station, Jacobs Creek bridge, Washington Crossing bridge
47 – Winter in Pennington – Snow and forts
51 – Memorial Day Parade – 1958
55 – Appendix – Technical notes – Cameras, developing, scanning, editing
Tag – PennBoro
File – 2018-Thomsen-Memories-of-Pennington-1950s-MPT.pdf