Photo 1: view north - northeast of S.S. Stevens at dock; Castle Point
Name/Title
Color photos, 3, of the S.S. Stevens floating dormitory at long pier, River Road, Hoboken, 1974.
Entry/Object ID
2013.057.0005
Description
Color photographs, three, of the S.S. Stevens floating dormitory at long pier, River Road, Hoboken, 1974.
3-3/8" x 5" wide satin finish resin coated prints. Photographs by Donald "Red" Barrett. Reverse of all are blank except for photos 1 and 2 which have print processor's date: Jan 75. Images enhanced due to color shift.
A floating dormitory used 1968-1975 by the Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken. It was docked in the Hudson River at the long dock, Eighth Street Pier, below Castle Point. It was the former S.S. Exochorda of the American Export Lines and its conversion to a dormitory ship was undertaken at the Bethlehem Steel Hoboken Shipyard starting in Oct. 1967. It was towed from Hoboken in August 1975.
The foliage would indicate late summer or early fall 1974 shots and not the print date of January 1975.
Photo 1: view north of the ship with Castle Point to the left with the Stevens Administration building (now Howe Center).
Photo 2: view northwest from about Fifth Street and the Hudson River through the legs of a barge derrick boom.
Photo 3: view east from Castle Point Lookout looking down at the starboard side of the ship; note 'S' on the funnel; New York City skyline with Empire State Building.
Acquisition
Accession
2013.057
Source or Donor
Barrett, Donald
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Gift of Donald "Red" Barrett
Made/Created
Artist
Barrett, Donald "Red"
Date made
1974 - 1975
Place
Location
Hoboken
Notes
Date: 1974-1975
Dimensions
Height
3-1/2 in
Width
5 in
Condition
Overall Condition
Fair
General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2013-08-26
