B+W photo of a Hoboken Football (soccer) Club team with coaches, Randalls Island, New York City (?), n.d., ca. 1945-1955.
Entry/Object ID
2012.025.0005
Description
Black-and-white photo of a Hoboken Football (soccer) Club team with coaches, probably Randalls Island, New York City, no date, circa 1945-1955.
Digital image only; original 4-3/4" high x 7-1/2" wide. Photograph by Alex H. Kitzerow, 129 E. 129th St., New York City (inkstamp on reverse.) People are not identified. Reverse also has inkstamped job or negative number: 81-19. Tiffs media archive.
Original image held by Hoboken Football Club. A group photo posed on field with eleven players in uniform, a coach or official(?) left, a young boy kneeling plus a young man in suit at left (coach or manager?)
Two different HFC team patches are seen. One had a double eagle with HFC below and two have HFC with a C below (probably indicating Captains.)
Acquisition
Accession
2012.025
Source or Donor
Marth, Bill
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Courtesy of Hoboken Football Club, Bill Marth.
Made/Created
Artist
Kitzerow, Alex H.
Date made
1945 - 1955
Place
Location
New York City
Notes
Date: 1945-1955
General Notes
Note
Notes: Hoboken Football Club (soccer) was established in 1912 in Hoboken. They played on a sports field at Adams Street between 14th and 15th Streets in Hoboken until 1945. They then moved to Schuetzen Park until 1975. It is still in operation as of 2012 (celebrating their centennial), but they have not been based in Hoboken for several decades.
HFC
Original or Copy: Digital copy
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2012-05-27
