The Bernards Fife and Drum Corps, Bernardsville, NJ, was organized on July 16, 1906 and posed that year for this photo, possibly before a parade. The date is supported by a note on the reverse by Edwin S. Spinning, fire company president, who also identified the building on the right as Bernardsville’s first firehouse. The
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Next time you’re in downtown Bernardsville, NJ, take a look at 35 Mill Street. The building was built in 1906 as the new firehouse to replace the old one at 1 Anderson Road (site of the current Bernardsville Library). Frederic P. Olcott (1841-1909), Bernardsville’s great benefactor, donated funds to purchase the land. The real photo
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