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Newspaper insert: Alco-Gravure Div., Publication Corp.; Jersey Observer [Hoboken], special publication, Nov. 7, 1938.

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Scope and ContentNewspaper insert: Alco-Gravure Division of Publication Corporation; tribute on Hoboken plant opening; published by Jersey Observer [Hoboken], Monday, November 7, 1938. Tabloid rotogravure, 10-1/2" x 15-1/2" high, 24 pp. PDF on file. High resolution images media archive. From the personal papers of James Politis of Hoboken who is mentioned in the publication (a short article about the Lackawanna Restaurant which he managed in the Hoboken Terminal of the Lackawanna Railroad; plus an ad for the same restaurant.) This publication celebrated the grand opening of a printing plant by this large company at Ninth and Monroe Streets, Hoboken. The 130,000 square foot facility covered two square blocks (north from Ninth Street) and was then the company's largest plant in square footage of five in the United States. Their specialty was intaglio printing in the form of gravure, photogravure and rotogravure. Many photos of the building's exteriors as well as interior scenes with equipment and workers. The advertisments are the usual letters of congradulations as well as tributes by the many contractors or suppliers including the Hoboken real estate firm (Garibaldi) that helped them assemble the site. The major contractors were not from Hoboken. There are also articles about theses firms, their background and work on this project. Notable are booster articles about Hoboken industry and development including the pending sale of the W. & A. Fletcher plant (then United Dry Dock) to Bethlehem Steel Corporation.

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2009.039.0001

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Accession

2009.039

Source or Donor

Politis, Pat

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Gift by Pat Politis in memory of James Politis.

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