DescriptionSepia-tone photo of pier 5 fire in Hoboken, no date, August 24, 1921. 8" x 10" print mounted on board, clipped corners, rough trimmed edges. Photographer not indicated. Reverse blank (remains of glue from some mount.) The view is northwest from the Hudson River and two tugboats are seen at the edge of a pier. The S.S. Leviathan is the large ocean liner seen beyond that pier. On the (Lackawanna) tugboat in the foreground is a fireman running a line (fire hose) on the pier. See photo 2014.004.0006 for a closer view. At pier shed to the left, the name, U.S. Army Transport Service, remains on the end of it. Date established from dated and captioned real photo postcards depicting this fire. See related.