East Orange (Images of America: New Jersey)

East Orange captures the magnificence of a community that

was one of New JerseyÂ’s leading cities for the better part of the 20th century. This history is richly illustrated with photographs that speak of the beauty and wealth of East Orange from the late 1800s to the early 1960s. Here are the streets and structures, founders and builders, and famous and ordinary citizens, all in period dress.