Name/Title
B+W photo of baseball centennial plaque at 11th & Hudson Sts., Hoboken, n.d., ca. 1950s-1960s.Entry/Object ID
2012.007.0017Description
Black-and-white photo of baseball centennial plaque, Eleventh St. at Hudson St., Hoboken, no date, circa 1950s-1960s.
4-3/4" wide x 7-3/4" high print with profile trimmed top. Photo taken by Dispatch Photo Service, Union City, N.J. (Hudson Dispatch newspaper.) Reverse has inkstamp credit; holographic ink: Hoboken, N.J.; modern hologram authentication label: Sporting News Collection. Rubber cement stained back.
The view is northwest from Hudson Street towards Eleventh Street with the northwest corner of Washington Street in the background. While undated, the photo is definitely not from immediately after it was erected or dedicated (at the Hoboken Baseball Centennial parade, June 19, 1946) as rust is seen on the support frame and the metal covering the pillar has numerous dents. The sign was doubled sided; see related.
The reason for the cut top is not apparent, but likely that this print was used for paste-up in a photomontage for a newspaper story; possibly the 1955 celebration for the 100th Anniversary of the Incorporation of the City of Hoboken.
Text on the plaque:
Baseball
On June 19, 1846 the first match game of baseball was played here on the Elysian Fields between the Knickerbockers and the New Yorks. It is generally conceded that until this time the game was not seriously regarded.
The New Jersey Commission on Historic Sites.
(Note: this sign is no longer extant.)
====
Sign was sponsored by General Foods, Maxwell House Coffee Division, Hoboken.Acquisition
Accession
2012.007Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.Made/Created
Artist
Dispatch Photo ServiceDate made
1955 - 1970Notes
Date: 1955-1970General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2012-02-16
