Tribute to Homer Hill!

This is from the Tri-State site........


August 2-31, 2004, Bernardsville Public Library, Bernardsville, NJ 07924
All Tri-State members are invited to a special reception honoring the
life-long rail photography of Homer Hill.

Forty selected photographs have been professionally framed and will be
displayed for the month of August at the Bernardsville library.
Tri-State Railway Historical Society, in fulfilling its mission to bring
railroad history to the community, is a major sponsor of this exhibition.

The evening of Thursday, August 5 at 7:30 PM for all Railway Historical
Members of Northern New Jersey to come together in Bernardsville,
Homer's home town, to view his work and to renew old friendships. You
will. view familiar scenes along the Gladstone Branch, the Lackawanna,
and others that span his long love affair with New Jersey railroads.
Save the date and see you there.

Directions: Route 287 to exit 30B. Turn left at traffic light onto
Route 202 South for a mile through traffic light and past Shop-Rite
shopping center. Turn right at the Peapack-Gladstone Bank. After 100
yards, turn left into the library parking lot.

This is now on our web site at:

http://www.tri-state-rail-history.org/hill.htm

A little off topic, but isn't there a claim that the Bernardsville Library has a ghost in it? Maybe it's the Hookerman.

Mr. JLo,

The FORMER Bernardsville Public Library has the ghost of an old Revolutionary War Soldier's daughter by the name of Phyllis Parker. The building which is now a lawyers office use to be a tavern during the war.


The current library is in a brand new facility although I havent been there yet!

Steve

It will be interesting to see which photographs have been selected.

Mr Hill was actively photographing trains for sixty (?) years, I believe.

NJT, thanks for the correction. BTW, there is no need to call me Mister unless I am in trouble.

I'm not familiar with Mr. Hill. Is he still alive? Anything else I should know about him?

Nick,

No, unfortunately Homer Hill pased away about 4 or 5 years ago! He is survived by his wife and his son David....

Interesting to note that he was on the very first Lackawanna Mu train out of Hoboken in 1930 with Thomas Edison aboard and he also rode the very last DL&W Mu train out of Hoboken in 1984.....

Steve

njt4172 wrote:Nick,

No, unfortunately Homer Hill pased away about 4 or 5 years ago! He is survived by his wife and his son David....

Interesting to note that he was on the very first Lackawanna Mu train out of Hoboken in 1930 with Thomas Edison aboard and he also rode the very last DL&W Mu train out of Hoboken in 1984.....

Steve

Thanks for the info Steve.

Had a chance to meet him a couple of time at the Tri State Train shows in the 80's. Nice man. He even signed a few prints of his work for me after I bought a few prints from him

Train Bill