A History of Hoboken Play
The Museum has long wanted to do an exhibition on the history of Hoboken street games (including hop-scotch, skelly, jump rope, stick ball, and street hockey) and organized forms of play (such as boccie, hoops, and pigeon-racing), based on historical research and oral histories from Hoboken residents. We've just started collecting stories. We'd love to include as many generations of recollections as possible, so please contact us with your stories (& pictures!?)! Or simply post you story to our City Play Discussion Group.
City Play stories submitted on-line. Read the stories! Join the discussion!
Jerrilyn Radigan Eckardt has written us with memories and photos to share of Hoboken during the 1930s and 40s. Her father James (1919-1989) was a member of the 10th Street Rangers baseball team, and also participated in the Our Lady of Grace Drum Corp (and later, the Senior Drum Corps) and OLG basketball teams.
Alfred
P. Josephsen, Jr.Museum member Alfred P. Josephsen, Jr., sent us a May 30, 1914 photograph of Boy Scout Troop #2 of Hoboken, on an outing in Coysterville, New Jersey. The troop was sponsored by the Church of Holy Innocents, Willow Avenue and Sixth Street, which still stands.
Roland
T. MayerMuseum member and born-and-reared Hobokenite Roland T. Mayer shared his memories via mail. We've posted highlights, including a photo of the Seventh Street Condors.
Check out highlights of stories mailed to us by Edward J. Hildebrandt, Jr.
Related Links
Check out Streetplay.com, a cool site that's all about urban street games.