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Digital image of b+w photo of group at ground breaking for Kidde building on Stevens campus, Hoboken, October, 1947.
Photograph
Digital image of b+w photo of group at ground breaking ceremony for Kidde physics laboratory building on Stevens Institute campus, Hoboken, October, 1947. Original print 8" x 10" wide. Photographer not indicated.
Holographic ink notation at top right corner on print: Ground Breaking Ceremony, Stevens Institute, Oct. 1947. Reverse is blank except for penciled number: 614.
Dr. Harvey N. Davis, President of Stevens Institute of Technology, is holding the shovel.
Mayor Fred M. DeSapio to Davis's left. To his right is Mrs. Walter Kidde with her daughter, Mrs. Mary [Kidde] Morgan standing next to her. Behind Mary Morgans right shoulder is Walter L. Kidde. Other people have not been identified.
2005.043.0016
2005.043
DeSapio, Dr. Gerard
Gift
Gift of Dr. Gerard DeSapio
n/a
1947 - 1947
Hoboken
Date: 1947-1947
Display Value: Good Notes: Museum does not own the original print. Original or Copy: Digital Copy Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2005-06-22