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Stereoview: 352G - 16762. At the Docks, Hoboken, N.J. Keystone View Co. N.d., ca. 1915-1930.

Photograph

DescriptionPhoto stereocard: 352G - 16762. At the Docks, Hoboken, N.J. Keystone View Company. Geography Unit No. 15. No date, image from circa 1915-1916; issued circa 1920-1930. Keystone View Company, Manufacturers, Publishers. Meadville Pa., New York, N.Y., Chicago, Ill., London, England. Seen is a view north - northeast from the clock tower of the Lackawanna Terminal (the foreground is the ferry concourse rooftop) of the docks of the Hamburg-American Line and North German Lloyd Line. Two ships can be identified: the first passenger vessel at Pier 1 is the S.S. President Grant with the next being the Vaterland, both of the Hamburg-American Line. The Vaterland went into service in 1914 and was interned in that same year at Hoboken; the Grant went into service in 1907 and was interned in Hoboken in 1914. Both were confiscated in 1917 when the U.S. entered World War I. (The Vaterland became the U.S.S. Leviathan and the Grant the U.S.S. President Grant.) At top left corner is a white building that is now known as the Lipton Tea building, but was erected in 1916 as the Hoboken Manufacturers' Terminal Building. See photos 2014.021.0016 for an earlier issue of this card with a different title and text on reverse. This image also was published as a lantern slide - see photos 2009.006.0011 or 2012.001.0077 (they are also differing issues). ---- stereoview / stereo view / stereopticon / stereoscope / photo / photograph

Entry/Object ID

2002.069.0001

Acquisition

Accession

2002.069

Source or Donor

Hummel, Eric

Acquisition Method

Donation

Credit Line

Gift of Eric Hummel.

Made/Created

Artist

Keystone View Co.

Date made

1915 - 1930

Place

Location

Hoboken

Notes

Date: 1915-1930

General Notes

Note

Notes: Text on reverse: 352G - 16762. Geography Unit No. 15. AT THE DOCKS, HOBOKEN, N. J. We are now on the New Jersey side of the Hudson River, looking up the river. The largest piers on the Hudson are on the Jersey side, and here we see the big ocean liners and the freighters. These ships bring passengers and cargoes from all parts of the world. Thousands of men work at these docks — loading and unloading goods, bringing supplies, cleaning the ships, and preparing them for their voyages. Examine a map of New York and vicinity. What reason for a greater number of docks and larger docks on the Jersey side of the Hudson than on the New York side does the map suggest As we look at New York, Hoboken, and other cities near by, and notice the millions of people working, we wonder where they live. Some live in the apartment district of New York. Many thousands live on the’East Side, near the East River, in buildings called, tenements. Then a. great many people who work in the factories, in the business houses, and on the docks live in surrounding cities and towns, especially in those of New Jersey. Copyright by Keystone View Company ==== ==== stereoview / stereo view / stereopticon / stereoscope / photo / photograph ---- This view is referred to in (as of 2009 available in Google books): Visual Education: Teachers' Guide to Keystone "Primary Set." By Keystone View Company, Keystone View Company Edition: revised Published by Keystone View Company (Incorporated) Educational Dept., 1920 Original from Harvard University Digitized Apr 10, 2007 188 pages Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-05-12