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Sign from Pier B: "American Export Lines Lost Time Accident Record."
Object/Artifact
"American Export Lines Lost Time Accident Record." Black painted wood with off-white lettering and chart grid titled "Pier B Safety Record." 73" w x 36.5"h plus a 38"w x 9"h crest sign with cream paint and black lettering centered at top. First column is labeled "Gangs" and 7 are listed below. Last column has chalked in dates of last(?) accidents for each gang. The latest date is "12/68." Bottom right corner has the name, "John W. McGrath Corp."
Recovered from the Pier B headhouse (demolished ca. 1999), Hoboken:
2002.047.0001
2002.047
Staff
Field Collection
Museum Collection.
1950 - 1968
Date: 1950-1968