B+W photo of S.S. Leviathan leaving Hoboken to be scrapped, Jan. 25, 1938.
Entry/Object ID
2013.005.0031
Description
Black-and-white photo of the S.S. Leviathan leaving Hoboken to be scrapped, Jan. 25, 1938.
7" x 9" print. Photograph taken by Associated Press (credit and caption on reverse.)
View is east from Hoboken as the former ocean liner is seen turning just after leaving its Hoboken berth. It is near mid-river with tugboats as it prepares to travel fsouth on the Hudson River. The vessel is making its final trans-Atlantic voyage to Scotland to be scrapped. Two men are seen waving goodbye to a ship that was once the largest in the world. (It was known as the U.S.S. Leviathan when it was used as a troopship in World War I.)
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Associated Press Photo from New York
Caution: use credit
FAREWELL FOR LEVIATHAN
Her antiquated furnaces belching
a black pall, the Leviathan was dragged
out of her slip at Hobokenf N.J., Jan.
25 —— bound for scotland where British
interests purchasing the ship will junk
the great liner. Nine tugs pulled the
Leviathan to and fro for 45 minutes
before even at flood tide, the liner
could be freed from its four-year-old
bed of silt.
Associated Press photo 1/25/33 8:||(pes jl whb
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Acquisition
Accession
2013.005
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.
Made/Created
Artist
Associated Press
Date made
1938
Place
Location
Hoboken
Dimensions
Height
7 in
Width
9 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2013-03-08
