Greetings from Hoboken: A Postcard History.

Name/Title

Greetings from Hoboken: A Postcard History.

Entry/Object ID

2008.003.0044

Description

Greetings from Hoboken: A Postcard History. A Publication of the Hoboken Historical Museum.[Hoboken, N.J., 2008.] First edition; softcover issue. (There was also a hardcover edition limited to 250 numbered copies.) No ISBN. Oblong 4to. pp. xvi, 197, [3]. Illustrated with reproductions of over 360 postcards. Copy 6. Companion book to an exhibition with the same title. Issued August 2, 2008. Book was dedicated to the memory of Doug Donkin (a Museum volunteer.) Forty-six chapters by postcard topics or subjects as listed in the table of contents (note: several of the chapter titles were listed incorrectly as indicated by brackets; additional information is offered here in parentheses for some topics.) Greetings from Hoboken (cards that generally used that motto) Humor Lackawanna Terminal Hoboken Ferry Trolleys 1905 [Terminal] Fire Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Post Office River Street Banks Hamburg-American [Line] North German Lloyd [Line] 1900 Fire Port of Embarkation Y.M.C.A. Hudson Hut 1921 Fire (sic - Fires) Holland America [Line] Sybil's Cave & River Walk Elysian Fields Boat Clubs Hudson Square Park (Stevens Park) Stevens Castle Stevens Institute of Technology 14th [Fourteenth] Street Ferry Shipyard New York from Hoboken Chocolate & Straw (Fires - Chocolate Menier Co. & Hoboken Straw Works) City Hall Washington Street Hudson Street Eleventh Street Church Square Park Hudson County Park (Columbus Park) Elysian Park Street Scenes Public Library Saint Mary Hospital Embarkation Hospital (part of the Port of Embarkation operations) Churches Businesses Hotels Theaters Up to the Heights (One Hundred Steps, Hoboken Steps or Franklin Street Steps) Bars & Restaurants Clubs Oblong 4to softcover

Acquisition

Accession

2008.003

Source or Donor

Staff / Produced by

Acquisition Method

Produced by Staff

Credit Line

Museum Collections.

Book Details

Publisher

Hoboken Historical Museum

Place Published

Location

Hoboken

Date Published

2008 - 2008

Notes

Date: 2008-2008 Copy No.: 6

General Notes

Note

Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2008-11-13