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Baseball
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Building & Sites
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Sport Clubs
28 36
Teams
21 58
Bicycling
Building & Sites
12 44
Miscellaneous
1 2
Sports Clubs
5 14
Boating
3 4
Buildings & Sites
1 1
Bowling Alleys
4 8
Laurel Garden
2 3
Meadowbrook Bowl
1 1
New Dreamland Arena985 Frelinghuysen Avenue
4 21
Newark Recreation Center6 Elizabeth Avenue
2 3
Newark StadiumFrelinghuysen Avenue
1 2
Playgrounds
1 1
Prudential Arena
3 13
School's StadiumBloomfield & Roseville Avenues
5 9
Skating Rinks
4 7
Stadium MotordromeSouth Orange Avenue near Munn Avenue
4 10
Weequahic Park
4 18
Multi-Sport Associations
Turn Verein
1 1
Sport ClubsClick on Sport of a list of photo albums.
Bowling
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Boxing
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Football
3 4
Unknown
1 3
Sports (Non-Team)
Boxers
2 22
Horse Racing
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Track
1 1
TeamsClick on Sport of a list of photo albums.
Basketball
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Football
2 2
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