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B+W photo of streetcar on elevated trestle in southwest Hoboken; Cocomalt & Davis Baking Powder sign, from Jersey City, n.d., ca. 1940s.
Photograph
Black-and-white photo of streetcar on elevated trestle to Jersey City in southwest corner of Hoboken; Cocomalt and Davis Baking Powder sign seen, Jersey City, no date, circa late 1940s.
7" x 10" copy print with modern text label at lower left. Photographer and original source not indicated (probably N.J.E.R.H.S. photo.) Imaged with and without label. Reverse is blank.
View is southeast from Jersey City Heights.
Label text [by Jim Hans]:
Public Service Railway trolley runs on Hoboken elevated trestle up to Jersey City Heights. (left): Davis Baking Powder Co. buildings are located on Ferry St. (now Observer Highway), NY City in the distance, photo ca. late 1940s.
Note: Davis was R.B. Davis Co.
2010.001.0018
2010.001
Purchase
Purchase
Museum Collections.
n/a
1945 - 1949
Hoboken
Date: 1945-1949
7 in
10 in
Good
Original or Copy: Copy Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2010-12-18