A new set of records is now part of THSSH Online Collections. These documents form a new collection focused on Basking Ridge Fire Company No. 1, which was formed in 1904. Items include old photos such as the one pictured above which shows the 1925 Firemens’ Carnival at Maple Avenue School with Fire Chief Ray
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We’re deep into back-to-school season and what better way to celebrate than reading a great book about schools? Josephine M. Waltz’s Schoolhouses of Early Bernards Township is a nostalgic look back at the history of familiar and not-so-familiar local schoolhouses. Bernards Township was originally much larger than it is today, so the book covers schools
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Sometime before 1980, Miss Mabel Clark shared this fantastic photo of herself in a class at Maple Avenue School in Basking Ridge, NJ (where the Bernards Township Library now stands). Not only does it provide close-ups of the faces, but the teacher and many students are identified. [on back]7th Grad, Maple Avenue School, 1914Teacher, Miss
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Archive staff recently found this classic photo of old Bernards Township Public Works equipment. An unknown photographer snapped the photo on Sept. 24, 1948, behind the old Maple Avenue School in Basking Ridge, NJ. The small dump truck and Galion roller both bear the lettering “Bernards Township” on their sides. A young boy sits on
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Bernards Township teacher Louise M. Flint compiled a scrapbook during the 1930s and 1940s that looked back at the early history of Maple Avenue School, or Basking Ridge School as it was called. Mrs. Flint credited Mrs. Fred Kampmier, Sr., with giving her the following early facts and construction photos. Basking Ridge School – Maple
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This red and white pennant from Maple Avenue School in Basking Ridge dates probably to 1948-1969. Maple Avenue School, also known as Basking Ridge School, was built in 1903 to replace the Brick Academy and Franklin Corners School. In 1939, it was closed after the new Oak Street School was built. Bernards Township planned
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