B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at 921 Clinton Street, Hoboken.

Name/Title

B&W photo of mixed-use apartment building at 921 Clinton Street, Hoboken.

Entry/Object ID

2023.011.0021

Description

Signage for a ground floor storefront luncheonette reads: HERSHEY'S ICE CREAM, FOUNTAIN, SANDWICHES, SNOW BALLS, HOT DOGS. Circa 1950s automobiles are parked along the curb.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Gelatin Print - silver bromide

Subject

Mixed-use row house apartment building; rectangular plan; 5 stories plus raised basement; 10 bays including 1 two-sided oriel and 1 pilaster; brick façade; single 1/1 sash windows except entry bay and storefronts; flat roof; bracketed and denticulated cornice with plain frieze; denticulated cornice above storefronts; alternating plain and crenelated flat arch lintels and stone sills; offset stoop, wood and glass double-door entrance with stained glass transom window, scrolled pediment, and iron handrails; 3 fire escapes with iron balconies and convex balusters; corbelled brick sill course on second and fifth floors, plain sill course on fourth floor.

Subject Place

Location

Hoboken, NJ

Acquisition

Accession

2023.011

Source or Donor

John Amato

Acquisition Method

Donation

Made/Created

Date made

circa 1930 - circa 1970

Inscription/Signature/Marks

Type

Inscription

Location

Back of print

Transcription

921 Clinton Hoboken

Material/Technique

Handwritten

Dimensions

Height

10 in

Width

8 in