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• Photo of schoolchildren walking up the top of the Shippen Street Stairs in 1959

  6" x 8.5" black and white glossy photo of a class of school children walking up the top portion of the Shippen Street stairs in October, 1959. Visible behind them is Hackensack Plank Road, still clad in cobblestones. Beyond is the peeked roof the old town hall at 309 Park Avenue, the waterfront, concrete helix leading to the Lincoln Tunnel, the Hudson River and the skyline of Manhattan, with the Empire State Building at center. On reverse is the photo credit line (UPI) and caption.