U.S. Testing, photo 1: tractor trailer dynamic load test
Name/Title
B+W & color photos, 10, of tractor trailer dynamic load test under highway conditions by United States Testing Co., Hoboken, June 1968.
Entry/Object ID
2013.042.0022
Description
Black-and-white & color photos, ten, of tractor trailer dynamic load test under highway conditions by United States Testing Co., 1415 Park Ave., Hoboken, at unstated location in New Jersey, circa June 1968
Three color prints 8" x 8" (photos 3, 6 & 7); Kodak processor's date of June 1968 on reverse. (Color shift evident on original prints; color enhanced for scanned prints.)
Seven black-and-white prints, 7-1/2" x 7'-1/2", reverse blank.
(Note: while prints are imaged and labeled 1 to 10, order is arbitrary)
Documentation photographs taken by staff of the Photographic Department, but not so marked.
Donor Bill Willard (a long-time employee of the company) provided primary description of scene but not the specific location which is apparently not in Hoboken.
No staff or client is identified.
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Engineering
Business & Commerce
Sciences
Exteriors
Trucks
Acquisition
Accession
2013.042
Source or Donor
Willard, Bill
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Bill Willard in tribute to United States Testing Co., Hoboken.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1968
Place
Location
Hoboken/
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: United States Testing Co., Inc., 1415 Park Avenue, Hoboken. No longer in Hoboken.
Building was erected in 1918. (Initially occupied by B.F. Goodrich Co.) U.S. Testing signed lease Feb. 1, 1926 for building and grounds; company left Hoboken ca. 2000, for Fairfield, N.J., and building was converted to a parking garage; demolished winter 2013.
U.S. Testing was founded 1880 and located in New York City until it moved to Hoboken which became its new headquarters with several branches in other American cities. It became a subsidiary of SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance, a Geneva based company founded in 1878) in 1963 (SGS U.S. Testing Company Inc. filed as a Foreign for Profit Corporation on Wednesday, October 16, 1963 in the state of New Jersey.) In May 1996, the name was changed to SGS U.S. Testing Company, Inc.
Subsidiaries of U.S. Testing that were located at the Hoboken address:
Nationwide Consumer Testing Institute (established circa 1963.)
Research and Testing Co., Inc.
Qualitest Inc.
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Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2013-07-08
