Send Us Your Your 'City Play' Story

Did you create your own club? Invent your own game? Do you have memories (or pictures!) of childhood games in Hoboken? Tell us about the games you played with:

 

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rhymes

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names

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sewer covers (home plate?)

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Spalding balls

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paper

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boxes

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chalk

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bottle caps

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marbles

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baseball cards

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rope

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etc....

If you'd rather not write down your story, and you have access to a recording device, send us an oral history instead. Please be sure to tell us when you played these games and where (the block, the street, the clubhouse) and include your name, address and phone number on whatever you send. 

Send your Hoboken Play stories and (clear) photocopies to the address below. Or simply post your story to our on-line discussion group. It's easier than you think!

bulletMail us at:

Hoboken Historical Museum

PO Box 707

Hoboken, NJ 07030

bulletPhone us at:
201.656.2240