Scope and ContentDigital images of program: Signing of the Hoboken Pier Lease by The Maritime Administration of the United States Department of Commerce; City of Hoboken; Port of New York Authority, Wednesday, September 24, 1952. Single folio, [4] pp., 7-7/8" wide x 9-3/4" high. Note two related photographs that were laid-in with this item are catalogued separately in the photo catalogue 2005.043.0044 and .0045 but are also imaged here without description. See related. Also see archives 2009.021.0032 for another copy without the enclosures. This copy belonged to a principal in this lease signing event, Mayor Fred M. DeSapio. page [1], front cover: illustration, top half - artist's aerial rendering of the new design for the piers with the New York City skyline [separate photo of same illustration enclosed in program, photo catalog 2005.043.0045]; program title and agencies participating below as transcribed above. page [2]: A Proclamation by Fred M. DeSapio, Mayor, Director of the Department of Public Affairs, dated September 23, 1954 declaring September 24, 1954 as PIER DAY. page [3]: Program (this copy has holographic ink text at bottom: Benediction Rev. Albert W. Eastburn.) page [4] The Hoboken Pier Story. Text relates a history of the piers and the Port Authority plans; list of Port Authority Commissioners.