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  • About
    • Visiting
    • Contact
    • Affiliates
    • Timeline of the Drake House
  • Events
    • Past Events
  • News
    • The Communiqué
  • Collection
    • Finding Aids >
      • Eliza Elvira Kenyon Papers, 1800-1911
      • Harold Family Papers, 1906-1995
      • Kenyon Gardens Association Records, 1916-1929
      • Plainfield Ephemera Collection, 1830-2017, with gaps
      • Plainfield Families Collection, 1761-1969, with gaps
    • Plainfield During WWI and the Influenza Pandemic Exhibit
    • Restoration
    • Medal Of Honor
    • Roll Call Of Honor
    • The Last Will & Testament of Isaac Drake, 1756
    • Ephemera
    • Donate To The Collection
  • Education
    • Historic Districts
    • Historic Places
    • Architectural Walk: VWB
    • Historic North Plainfield
    • Did You Know?
    • Links To The Past
  • Support Us
    • Shop
    • Other Ways Of Giving
    • Join Us
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      • Restauración
      • Medalla De Honor
      • Pasó De Lista De Honor
      • Recuerdos Impresos
      • Donar A La Colección
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      • Distritos Históricos
      • Sitios Históricos
      • Paseo Arquitectónico: VWB
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News

Recent Additions to the Collection

8/27/2017

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​Many former residents of Plainfield remember the Drake House by way of monetary donations and donations of artifacts large and small.   The Society also receives Plainfield items from other Historical Societies and Museums. 
 
The Collection Policy of the Museum is to accept items that are connected to Plainfield or owned by former Plainfield residents.
 
Recent additions include:
  • Wood Brook Farm milk box.
  • Wedding veil of Ethel Van Boskirk
  • 1992 Sousa Band Centennial Concert Poster
  • Milk bottles (4) from local Plainfield area dairies
  • Glass bottle, Queen City Bottling Co., Plainfield, NJ
  • Newspaper clippings from Monday Afternoon Club
  • Container lid from Larry's Kosher Deli & Restaurant
  • 1844 Engraving “Plainfield, View from Randolph Hill”
  • Lampkin House files from the estate of Patricia Turner Kavanaugh
  • Photo of a Victorian Lady from the G. W. Monfort Studio, Plainfield, NJ
  • Two wedding photographs of Mrs. Henry Noss, and her 1933 wedding dress
  • "History of Plainfield and North Plainfield" book compiled by F. T. Smiley, 1901
  • “Henry Hand, A Life Shaped By the Civil War” book by Richard Weaver, family genealogy 2017
  • Early 19th century Sheraton card table once owned by Mrs. Susan Tyler of 525 West 7th Street, Plainfield
 
 The Society appreciates all the people who think of contacting the Museum before they decide to discard pieces of local history.  
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