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20-564: The company was founded in 1931 in Upper Montclair by inventor Allen B. DuMont , with its headquarters in nearby Clifton . Among the company's developments were durable cathode ray tubes (CRTs) that would be used for TV and its magic eye tube . In 1938, DuMont Labs began manufacturing televisions at a factory in nearby Passaic, New Jersey . To sell TVs, it began the DuMont Television Network in 1942, one of

40-515: A major road, had an electric trolley line. The area is also on NJ Transit's bus route 28 , which goes from Montclair State University or Willowbrook Mall along Valley Road through Montclair, Glen Ridge and Bloomfield , to Downtown Newark. This bus route goes along Valley road for the great majority of its path in Upper Montclair, in some places on the route of Decamp's Number 66. Also, two DeCamp Bus Lines routes took commuters to

60-569: A park, Anderson Park , and a railway station, Upper Montclair , nearby. There is a post office here. Upper Montclair is home to many parks and nature reserves. Within Upper Montclair there are Anderson Park , Yantacaw Brook Park , the Bonsal Nature Reserve, Mountainside Park, the Presby Memorial Iris Gardens , and parts of Mills Reservation and Brookdale Park . In addition, Upper Montclair has

80-587: A quarter of the district's schools are found in Upper Montclair. These include Bradford Elementary and Northeast Elementary, which are two of seven elementary schools in Montclair, and Mt. Hebron Middle School, renamed Buzz Aldrin Middle School in September 2016 in honor of the astronaut, who grew up in Montclair, which is one of three Montclair middle schools. Part of Montclair State University 's campus

100-539: A rural hamlet for much of that century. The modern township of Montclair, including Upper Montclair, was incorporated in 1868 from part of Bloomfield Township . According to the United States Census Bureau , the CDP had a total area of 2.536 square miles (6.569 km ), including 2.535 square miles (6.567 km ) of land and 0.001 square miles (0.002 km ) of water (0.04%). Upper Montclair

120-613: A search on the United States Patent and Trademark Office website for the "Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc." trademark confirming the trademark's status as "DEAD". Upper Montclair, New Jersey Upper Montclair is a census-designated place (CDP), unincorporated community and neighborhood within Montclair in Essex County , in the U.S. state of New Jersey . As of the 2010 United States Census ,

140-409: Is "Antennas for radio, for television; Electrical and optical cables; Electronic and optical communications instruments and components". However, by June 5, 2020, the trademark registration for "Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc." by Mr. Levin had lapsed, with the status having changed to "CONTINUED USE NOT FILED WITHIN GRACE PERIOD, UN-REVIVABLE", resulting in the trademark no longer being active, with

160-438: Is considered lost, and presumed destroyed. Only roughly 100 recordings of any DuMont series have been recovered. DuMont Labs eventually sold its TV manufacturing division to Emerson Radio in 1958. The remainder of the company merged into Fairchild Camera in 1960. Fairchild later developed semiconductor microchips . Robert Noyce , founder of Intel , originally worked for DuMont Labs as an engineer. DuMont Labs TVs outside

180-467: Is in Upper Montclair. Upper Montclair is also home to several private schools. They include Lacordaire Academy , Lacordaire Academy Elementary Division and St. Cassian School . Upper Montclair is well connected to the rest of New Jersey and New York City on account of its transportation infrastructure. Public transportation options in Upper Montclair are buses and trains, both provided by New Jersey Transit , although commuter bus service to Manhattan

200-634: Is north of Watchung Avenue, covering 40.2% of Montclair township's area. The 2010 United States census counted 11,565 people, 4,178 households, and 3,146 families in the CDP. The population density was 4,561.4 per square mile (1,761.2/km ). There were 4,310 housing units at an average density of 1,699.9 per square mile (656.3/km ). The racial makeup was 83.99% (9,713) White , 6.46% (747) Black or African American , 0.10% (12) Native American , 4.18% (483) Asian , 0.00% (0) Pacific Islander , 1.31% (151) from other races , and 3.97% (459) from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 5.61% (649) of

220-704: The Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York until April 2023. Some Number 33 buses went along Grove Street, on the Eastern edge of the neighborhood, while number 66 went along Valley Road, in the West, then the central Park Street. Upper Montclair has road connections to the rest of Montclair, Cedar Grove, Little Falls, Clifton, and Bloomfield. Just north of the neighborhood's border are U.S. Route 46 and New Jersey Route 3 . The commercial zone at

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240-579: The Mountainside Public Pool, which is the largest of the three public pools in Montclair. Upper Montclair also has Immaculate Conception Cemetery and Mount Hebron Cemetery . People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Upper Montclair include: Bloomfield, New Jersey Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include

260-634: The US were assembled under license in Montreal , Quebec, Canada by Canadian Aviation Electronics , currently a manufacturer of flight simulator and pilot training equipment. On April 18, 2012, a US federal trademark registration was filed for "Allen B. DuMont Laboratories, Inc." by Alan Levin of Cabin John, Maryland . The description provided to the United States Patent and Trademark Office for it

280-408: The center of Upper Montclair, Upper Montclair Business District is home to several restaurants and shops. Unlike many of Montclair's other commercial zones, it has outlets of several major chain stores. In 2009–2010, several new national and local merchants opened in the area. Montclair Station Restaurant & Bar was opened in the historic Upper Montclair train station. Upper Montclair also has both

300-667: The company was renamed "Metropolitan Broadcasting Company" in order to distance itself from the DuMont branding, which was seen as a failure. In 1958, John Kluge bought Paramount 's stake in Metropolitan Broadcasting, renaming it to Metromedia . DuMont's partner, Thomas T. Goldsmith , remained on Metromedia's board of directors until the stations were sold to the Fox Television Stations Group . Nearly every original DuMont television program

320-558: The earliest TV networks. Later, they manufactured cameras and transmitters for TV. DuMont equipment was known for its high quality. The main CRT factory was in Clifton, New Jersey . It made black and white TV tubes as well as instrumentation and military fire control tubes in the early 1950s. In 1956, under the ownership of Paramount, DuMont Labs shuttered the network and spun off WABD & WTTG to " DuMont Broadcasting Corporation ". Eventually,

340-445: The population for the CDP was 11,565. The area is served as United States Postal Service ZIP Code 07043. It is often misperceived, even by Montclair residents, to be a separate municipality from Montclair, perhaps aided by this postal designation. The area now known as Upper Montclair was first developed in the early 18th century as a rural community known as Speertown, named for John Speer, an early Dutch settler. The area remained

360-483: The population were under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 20.8% from 25 to 44, 33.7% from 45 to 64, and 11.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42.1 years. For every 100 females, the population had 90.2 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and older there were 85.7 males. Upper Montclair is in the township of Montclair and is served by the Montclair Public Schools . More than

380-417: The population. Of the 4,178 households, 44.2% had children under the age of 18; 64.8% were married couples living together; 7.9% had a female householder with no husband present and 24.7% were non-families. Of all households, 20.3% were made up of individuals and 8.3% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.23. 29.9% of

400-545: Was also provided until April 2023 by DeCamp Bus Lines . New Jersey Transit 's Montclair-Boonton Line runs through the neighborhood of Upper Montclair. In Upper Montclair there are a total of three train stations of the overall Montclair total of seven. This is because the stations in Montclair are very close together, sometimes under a mile apart. New Jersey Transit train stations are Upper Montclair , Mountain Avenue , and Montclair Heights . From 1889 to 1928, Valley Road,

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