Hans Hansen Bergen
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Hans Hansen Bergen was one of the earliest settlers of the Dutch colony of New Amsterdam, and one of the few from Scandinavia. He was a native of Bergen, Norway. Hans Hansen Bergen was a shipwright wh
Women's Bryan League flyer from 1899 for fundraiser organized by Emelie C. Brewster at Bergen Beach for William Jennings Bryan
Mosaic tile for a Bergen Street Subway Station in Brooklyn
A Bergen homestead, built in 1662 in the Gowanus neighborhood of Brooklyn and owned by John C. Bergen, pictured here c. 1905.
Bergen County, New Jersey
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Bergen County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of New Jersey. Located in the Gateway Region at the northeastern corner of New Jersey, Bergen County and its many inner suburbs constitute a
Hans Hansen Bergen
…that became Bergen Beach, which they subsequently sold to entrepreneur Percy Williams, who developed it into a summer resort. Some also believe that Bergen County, New Jersey as well as Bergen Township take their names from this early Norwegian settler, although the evidence is inconclusive…
Atop the Hudson Palisades in Englewood Cliffs, overlooking the Hudson River, the George Washington Bridge, and the skyscrapers of Midtown Manhattan
Bergen and Passaic counties, 1872
Bergen County, 1896
Bergen County, 1918