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B+W group photo of 1st Annual Picnic, employees Lackawanna Terminal, Railway Express, Pleasureland, Oct. 3, 1954.
Photograph
Black-and-white panoramic group photo of First Annual Picnic, Lackawanna Terminal, Railway Express [Agency] employees and families, Pleasureland [Oakland, N.J.], Oct. 3, 1954. 10" high x 20" wide print with wide border. Photo taken by James A. Daniel, Newton, N.J. as marked in image at top right. Captioned in image. Reverse is blank. Tiffs archived. PDF on file. (Original mailing tube with Hoboken address is objects 2008.016.0002.)
The donor, Virginia Guider Wingert, is seen in the photo as young girl attending with her father, Edward G. Guider (resident of 1218 Washington St.) They are the sixth and seventh persons from the right in back row.
The Lackwanna Terminal was the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad terminal at Hoboken. The Railway Express Agency (REA) was a company that operated at the terminal in a building on Observer Highway.
Pleasureland was a long-time private recreation facility and later swim club. It closed in 1985.
2008.016.0001
2008.016
Wingert, Virginia Guider
Gift
Gift of Virginia Guider Wingert.
Daniel, James A.
1954 - 1954
Oakland, N.J.
Date: 1954-1954
10 in
20 in
Good
Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2008-02-21