Air Marker on the Roof of the Capitol Theatre Building

Photograph

South River Historical & Preservation Society

Name/Title

Air Marker on the Roof of the Capitol Theatre Building

Entry/Object ID

2023.012.020

Description

Color slide showing the roof of the former Capitol Theatre building, then Wilshire Fashions, in 1971. The view is from the parking lot on the side of the building closest to the river. The "South River" on the roof is an air marker meant to as a navigational aid for planes.

Photograph Details

Subject Place

Building

Capitol Theatre Building / Capitol Building

Street

Main Street

City

South River

State/Province

New Jersey

Country

United States of America

Continent

North America

Acquisition

Accession

2023.012

Source or Donor

South River Historical & Preservation Society, Inc.

Acquisition Method

Collected by Staff

Made/Created

Artist Information

Artist

Anastasio, Marilyn

Role

Photographer

Date made

1971

Time Period

20th Century

Lexicon

Nomenclature 4.0

Nomenclature Tertiary Object Term

Transparency, Slide

Nomenclature Secondary Object Term

Transparency

Nomenclature Primary Object Term

Photograph

Nomenclature Sub-Class

Graphic Documents

Nomenclature Class

Documentary Objects

Nomenclature Category

Category 08: Communication Objects

Other Names and Numbers

Other Numbers

Number Type

Hub Sorting

Other Number

050.capitol.001

Relationships

Related Entries

Notes

Part of the slide collection cataloged as 2023.012.014.

Notes

2008.035.099 - Similar view taken on same day.

General Notes

Note Type

Historical Note

Note

The July 23, 1953, issue of the Matawan Journal newspaper (page 3) reported, "Air Markers completed in June are: South River, Keansburg, and Park Ridge."