1929 $20 NATIONAL BANK NOTE ** HARRISON, NEW JERSEY ** HUDSON COUNTY - $150 - (Brooklandville, MD)
HERE IS A SCARCE SMALL SIZE $20 NATIONAL BANK NOTE, SERIES OF 1929, FROM THE HARRISON NATIONAL BANK OF HARRISON, NEW JERSEY, CHARTER #13034. Serial #E001599A. Signatures of bank officers Horatio W. Manning, cashier, and L.R. Buckbee, president. HARRISON is a town in Hudson County, New Jersey. It is a suburb of the nearby city of Newark, New Jersey. Current population is around 15,000. The first committee meeting of the Township of Harrison was held on April 16, 1840, and it is widely accepted that Harrison was named for President William Henry Harrison, who was elected that year. Union Township was created as of February 19, 1852, from portions of the township and became part of Bergen County.General N. N. Halstead succeeded in getting the necessary laws passed in Trenton and April 8, 1867, Kearny became a separate Township from land that was a part of Harrison, which included East Newark at the time; East Newark later seceded from Kearny, establishing their own Borough.On March 25, 1869, Harrison town was incorporated, replacing the township.While campaigning for re-election in 1912, President William Howard Taft told residents gathered for a rally that "you have reason to be proud of this Hive of Industry", from which was coined the town's motto, "The Beehive of Industry", which is still used today.The town's proximity to rail lines and a large waterfront made Harrison favorably situated for trade. Some of the industries which called Harrison home included the Edison Lamp Works, Worthington Pump and Machinery, the RCA Company, the Peter Hauck Brewery, Driver-Harris Company, Crucible Steel Company, Otis Elevator, Hartz Mountain, Remco Industries, Nopco Chemical and Hyatt Roller Bearing.As the U.S. moved into the 20th century, these facilities played a major role in the development of new products for both the private and public sector, peaking during World War II. The small town of about only 14,000 residents had more than 90,000 workers commuting into it on a d…
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