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Lantern slide: 52 (16762) Great Ocean Liners at the Docks, Hoboken, N.J. Keystone View Co., Factories, Meadville, Pa. No date, circa 1916-1917.

Photograph

DescriptionLantern slide: 52 (16762) Great Ocean Liners at the Docks, Hoboken, N.J. Keystone View Co., Factories, Meadville, Pa. No date, circa 1916-1917. Glass with printed labels, 3-1/4" x 4" wide. See photo 2012.001.0007 for another copy with different labeling (also has accompanying printed card with text describing the scene.) Seen is a view north - northeast probably 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. This same image is also known as: 52 (16762) The Vaterland and other German ships seized by the U. S. when war was declared, Hoboken, N. J. (This would have been after the U.S. entry in World War I in April, 1917.) See notes. View is also known to exist as a stereocard or stereoview - see photos 2002.069.0001.

Entry/Object ID

2009.006.0011

Acquisition

Accession

2009.006

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Made/Created

Artist

Keystone View Co.

Date made

1916 - 1917

Place

Location

Hoboken

Notes

Date: 1916-1917

Condition

Overall Condition

Good

General Notes

Note

Notes: Elements in the image which help to date it: 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 Manufacturer's Terminal Building. 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: 2009-01-17