Name/Title
B+W group photo of 1st Annual Picnic, employees Lackawanna Terminal, Railway Express, Pleasureland, Oct. 3, 1954.Entry/Object ID
2008.016.0001Description
Black-and-white panoramic group photo of First Annual Picnic, Lackawanna Terminal, Railway Express [Agency] employees and families, Pleasureland [Oakland, N.J.], Oct. 3, 1954. 10" high x 20" wide print with wide border. Photo taken by James A. Daniel, Newton, N.J. as marked in image at top right. Captioned in image. Reverse is blank. Tiffs archived. PDF on file. (Original mailing tube with Hoboken address is objects 2008.016.0002.)
The donor, Virginia Guider Wingert, is seen in the photo as young girl attending with her father, Edward G. Guider (resident of 1218 Washington St.) They are the sixth and seventh persons from the right in back row.
The Lackwanna Terminal was the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad terminal at Hoboken. The Railway Express Agency (REA) was a company that operated at the terminal in a building on Observer Highway.
Pleasureland was a long-time private recreation facility and later swim club. It closed in 1985.Acquisition
Accession
2008.016Source or Donor
Wingert, Virginia GuiderAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Virginia Guider Wingert.Made/Created
Date made
1954 - 1954Notes
Date: 1954-1954General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2008-02-21
