Photo of Hoboken Fire Department Truck No. 2, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1910.
Entry/Object ID
2012.006.0102
Description
Photo of Hoboken Fire Department Truck No. 2, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1910.
Copy print 4" x 6". Photograph taken by William Manewal (credit in image lower right: W. Manewal.) Reverse has adhesive label with caption and source text written in the hand of Jim Hans - see text below. Reverse has also has modern photo processor's code. Men are not identified.
Label text: Hoboken Fire Dept. Truck No. 2 circa 1910, Junction, Newark and Ferry St. (Observer H'way) H.P.L. [Hoboken Public Library] Heaney Neg. No. 58.
A view looking west of the east facade of the firehouse with a ladder truck drawn by a three horse team. Posed on it is the driver and a rear man with the other company members lined up next to it. Note the elevated structure for street car (trolley) lines above Ferry Street. Date is approximate and it can be noted that Hoboken began to motorized apparatus in 1908.
This fire station, address is 501 Observer Highway, was built in 1892; on the National Register of Historic Places.
From the personal papers of the late Fred E. Meyer, Hoboken Fire Department member 1956-1988.
Acquisition
Accession
2012.006
Source or Donor
Riordan, Ken
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Donation in memory of Hoboken firefighter Fred E. Meyer.
Made/Created
Artist
Manewal, William
Date made
1907 - 1910
Place
Location
Hoboken
Notes
Date: 1907-1910
Dimensions
Height
4 in
Width
6 in
General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Copy
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2012-03-17
