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DescriptionNine mixed-media artworks by Louise Gale of Hoboken using modern Hoboken scenes; created 2011. Each is titled and signed by the artist in graphite on the matte below lower bevel. Digital prints on paper of manipulated photographs with applique cloth elements plus thread or stitching. All are horizontal format except numbers 1 and 6; size: 16x20 mattes with 13-1/2" x 10-1/2" windows except no. 6 - 11x14 matte with 7-1/2" x 9-1/2" window. Works were not numbered by artist, but are numbered here in exhibit sequence (see below and notes.) 1. Morning Stroll; vertical format 2. Adventure 3. Josephine (depicts former hanging sign for Josephine Unisex Salon on north side of 4th St. between Washington & Bloomfield Streets) 4. Journey 5. The Pier (Pier A Park: gazebo, grass, trees) 6. Waiting Room; vertical format 7. Conversation (view of pay telephones formerly on south wall of Hoboken Terminal waiting room) 8. Lackawanna (view of north facade of Hoboken Terminal with lettering of Lackawanna Railroad) 9. Sodas (view of exterior hanging sign on Washington Street) Originally shown in exhibition, "Sew Hoboken: Mixed-Media Works by Louise Gale", at Hoboken Historical Museum, Upper Gallery, 1301 Hudson St., Hoboken, August 7 - September 18, 2011. See notes for checklist text.