Chrononauts here now refers to us, looking at photos from the past. This summer, in one of my Great Lakes ports, i bought first two prints, then the whole album of over 50 prints, all taken in the sixth boro between the 1930s and the 1950s. So let’s start with this one, taken in either 1948 or 1949,
How about this one, and you can find the overlap: S.S. Normandie (1932 –1941), Alice M. Moran (1925–1953), and New York Central Grain Elevator Pier 7 Weehawken (1884–1962).
I’d love to learn more about either of these photos. They are stamped on the back as Gmelin, probably the photographer.
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September 22, 2016 at 11:52 am
William Lafferty
Stephen Gmelin was a Cranford, New Jersey, based amateur photographer and maritime historian. He was one of the earliest members of the Steamship Historical Society of America and an occasional contributor to its journal, Steamboat Bill. He died in 2001 at the age of eighty-eight.
September 22, 2016 at 11:59 am
Anonymous
When I was a young boy, I remember seeing the Alice A Moran tied up o
n the south side of Moran’s yard with faded paint and a canvas tarp covering the top of her stack. A sad end to one of Moran’s glamour girls of the thirties and and forties.
September 22, 2016 at 4:39 pm
mageb
Now we all know and can enjoy even more. Wonderful stuff.
September 22, 2016 at 6:30 pm
Allen Baker
A very nice find Will.
Note the side fenders on the Alice, wood.
Hope you’re voyages this summer were enjoyable and rewarding.