B+W photo of General Foods float, Hoboken Baseball Centennial Parade, Hudson St. at 11th St., Hoboken, June 19, 1946.
Entry/Object ID
2015.001.0016
Description
Black-and-white photograph of General Foods float at Eleventh and Hudson Streets in Hoboken Baseball Centennial Parade, Hoboken, June 19, 1946.
7" x 9" wide print. Press photo. Photographer not indicated; released by General Food Corporation. Reverse has mimeographed caption; dated file inkstamp: REF. DEPT. 6-28 '46 N.E.A. [Newspaper Editors Association.]
Text on reverse;
HOBOKEN HONORS 100 YEARS OF BASEBALL
HOBOKEN, N.J. -- Hoboken paused for a baseball centennial celebration June 19, marking the first game of organized baseball reportedly played in this country. It was the 100th anniversary of the game in which the New York Nine trounced the Knickerbockers Club of New York, 23-1, in 1846. Field is now the site of the largest coffee plant in the world -- the Maxwell House Division of General Foods Corporation.
PHOTO GRATIS. .. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
FROM: GENERAL FOODS CORPORATION
PHOTO SHOWS: Huge General Foods float as it passed reviewing stand in background during baseball centennial ceremonies in Hoboken honoring 100 years of baseball. The largest coffee plant in the world, the Maxwell House Division of General Foods Corporation, now occupies the site where the original game was played in 1846.
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The view is southwest down looking down Hudson Street from Eleventh Street.
Image detail right: reviewing stand where Mayor Bernard N. McFeely is seen in profile. Note small sign on rear of float: Float courtesy of R.H. Macy & Co.
Acquisition
Accession
2015.001
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1946
Place
Location
Hoboken
Dimensions
Height
7 in
Width
9 in
General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2015-02-06
