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Reference image: View from river of tugboats fighting fire on Piers 5 & 6, Hoboken, August, 1921.
Photograph
Reference image: View from river of tugboats(fireboats) fighting fire on Piers 5 & 6, Hoboken, August, 1921. The ocean liner S.S. Leviathan is in the background.
As found printed on page [7]: Hoboken New Jersey 1855-1955, Souvenir booklet from Hoboken Centennial. cf. archive catalog 2001.022.0005. The pier fire was fought under the supervision of Fire Department Chief John J. Gilday. Caption notes that a Hoboken astrologer, Gustav Meyer, predicted the exact day of the fire to Chief Gilday. It also notes that 5,000 war dead on Piers 3 and 4 were removed along with one moored ship.
Not credited, but original image is probably from the Historical Picture Collections of the Hoboken Public Library.
2001.022.0005.22
2001.022
Staff
Collected by Staff
Museum Collection.
n/a
1921 - 1921
Hoboken
Date: 1921-1921
Display Value: Poor Original or Copy: Reproduction Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2003-06-20
