B+W photo negative of southwest Hoboken from Ferry to 2nd Sts., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1913-1918.
Entry/Object ID
2014.066.0012
Description
Black-and-white photographic negative of southwest Hoboken from Ferry to Second Streets; taken from Jersey City Heights, Hoboken, no date, circa 1913-1918.
4" x 5" wide glass plate negative (see accession notes). Photographer not indicated. PDF on file.
Once part of Ted Conrad Collection and may have been published by the Hudson City Historical Society.
View is southwest. Note the Woolworth Building is seen in the lower Manhattan skyline (built 1912-1913; opened April 1913).
Detail 1, left: Prudential Insurance "Rock of Gibralter" sign atop 68-70 Hudson St.; Lackawanna Terminal clock tower seen beyond it.
Detail 2, right: St. Joseph's Church (61, 65-69 Monroe St.), St. Joseph's Parochial School (75 Jackson St.)
Detail 3, lower center & right: incline trestle west of Marshall Street for streecar lines.
Reference image of detail from Hopkins 1909 Atlas, plate 3.
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southwest / drainage
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signs:
Empire Bologna & Provision
Ivanhoe Tobacco
Acquisition
Accession
2014.066
Source or Donor
Brown, Doris Conrad
Acquisition Method
Loan
Credit Line
Gift of Doris Conrad Brown.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1913 - 1918
Place
Location
Hoboken/Jersey City
Notes
Date: 1913-1918
General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Digital copy
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-08-14
