A Look Between the Pages
A unique keepsake for
current or former residents of the Matawan and Abderdeen area of New Jersey. A collection of many rare and
previously unpublished historic photographs, was used to create a comprehensive and insightful look back at the area's development from 1890 to the 1960s.
128 pages --- 180 photographs
many historic and previously unpublished
128 pages --- 180 photographs
many historic and previously unpublished
MORE INFO:
Called
New Aberdeen by early settlers and later known as Middletown Point, the
area is covered today by the communities of Matawan Borough, Aberdeen
Township, Cliffwood.Pictorial History of Matawan Borough and Aberdeen Township.
Around Matawan and Aberdeen is the Companion Book to the comprehensive history, Of Town and Field: Matawan and Aberdeen.
REVIEWS:
Amazon Review - Informative
5 out of 5 stars
This entry into the publisher's Images of America series uses their usual format of historic images with narrative text. Anyone interested in local history of the area will want to own this well done book.
Amazon Review -
Treasure of Local Images
5 out of 5 stars
Local historian Helen Henderson has gathered together over 180 historic photographs, many rare and previously unpublished. The images are used to illustrate the changes of Matawan and Aberdeen, New Jersey, from a colonial settlement to a 1920s resort, and as an industrial area to the suburban bedroom community of today. The book is a unique keepsake for current or former residents.
