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Date Created1950

DescriptionDated to approximately 1950, this card table's top is embossed with advertisements for individuals and local businesses in South Amboy, NJ, and the vicinity.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleNurses attend to wounded survivors

Date Created1950

DescriptionTwo nurses attend to an IV in a crowded room of wounded survivors from the South Amboy powder pier explosion of 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleNurse administers to South Amboy explosion victim

Date Created1950

DescriptionA nurse attends to the IV of a wounded, bandaged survivor of the South Amboy powder pier explosion of 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleView of a sunken barge in Raritan Bay

Date Created1955-08-15

DescriptionAn unidentified, sunken barge in the Raritan Bay near South Amboy, New Jersey. The barge was presumably damaged by the South Amboy powder pier explosion of 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleTrain derailment in Raritan Bay area

Date Created1955-08-15

DescriptionView of Raritan Bay area with wrecked train that had been derailed by the South Amboy powder pier explosion of 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleCrane barge removing debris

Date Created1955-08-15

DescriptionCrane barge removing debris from Raritan Bay caused by the Powder Pier explosion, South Amboy, NJ.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleU.S. Army collecting explosives

Date Created1950

DescriptionThe photo shows the U.S. Army collecting explosives by the South Amboy coal docks and railroad areas in the aftermath of the South Amboy powder pier explosion of 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleLand view of Raritan Bay area after explosion

Date Created1950

DescriptionSmoke billows in a land view of the Raritan Bay area, still burning after the South Amboy powder pier explosion of 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleClean up from Pier Powder explosion

Date Created1955-08-15

DescriptionCrane barge removing debris from Raritan Bay caused by the Powder Pier explosion, South Amboy, NJ.