DescriptionBlack-and-white photo of fire at I. Marchiony ice cream plant, 219 Grand St., Hoboken, May 15, 1935. 7" x 9" wide print. Photograph taken by Acme Newspictures, Inc., New York. Reverse has their credit stamp; mimeographed caption (text below); reference file stamp of N.E.A. [Newspaper Editors Association] dated May 21, 1935. The night time view is looking northeast. The ice cream works was I. Marchiony, Inc., Manufacturers of Ice Cream Cones and Sandwich Wafers. Addresses varied: 219-225 and 223-225 Grand St., Hoboken. Italo Marchiony was an inventor of molds to produce ice cream cones and sandwiches circa 1903-1904. Retired in 1938. Caption on reverse: N306013 FIRE RACES THRU ICE CREAM PLANT Every available piece of fire apparatus in Hoboken, N.J., was called to the scene of a blaze that razed a three-story ice-cream plant at 219 Grand St. May 15. The Fire was plainly visible from Manhattan. Firemen prevented flames from spreading a lumber yard adjacent to the building. Here is the blaze at its height. CREDIT LINE (ACME) 5/16/35 ==== ====