Thousands upon thousands of superb snapshots are sitting in photo albums throughout the state just waiting for their chance to be in a gallery; send them in!
In the past year, we've posted 51 galleries of vintage photos from New Jersey.
The topics have ranged from motorcycling to Memorial Day, from festivals to foods. We've looked at supermarkets and street scenes, diners and mansions, weddings and graduations.Over the past few years, we've collected more than 10,000 photos on topics like these, all taken in New Jersey before 1986. But there's something missing. We'd like to see photos you've taken.
There's no doubt that some of the very best photos we've posted in these galleries have come from Instamatics, Poloroids and Canons held and aimed by our readers. Over the years, readers have submitted never-before-published photos of John F. Kennedy, Rin Tin Tin and Frankie Valli as well as wonderful pictures of everyday slices of life.
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Here's a gallery of the photos from this past year's galleries that we, in our humble opinions, felt were the cream of the crop. I'm certain that thousands upon thousands of equally superb snapshots are sitting in photo albums throughout the state just waiting for their chance to be in a gallery. You know the topics we do; in 2016, continue to show us what you've got!
Greg Hatala may be reached at ghatala@starledger.com. Follow him on Twitter @GregHatala. Find The Star-Ledger on Facebook.