Videos

Videos

In this section of the website, we offer videos that feature the artwork of EJ Meeker.

The first video was inspired by an illustration of the Meeker homestead in New Jersey. Built in the 1600's, the Meeker farm lasted into the 20th century. If it were still around today, it would be in the shadow of Newark International Airport:

The next video is composed of illustrations of Havana, Cuba and the surrounding countryside created by Mr. Meeker in the early 1920's:

This is the story of how the discovery of oil changed a small town in Pennsylvania in the 1890's. The EJ Meeker illustrations and text are from a newspaper of the day:

EJ Meeker illustrated a newspaper article in 1891 that covered the activities of the New York City Police Department of the day. Take a look at the video, and you'll learn how many politicians and how many poets were arrested that year:

Here's a look at beach hotels in New Jersey, circa 1900. The EJ Meeker illustrations are taken from penny postcards of the day: