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Thirty-four digital color images of Hoboken, circa February 1980.
Photograph
Thirty-four digital images of Hoboken buildings and events taken by Nadya Brown, Hoboken, February 1980. Original format: 35mm color slides. Photographs taken by Nadya Brown. Images are on compact disks in TIFF and JPEG format. PDF attached to this record. Small digital prints produced and on file.
All images in this group are seen in this record with images captioned 01 to 34. Images are in sequence as received. cf. record 2006.026.0001 for 15 images by same photographer from July 1979.
01 Hotel Victor sign at southwest corner of Hudson St. and Hudson Place. Note some of the neon lettering is lit. View is northwest.
02 View southeast through a former ferry slip of the Erie-Lackawanna Terminal (also known as Hoboken Terminal) to downtown New York City. World Trade Center is visible.
03 Casa Fernandez retail shop. 912 Washington St.
04 Chambon Bar / Night Club exterior. 200 Willow Ave.
05 View of the upper part of the Terminal Building, 70-72 Hudson St. View is southwest.
06 Joseph Apicella & Sons, Fish Market, 309 First St. View is south. (closed 2006)
07 Joseph Apicella & Sons, Fish Market, 309 First St. View is southeast. (closed 2006) Also seen is the sign for John & Alice Restaurant.
08 Gas service station, probably 200 block of Clinton Street. Pump in foreground is Esso brand. Note key shaped sign hanging on pole beyond pump which is in museum collections, objects 2001.054.0001. View is southwest to the corner of Clinton and Second Sts.
09 Elysian Cafe, 1001 Washington St.
10 Hotel Victor, Hudson Street and Hudson Place with the Terminal Building at the left. View is northwest.
11 Loading entrance on Bloomfield Street for 130 Washington Street - Jersey Made Fashions, Inc. Note the remains of painted signage at the top of this facade for Cordts Furniture Company which was located at this address on Washington St. for many decades. View is southeast.
12 Painted wall sign for DTD Furniture / Appliances. 301 1st St.
13 Northwest corner of Bloomfield and Second Sts. The blue building was 200 Bloomfield St. which was once Sam Levy Glass Co. View is northwest.
14 South side of First Street between Garden and Park Sts. In the distance is John and Alice Restaurant which was in the 300 block of First St.(Park St. and Willow Ave.) Business seem include Papo's Candy Store, San Lazaro Furniture (another view of this company is seen in image 30, but it does not appear to be same location by comparing signs and building facades), Two Flags Cleaners.
15 Produce truck selling fruits and vegetables from boxes on the back. SE corner of 9th St. and Washington St. View is looking notheast with top of building at 58 9th St. visible.
16 Downtown New York City with pilings of ferry slip in foreground. Taken from the former ferry slips at the Erie-Lackawanna Terminal. View is southeast.
17 Truck of the Clinton Storage Warehouse Company, Hoboken. Location where taken not known. Company was then located at 610-612 Clinton St.
18 Painted wall mural, location not known. Includes one patriotic element, dog, woman and others.
19 723 & 725 Washington St. undergoing renovation. Sign on upper part of right building advertises luxury condos for sale at 230 Bloomfield St., open Sat-Sun. Whether this address is related to these buildings is not known.
20 Kusseluk's Shoes, view of the Tenth Street side looking west. Located at 109 Tenth Street in building at 953 Bloomfield St. (Closed in the mid-1990's)
21 Three Sisters Grocery / Tres Hermanas Bodega storefront. 205 Adams St. Note political posters on door relating to the Iran hostages.
22 Clam Broth House facade with rooftop finger neon sign on Newark Street near River St. View is northeast.
23 Clam Broth House neon sign over Newark Street entrance. View is looking east on Newark St.
24 Clam Broth House neon sign over Newark Street entrance. View is looking east on Newark St. At the right background is 1 Newark St., the former Hoboken Land & Improvement Company building.
25 Sam Sloan statue in Lackawanna Plaza with the facade of the ferry terminal portion of the Erie-Lackawanna Terminal in the background. View is southeast. Statue is no longer in this relationship to the building.
26 Section of the facade of the ferry terminal portion of the Erie-Lackawanna Terminal in the background. View is southeast.
27 Sam Sloan statue in Lackawanna Plaza with the facade of the ferry terminal portion of the Erie-Lackawanna Terminal in the background. View is southeast. Statue is no longer in this relationship to the building.
28 American Hotel and American Hotel Restaurant & Bar, northwest corner of Hudson Place and River St. Seen at the right is 79 River Street, the former Second National Bank Building. View is northeast.
29 151 2nd St. under construction on corner of Bloomfield St. & 2nd St. Building in background with awning is 200 Garden St.
30 Window display of Casa Fernandez, 912 Washington St. which is seen in image 03. Note the large pink doll in both photos.
31 San Lazaro Furniture storefront, 162 1st St. (according to 1980 NJ Bell Directory, architectural elements match.) This location is not the same as one seen in image 14.
32 Sixta's Beauty Shop / Wig Shop. 1006 Washington St.
34 Exterior of house with fancy iron filagree porch and railings. 207 Garden St.
35 Storefronts of Sam Sales and Rudy's Candy Shop. Rudy's is street number 310, but is listed in 1980 NJ Bell Directory at 312 1st St.
2006.026.0002
2006.026
Brown, Nadya
Gift
Gift of Nadya Brown.
Brown, Nadya
1979 - 1980
Hoboken
Date: 1979-1980
Good
Notes: JPEGs are 4000 dpi same size. TIFFs are ca. 5" x 7" at 300 dpi. Original or Copy: Digital copy Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2006-05-25