Name/Title
B+W photos, 2, of Weehawken Cove & Lipton Tea / Standard Brands building, Hoboken, n.d. (1948).Entry/Object ID
2013.005.0054Description
Black-and-white photos, two, of Weehawken Cove north of the Lipton Tea / Standard Brands building, Hoboken, no date (1948).
220 cut negatives with contact print for each. Photographer not indicated (possibly Pavelle - see below). With: original clipped file envelope with typewritten file notations. Neither negatives or prints were originally marked.
Notations on file envelope:
709 710
Barges, boats, factory, waterfront,
Hoboken, New Jersey
Pavelle
Dating of 1948 provided by auction source (see notes.)
Image 1: 709, view west from pier with view of water and vessels at the south end of the Tietjen & Land Yard, Todd Shipyards; at the left is the factory / industrial building, Lipton Tea / Standard Brands.
Image 2: 710, same view but taken about 20 yards further north and looking slightly more southwest.
Images in this record from negatives and of prints.Acquisition
Accession
2013.005Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.Dimensions
Height
2-1/2 inWidth
2-1/2 inDimension Notes
Film Size: 120General Notes
Note
Notes: Donor sent description posted by 2013 ebay source:
2 ORIGINAL PHOTO & NEGATIVE 1948 HOBOKEN NJ BARGES BOATS WATERFRONT
Today is start of a TREASURE TROVE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH & NEGATIVE fr[om] ESTATE of FREE LANCE photographer all 1940s. Some when he was at College some WWII in ARMY. After War he was selling to LOOK and other magazines. He then went in MOVIES and TELEVISION . He became a DIRECTOR and produced many Documentaries
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Donor also stated that the images as shown on ebay were a strip and not individual prints.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2013-03-26
