Augustus Washington became one of the only historically documented African American daguerreotypists using the first commercial photographic process, invented in 1839, to develop pictures on a silver surface sensitized with iodine exposed to mercury vapor. Washington, a great photographer and educator, utilized this method to document the lives of the Liberian middle class after he…
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City of Trenton Releases Information and Location Guide for Primary Election
Delayed from June 2nd to July 7th by Governor Murphy due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Trenton City’s Clerk office has released a guide for the New Jersey 2020 Primary Election. Information that has been released consists of mail-in-ballot voting instructions as well as locations for polling machines for registered voters that require Americans with…
The Old Barracks Museum Re-Opens to Visitors on July 2
The gates at The Old Barracks Museum are being reopened to visitors on Thursday, July 2. Tickets to see the National Historic Landmark must be pre-purchased online at www.barracks.org at least one day prior to visiting. Masks are required to be worn by visitors, staff, and volunteers at all times. Visitation is limited to one(1)…
NJ Human Services to Deliver Special Food Assistance Benefits to Children Starting Next Week
The New Jersey Department of Human Services will deliver special food assistance benefits starting next week to children who normally would have received free or reduced-price school meals if not for COVID-19 school closures. The Department had anticipated delivery of these benefits in June, but continues to work to finalize information with school districts to…
Ike Williams: One of the Greatest Punchers of all Time
Sweeping through the city of Trenton in the early 1940s was a man dubbed as one of the “greatest punchers of all time” by the bible of boxing’s The Ring Magazine. The formidable lightweight, Ike Williams, carried a right hand that propelled him from working as a newsboy in Trenton to becoming a world champion…