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DescriptionColor photographs, three, of repair crews working on tracks after a train wreck on westside tracks, Hoboken, May 1972. 2-1/4" square mounted Ektachrome transparencies (see accession notes), dated May 72 on slide mount. Photographer not indicated, but attributed to Ted Conrad of Jersey City. Once part of Ted Conrad Collection and may have been published by the Hudson City Historical Society. Views are along the railroad right-of-way on the west side of Hoboken that were part of Conrail (once the New Jersey Junction Railroad et al; presently the route of the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail). Area is about First Street. The west side of Andrew Jackson Gardens apartment buildings (public housing) are seen. Note in photo 1, the Cocomalt - My-T-Fine sign.