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Digital image of b+w photo of Mayor Fred DeSapio receiving check from Charles Regiban (sic - probably Kaegebehn), Hoboken, no date, ca. 1947-49.
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Digital image of b+w photo of Mayor Fred DeSapio receiving a check from Charles Regiban (sic) [probably Kaegebehn] (right) , Hoboken, no date, ca. 1947-49. Original print 8" x 10" high. Photographed by Bill McCallister for newspaper, Hudson Dispatch.
Regiban may be misidentified. It is likely it was Charles F. Kaegebehn (see photo detail in archives catalog 2005.079.0005).
The front has the word "Duke" at the bottom written in holographic script with a black grease pencil. Reverse has the photographer's ink stamp plus contemporary pencil remark: Ret to Mayor Fred DeSapio c/o City Hall Hoboken. Also modern holographic ink identification by Dr. Gerard DeSapio: Charles Regiban (on right).
The ceremony with the Hudson Trust Company check being passed is not decribed. Suits and ties suggest it isin the late 1940's. The man at the left has not been identified.
2005.043.0024
2005.043
DeSapio, Dr. Gerard
Gift
Gift of Dr. Gerard DeSapio
McCallister, Bill
1947 - 1950
Hoboken
Date: 1947-1950
Display Value: Good Notes: Museum does not own the original print. Original or Copy: Digital Copy Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2005-06-22