Walter Evans Edge was an American diplomat and Republican politician who served as the 36th governor of New Jersey, from 1917 to 1919 and again from 1944 to 1947, during both World War I and World War II. Edge also served as United States Senator representing New Jersey from 1919 to 1929 and as United States Ambassador to France from 1929 to 1933.
Edge c. 1915
Edge addressing a large crowd during World War I. Liberty bond banners adorn a nearby building.
Edge (right) with his Democratic Senate colleague Edward I. Edwards in 1924.
Autochrome portrait taken in Boulogne by Georges Chevalier, 1930
Pleasantville, New Jersey
Pleasantville is a city in Atlantic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. As of the 2020 United States census, the city's population was 20,629, its highest decennial count ever and an increase of 380 (+1.9%) from the 2010 census count of 20,249, which in turn reflected an increase of 1,237 (+6.5%) from the 19,012 counted in the 2000 census.
View east along New Jersey State Route 446 (the Atlantic City Expressway) at Exit 5 (U.S. Route 9) in Pleasantville
Studebaker car dealership in Pleasantville
Atlantic City Expressway heading west in Pleasantville
Pleasantville railroad stop on Atlantic City and Shore Railroad in 1912–1913
