Congestion leading to Hoboken Ferry on Observer Highway, circa 1918-1919.
Entry/Object ID
2007.040.1050
Scope and Content
Traffic congestion leading to Hoboken (Lackawanna) Ferry on Observer Highway (Ferry St.) looking towards Washington Street, Hoboken, circa 1918-1919.
Copy photo of a published photo with caption: Congestion at Ferry, New Jersey Side.
Reverse has holographic notes: From Smith's Port Annual, 1919, p. 26. From Thomas Flagg Collection.
View is west with a railroad freight (Railway Express Agency?) building at the left (the DL&W train yard would be behind it.) Hoboken Fire Department firehouse, Engine Co. No. 1, at Observer and Newark Street is in the distance at the end of the truck line. Public Service Railway streetcar elevated lines are at the right.
Acquisition
Accession
2007.040
Source or Donor
Hans collection
Acquisition Method
Transfer
Credit Line
Museum Collections
Archive Details
Date(s) of Creation
1918 - 1919
Archive Notes
Date(s) Created: 1918-1919
Date(s): 1918-1919
Copies: Digital files for prints and physical files of duplicated prints: Museum Print Program (MPP) Series 1001-1999. Prints in this series were originally in Jim Hans books labeled "1-A" and "1-B"
Location of Originals: Original is in Museum Print Program under accession 2007.040; Historic Hoboken images purchased in bulk in 2007 from Jim Hans.
Condition
Overall Condition
Good
General Notes
Note
Notes: Museum Print Program 11x17: MPP - 1050 -A.
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2007-06-05
