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Too bad there weren't two of them.

I wonder what's to become of this River St corner:










I think I know why they went out of business. If all their work looks like their representation of it, egad!







It looks like the axles have snapped as a result of the brake work, they stuck a Hurst shifter where the antenna should go, the headlights point upward, the bumper droops, and the car is emitting some type of cardial pollution.

Perhaps it got that look after it went down the street to the parking lot across from Bowler City and partied in the "C" lot.








Maybe they should call it the "B" lot (for "beer").



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This auction is for children playing one girl has doll others play with cats and dogs Advertising Shoe store Hackenscak NJ measures 11"  separated at loophole in top where ribbon/string was attatched otherwise very good plus condition.


From Henry Stertzer Shoes, 320 or 326 Main St (pictures are too small)

Well, here's what I came up with. I'm on the sidewalk on the east side of River St, almost to the corner of the Midtown Bridge Approach.

When was this part of River St built? If it existed in this location in 1934, then the yard wasn't here.

OR

The yard was set back further east and the picture was taken with a telephoto lens that tends to compress things and make background things look bigger.

The number of windows per floor on the bank's back wall is about right.

I don't know about this..........I have my doubts.



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Your description says Public Service Railway line car, but your subject says trolley.  I'm not sure "Railway" means "trolley".  I don't know the difference.

The map shows an area where the Susie Q and a trolley line virtually overlap.  That area is behind Villa De Columbia on Mercer.  I think the camera may be facing north, towards Banta.  I'll try to take a picture tomorrow.

They're both railways, but trolleys are much lighter than trains and don't require the heavier rails that trains need.

The area I'm guessing for the yard is EAST of River St and just north of the Susquehanna trestle over River St, perhaps between the Susie-Q tracks and the Midtown Bridge approach - wherever it is that gives you the bank angle that the picture shows.

This map is from Villa de Colombia's site. They show their location as west of Main St, the red arrow points to the bank and the green circle is my guess where the yard was. If that's correct, you'd be aiming in a north-northwest direction.

I'm thinking that the trolley is on the Susquehanna Line and the houses are on Banta Place.  However, I'm not sure houses were on Banta in 1934, but it is possible.

Trolleys didn't run on railroad tracks.

IF that's the Peoples Trust building, 2 sides of it are visible - split by a tree. Because of the number of windows per floor, the left half is a side wall and the right half is either the front or the rear wall. 

If the houses were on Banta place, the right side of the building would be the front, but since the houses' fronts are visible, they are parallel with the front of the building instead of perpendicular, so that rules out Banta Place.

By keeping the right half of the building as the front, a scenario can be created that places the houses on Railroad Ave by Clay St and the trolley on the Erie tracks. The angle fits, but there's one slight problem: as mentioned above, trolleys didn't run on railroad tracks.

So maybe there IS a trolley yard. It would have to be on Railroad Ave, which pushes the houses back a block to Park. The angle still works, but there's another minor problem: since the trolley's on tracks, those tracks would have to feed from somewhere, but there were no trolley lines running through the Clay St/Railroad Ave area.

So the premise that the front of the bank is visible must be faulty.

Let's say now that it's the back of the building. That places the houses on River St, facing east, just north of Mercer. It also places the trolley right next to the Hudson River Line tracks at a point just after it crosses the Hackensack River and just before it bends to go up Mercer St - a perfect place for a feeder track to a trolley yard.

It works!

On the below trolley map, I used a red arrow to show where the Peoples Trust building is and a green circle to indicate where I think the trolley yard had to be - east of river St and right next to the trolley tracks and Susquehanna RR tracks.

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Public Service Railway line car #5218 in the yard at Hackensack, NJ on 6/3/34.



Anyone know exactly where in Hackensack this "yard" was? Is that the Peoples Trust building in the background? What other building in 1934 Hackensack was that big?



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