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:
The Society appreciates all the people who think of contacting the Museum before they decide to discard pieces of local history.
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.