The nooks and crannies at the THSSH archives often hold hidden gems, and this empty envelope addressed to Messrs. Honnell and Bunn is a good example. Honnell and Bunn were grocers in Bedminster village (then called Lesser Crossroads) as early as 1850. On the 1850 census, Benjamin R. Honnell (1818-1894) and Martin Bunn (c.1812-1887) were
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Before the rise of chain pharmacies, the Somerset Hills had many small drug stores. Somerset Pharmacy was founded in 1893 in Bernardsville, NJ, by George W. Burns (1865-1934). The store was located on Olcott Square in the spot occupied until recently by Mediterranean Tile. The original building burned in the 1960s. This image of the
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Charles Engelhard, Jr. (1917-1971) was an American industrialist and resident of the Cragwood Estate in Far Hills. Many writers mention that Engelhard may have been the model for Ian Fleming’s Goldfinger and recount the lavish parties Charles and his wife Jane threw for friends and neighbors. But Engelhard was a successful businessman and expanded the
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