DescriptionDigital image of b+w photo of Mayor Fred M. DeSapio et al at ground breaking for Kidde physics laboratory building on Stevens Institute campus, Hoboken, October, 1947. Original print 8" x 10" high. Photographer not indicated. Reverse red-ink stamp "Observer" indicating this was a print for the newspaper Jersey Observer (ceased publication 1951) plus contemporary pencil text probably for the caption: Steven's Institute - Hoboken | Ground Breaking for the | Kidde Memorial Lab of Physics. This is followed by an identification key (listed below) and notation "3 Col | Jersey Observer." From left to right: Mayor Fred M. DeSapio - Hoboken Mayor Dr. Harvey N. Davis - President of Stevens Institute of Technology Mrs. Walter Kidde - Breaking ground, widow of Walter Kidde, for whom the laboratory was named Mrs. Mary [Kidde] Morgan - daughter of Mrs.Walter Kidde Walter L. Kidde - Treasurer of Kidde Constructors