Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Object ID |
Rec_123_001 |
Title |
[Griggs Corner Amoco] |
Collection |
Recollector Photos Collection |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Photographer |
Macechak, Jeff |
Date |
1983 |
Year Range from |
1983 |
Year Range to |
1938 |
Description |
Griggs Corner Amoco gas station on Hulfish Street. After living in Massachusetts as a freed man, Burnett Griggs eventually settled in Princeton in 1909. With the money he had saved in the initial move, Griggs invested in property on Hulfish Street and Witherspoon Street. During the urban renewal of Princeton, Griggs held tightly to his property and refused to be bought out by the town, eventually opening his own restaurant: "Griggs' Imperial Restaurant". Recto [handwritten]- 119 02 |
Place |
Princeton, NJ |
Subjects |
African Americans Banks Gas stations Gasoline pumps Cars |
People |
Griggs, Burnett |
Search Terms |
Griggs' Corner Amoco Griggs' Imperial Restaurant Hulfish Street |
Notes |
Verso [handwritten]- Grigg's Corner Amoco Princeton History Project A1 Jeff Macechak, 1983 [stamped] The Princeton History Project 158 Nassau Street Princeton, N.J. 08540. [circled] 67% Rec_123_001 |
Provenance |
Part of the Recollector Photos Collection |