B+W photo of Public Service elevated streetcar railway running to Jersey City Heights, Jersey City, n.d., ca. late 1940s.
Entry/Object ID
2010.077.0009
Description
Black-and-white photo of Public Service elevated streetcar railway in Hoboken running to Jersey City Heights, Jersey City, no date, circa late 1940s.
Digital image only. Original print 8" x 10" wide copy print. Photographer not indicated. Source indicated by two modern printed labels on reverse: NJ Public Service Hoboken elevated, Hoboken, ERA collection; Electric Railroaders Association, N.Y.
View is southeast and does show some of the southwest corner of Hoboken including the trolley viaduct. Note the R.B. Davis Company factory with the Cocomalt & Davis Baking Powder rooftop sign. Note also that the sign faces to the south for viewing by people on trains to or from the Lackawanna Terminal and the Erie Terminal as well as those on ferries and ships in the Hudson River and New York Harbor.
Also note the train tracks that run north-south below the elevated trestle; the New Jersey & New York Railroad / Erie Railroad right-of-way. Also Division Street.
Acquisition
Accession
2010.077
Source or Donor
Miller, William H.
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of William H. Miller.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1945 - 1949
Place
Location
Hoboken
Notes
Date: 1945-1949
General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Digital copy
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2010-12-07
