The Ferber Corporation was a pioneering manufacturer of ballpoint pens based in Englewood, New Jersey, that played a significant role in stabilizing and professionalizing the ballpoint pen industry after its volatile post–World War II debut. At a time when early ballpoint pens…
West Side Presbyterian Church was a cornerstone of Englewood’s civic, spiritual, and cultural life for more than a century. Founded in 1896 as the West Side Union Chapel, the congregation first worshiped in a modest building known as Dwight Chapel at the corner of Palisade…
F. W. Woolworth Company was founded in 1879 by Frank Winfield Woolworth, who pioneered the “five-and-dime” store—retail shops that sold a wide range of everyday goods at low, fixed prices. The concept proved enormously popular, and Woolworth rapidly expanded across the United…
This historical photograph captures the Nordhoff School in Englewood, New Jersey, likely during the late 19th or very early 20th century. Named after the prominent journalist and local resident Charles Nordhoff, the school served as a vital educational hub for the southern…
The Edgewater Crèche Convalescence, Protestant Reform, and Race on the Palisades Founded in 1884 by Charles J. Kellogg, first general secretary of the New York Charity Organization Society, the Edgewater Crèche began as a summer refuge for mothers and infants from New York’s…
