B+W photo negative of PSCT bus station (stop) on Observer Highway at Bloomfield St., Hoboken, 1949.

Photograph

Hoboken Historical Museum

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Name/Title

B+W photo negative of PSCT bus station (stop) on Observer Highway at Bloomfield St., Hoboken, 1949.

Entry/Object ID

2014.015.0057

Description

Black-and-white photographic negative of Public Service Coordinated Transport (PSCT) bus station (stop) on Observer Highway at Bloomfield St., Hoboken, 1949. 2-1/4" x 3-1/4" negative. Photographer not indicated. View is southwest with a Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad freight building on the south side of Observer Highway. The streetcar trestle has been demolished, but two steel columns and a stairway from the street remain in this area. A sign attached to one steel post calls the bus stop, "Bus Station." A hand-lettered sign hangs across the bottom of the stairs: Closed Buses Running in Place of Cars. Automobile at lower right has 1949 license plate. Trolley service was discontinued in late summer of 1949.

Acquisition

Accession

2014.015

Source or Donor

Purchase

Acquisition Method

Purchase

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Made/Created

Artist

n/a

Date made

1949

Place

Location

Hoboken

Dimensions

Dimension Notes

Film Size: 2.25" x 3.25"

General Notes

Note

Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-07-02