Name/Title
B+W photo of fire at I. Marchiony ice cream plant, 219 Grand St., Hoboken, May 15, 1935.Entry/Object ID
2013.001.0061Description
Black-and-white photo of fire at I. Marchiony ice cream plant, 219 Grand St., Hoboken, May 15, 1935.
7" x 9" wide print. Photograph taken by Acme Newspictures, Inc., New York. Reverse has their credit stamp; mimeographed caption (text below); reference file stamp of N.E.A. [Newspaper Editors Association] dated May 21, 1935.
The night time view is looking northeast.
The ice cream works was I. Marchiony, Inc., Manufacturers of Ice Cream Cones and Sandwich Wafers. Addresses varied: 219-225 and 223-225 Grand St., Hoboken. Italo Marchiony was an inventor of molds to produce ice cream cones and sandwiches circa 1903-1904. Retired in 1938.
Caption on reverse:
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FIRE RACES THRU ICE CREAM PLANT
Every available piece of fire apparatus in Hoboken, N.J., was called to the scene of a blaze that razed a three-story ice-cream plant at 219 Grand St. May 15. The Fire was plainly visible from Manhattan. Firemen prevented flames from spreading a lumber yard adjacent to the building. Here is the blaze at its height.
CREDIT LINE (ACME) 5/16/35
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Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2013-11-20
