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1920s Directional Sign from Union County, NJ

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    Posted 6 years ago

    spitball
    (17 items)

    As in many places, finding one's way around New Jersey via automobile in the 1920s meant keeping your eyes out lots of directional signs along your route. I believe this sign was most likely posted on the west side of the intersection of Glenside Ave/Road, in present day Berkeley Heights, NJ - formerly New Providence Township. It is now a "T" intersection (displaced a bit to the east thanks to I-78), but it used to be a 5-point intersection for which a left/right directional would have made more sense. Please refer to the uploaded 1923 Union County map picture. "Glenside Park" is now known as The Deserted Village, originally a saw mill village called Feltville.

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