The Phoebe Snow, Track 11, Erie Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken
Name/Title
Color photo: The Phoebe Snow track gate sign, Erie Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, Aug. 15, 1965.
Entry/Object ID
2012.001.0041
Description
Color slide photo of track gate sign for passenger train, The Phoebe Snow, at Erie Lackawanna Terminal, Hoboken, August 15, 1965.
35mm Ektachrome mounted transparency. Photo by Richard F. Makse. Mount is blank except "EL-177" handwritten in green ink. Basic information about image provided by seller.
View is west at the Track 11 lighted signboard for the 10:15 departure of the passenger train with station on its route listed on the board. To the right is a one-sheet poster advertising the Broadway musical Funny Girl at the Winter Garden. Between the gate kiosk and the advertisement is a slight view to the end car (probably one of the tavern / lounges, no. 789 or 790) of The Phoebe Snow sitting on the endblock of track 11.
At the right a partial view of a regular (painted) signboard for the suburban train service.
[note: The Phoebe Snow was discontinued in Nov. 1966.)
Acquisition
Accession
2012.001
Source or Donor
Purchase
Acquisition Method
Purchase
Credit Line
Museum Collections.
Made/Created
Artist
Makse, Richard F.
Date made
1965
Place
Location
Hoboken
Dimensions
Dimension Notes
Film Size: 35 mm
General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2012-06-08
