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Linoleum block print: Post Office. Hoboken, n.d., [issued June 1932.]

Art

DescriptionLinoleum block print: Post Office. Hoboken, no date, [issued June 1932.] Ca. 4-1/4' high x 6-1/4" wide image printed in black on ca. 5-3/4" x 8-3/4" tan wove paper. Art made by Hoboken school (probably David E. Rue School) student Stephen Lisitza (signed in the image "S. Lisitza") and number 5 in a series of 16 numbered prints plus a printed cover. See related. See notes for background on the set. The image is of the old main U.S. Post Office was at 89 River Street and was replaced by the current building at the same address which opened in 1933. This building was already demolished by the time this linocut was made; the list of the series records this was among images done from photographic views.

Entry/Object ID

2002.160.0005

Acquisition

Accession

2002.160

Source or Donor

Raines, Lee & Richard

Acquisition Method

Donation

Credit Line

Gift of Lee & Richard Raines

Made/Created

Date made

1932 - 1932

Notes

Date: 1932-1932

General Notes

Note

Display Value: Good Notes: 1932 printed text regarding set, see 2009.002.0002. The students of the Drawing Class, under the direction of Miss Theresa F. Rabold have made this portfolio of interesting views in and around Hoboken. Some of the blocks were made from photographs; others, numbers, 3, 4, 6, 7, 9, 12, and 15, were made from sketches of views, as seen from home or classroom. Linoleum was obtained through the kindness of Mr. William J. Duffy. Students in the shop mounted the blocks under the direction of Mr. Harry Branton. 1. High School Entrance, Clifford Pampel 2. S. S. Leviathan, Albert Menken 3. Empire State Building, Gertrude Inhulsen 4. New York Skyline, Ferdinand Pflug 5. Post Office, Stephen Lisitza 6. Columbus Park Pavilion, Bernard Jackson 7. Waldheim-Stevens Forum, Frank Spencer 8. Eighth Street Entrance to Castle Point, Anne Humburg 9. Lipton Building, Fred Huneke 10. Sixth Street Entrance to Castle Point, Edwin Baker 11. Stevens Institute, Jean Montenegro 12. Viaduct to hill, Fred Scocco 13. City Hall, Chancie Florio 14. Lackawanna Ferry, Dorothea Syvertsen 15. Castle Stevens, James Reeves 16. S. S. Staatendam, Leo Sylvester 17. Cover - Lettering, Catherine Petrosino Seal, Joseph Macaluso JUNE, 1932 ___________________________ As received: mounted in acidic modern matte with backboard; gummed linen tape. Matte discarded; tape remains and tape repair not removed. Later markings on reverse. Donor, Mrs. Raines started teaching first grade on March 4, 1954 at David E. Rue School, Hoboken. Per Lee Raines, 2005: she found these items in her desk drawer when she started work at the Rue School. Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2005-11-03