DescriptionBlack-and-white copy photo negative with three images of St. Matthew's Church and activities; one exterior and two interior, Hoboken, no dates, ca. 1910-1930. 5" x 7" high negative. Copy photo by Werner Carl Hagmueller; photographed probably mid-1950's; presumably for a publication about the 1956 centennial of the church. Image 1, top image in negative: children lined up outside St. Matthew's Church at the corner of Eighth and Hudson Sts. for a parade, possibly May Day (note window awnings in use at the right), Hoboken, no date, ca. 1920-1930. Original photographer not indicated. Girls in fancy dresses, some with headdresses, are at the front, with the boys at the rear. Image 2: interior of the church sanctuary decorated for Easter, no date ca. 1920's. Original photographer is not indicated. This image was from a printed publication (note printer's screen.) Note the lecturn is on the right. The scene above the altar is Christ and the Apostles. Image 3, bottom: cast of a St. Matthew's Dramatic Society presentation posed onstage in period style costumes, Hoboken, no date, ca. 1910-1930. Original photographer not indicated, but photo was on a fancy photographer's mount. Place was the ground floor of the church; note lighting fixture which can help date the image. Costumes may have been rented from United Decorating Company of Hoboken.