Name/Title
Sepia tone photos, 2, of Hudson St.; from Newark St. to Ferry St.; Hudson to Washington Sts., Hoboken, n.d., (1933.)Entry/Object ID
2011.048.0035Description
Sepia tone photos, two, of Hudson St.; west side from Newark St. to Ferry Street; west from Hudson to Washington Streets, Hoboken, no date, (1933.)
8" x 10" wide prints. Photographs taken by R. Magnus (credit emboss at lower right.) Reverse of both are blank. Print 1 has modern (ballpoint) ink notations in lower border and giving a date of 1933. (The photos are not otherwise dated.)
Photo 1, full image: lower margin note: Hudson St. west side Newark to Observer looking south 1933.
Observer Highway was called Ferry Street at that time. This photo is not view of the full length of the block, but goes south from numbers 68-70. In the distance are the elevated tracks over Ferry Street for Public Service Coordinated Transport streetcars that went to the upper level of its terminal on Hudson Place.
Building at the right, 68-70 Hudson St., was also known the Hoboken Terminal Building. The Heidelberg Restaurant is seen. A sign for the Eagan Business School is south ot (its building was recessed from the sidewalk.) Beyond it is the German Seamen's Institute. The opening between it and the next building (a two-story garage) is the streetcar right-of-way between Hudson and Washington Streets (seen in photo 2.)
Photo 1, detail center: Heidelberg Restaurant exterior and signage.
Photo 1, detail center left: German Seamen's Institute, 60-64 Hudson St (several men are seen at the windows) with right-of-way between it and the two-story garage at the corner of Hudson and Ferry Streets.
Photo 2, full image: view from Hudson Street west to Washington Street of the streetcar right-of-way. Building right is the German Seamen's Institute and left, the garage. In the distance is Lane Novelty Co. at 56 Washington St and other businesses.
Photo 2, detail center: view of Washington Street; note on the left wall a number of chalk mark circles which may have been done as part of a criminal investigation by police.
This photo is from an accession group that consists of photographs from Hoboken Police Department records. Discarded in the 1990s, the original documentary purpose of this photo is not stated or apparent.Acquisition
Accession
2011.048Source or Donor
Bergin, BillAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Gift of Bill Bergin.General Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2012-04-26
