B+W photo of a General Foods Maxwell House Coffee float, Baseball Centennial parade, Hudson Street, Hoboken, June 19, 1946.
Entry/Object ID
2009.004.0011
Description
Black-and-white photo of a General Foods Maxwell House Coffee float in Hoboken Baseball Centennial parade on Hudson Street at the intersection of River Road and Eleventh Street, Hoboken, June 19, 1946. 8-1/2" x 11" color laser print.
Original image is not credited. but is probably from the Historical Photo Collection of the Hoboken Public Library (see notes.) Photographer is not indicated (although the Library cites John Heaney as donor; is not stated if he was the photographer.) Reverse is blank. PDF on file.
View is southeast from the northwest corner of Eleventh and Hudson Streets. In the background is Elysian Park. The float being pulled by an Army jeep has a depiction of the Currier and Ives lithograph of a baseball game played at Elysian Fields. Text on the float: Baseball Centennial, 1846-1946, Elysian Fields, Hoboken, N.J., Present Site of General Foods Plant.
Note the reviewing stand at the right edge with loudspeakers mounted on the street pole. At the left are cameramen on the top of a truck; a railroad freight car is behind them with spectators on the roof. Note also the tracks in the street for the Hoboken Manufacturers Railroad.
The Maxwell House Coffee plant is to the left where the freight car is located. Just out of the view at the right is the site where a commemorative plaque donated by General Foods had been erected on the Eleventh Street divider at Hudson. It was dedicated on this day, thus the reason for the official reviewing stand with bunting at that corner.
Acquisition
Accession
2009.004
Source or Donor
Found in collection
Acquisition Method
Found in Collection
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1946 - 1946
Place
Location
Hoboken
Notes
Date: 1946-1946
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: http://hdl.rutgers.edu/1782.3/HHP.Photograph.8625
As titled in online record: Hoboken Centennial Baseball Game 1846-1946 Hoboken, NJ
Donor: John Heany (sic - Heaney)
Original or Copy: Photocopy
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2009-08-10
