1923 Aerial of Charles Frost farm and greenhouses on Cross st. and Washington. The house on Cross st. still stands today.

1923 Aerial Photo of Kenilworth with current street info overlay. This is a high resolution photo that can be downloaded and enlarged to show great detail. Many of the structures in this photo still stand today. The newly built foundation of the Harding School can be seen if zoomed in.

1923 Aerial with overly featuring Newark Ave. and the New Orange Park development.

Here is a link to a great article about the history of the Kenilworth Inn by Dr. Walter Boright. http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2014/07/remembering_the_kenilworth_inn.html#incart_river

Aerial showing the center part of Kenilworth including the center of town. If you zoom in you can see some buildings that still stand today. This photo appears to have been some kind of double exposure so part of it can be very confusing.

1923 Aerial of McKinley School and the foundation of the Harding school in it's infancy.

Sanborn Map image of the McKinley School from 1923.

Aerial photo showing the New Orange Park housing development on Newark Ave. and Orange Ave. in Cranford

1923 aerial of an early housing development on Newark Ave. at South 23rd St. Most of these homes exist today. This development was called New Orange Park and built by James Arthur. The Flats building is shown on the bottom at 23rd and Passaic.

1922 Sanborn insurance map showing the New Orange Park development on Newark Ave.

1923 Aerial view of the Flats Building on Passaic Ave. and 23rd St. According to Dr. Walter Boright this building was built in 1898 by James Arthur and moved to this New Orange Park location in 1906. This dwelling which housed six families was the scene of the worst residential fire in the history of Kenilworth in 1927. You can read more about it by clicking on this link. http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/08/remembering_kenilworths_worst.html

1923 Sanborn map of the Flats Building on Passaic Ave. and 23rd St. According to Dr. Walter Boright this building was built in 1898 by James Arthur and moved to this New Orange Park location in 1906. This dwelling which housed six families was the scene of the worst residential fire in the history of Kenilworth in 1927. You can read more about it by clicking on this link. http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2011/08/remembering_kenilworths_worst.html

1961 Aerial of the Harding School and the McKinley school on the right.

Aerial photo of Upsala's college campus in 1923 located at the northern end of 21st St. near where the water tower is located today. The building at the top of the photo was known as "Old Main" and the one in the middle was supposedly the boy's dormitory. The one building appears to mysteriously have "$500000" either painted on the roof or printed on the photo in very small lettering. Here is an interesting article on the history of Upsala College in Kenilworth. http://www.nj.com/cranford/index.ssf/2010/09/remembering_when_kenilworth_wa.html

Upsala College's main building.

1923 aerial photo showing the pond in Blackbrook Park and the Sayre-Shallcross house at the top left which still stands today and is used as a real estate office.

This 1923 Aerial shows Washington Ave on the bottom.

1961 aerial of Kenilworth. This very high resolution photo can be downloaded and enlarged to see greater detail.

1961 aerial of Kenilworth showing The Harding School and local area.