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Likely Clarence Kraft, with a "K," a minor league ballplayer, whose major league "rights" were owned by the Brooklyn Dodgers. After Kraft briefly played in the major leagues early in 1914, Charles Ebbets and the team sought to send Kraft to the Newark Indians AA league team. However, Kraft's minor league rights were claimed by the Nashville Volunteers A league team. The dispute concerning where Kraft should play would almost lead to a player's strike. The matter was eventually resolved when Ebbets paid the Nashville A team $2,500 compensation to rescind their claim, and Kraft's designation to Newark was approved. For more details, see: Baseball: The Golden Age, by Harold Seymour, Oxford University Press, 1971 (Pages 228-229)

TVL 1970, thanks for correcting the spelling, I ask our catalogers to fix it. That's an interesting story. $2,500 was a good a bit of money back then but I guess it's better than having the players go on strike.

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According to the writing, this appears to be set in May's Landing, NJ.

"May's Landing" may refer to either the destination of the ferry that stops at the labeled pier or to the proprietor of the pier. The actual location appears to be in or around New York City based on the sign "?th Street Ferry" with the names of various stations in the New York City area. Anybody know which ferry this is?

Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Vintage New Jersey, and we'd love to have this added to the group!

The "Dept. of Docks & Ferries" label on the dock definitely places it in NYC. The gas tank in the background would have been part of a manufacturd gas plant facility. The caption refers to warships. but the date is six years before America's entry into WWI. The only places warships would have been "watched" in 1911 would most likely have been the East River around the Navy yard, or on the Hudson, near Hoboken. There aren't really any streets terminating at the river around the Navy yard that would have ended in "...th". However, 14th Street on the west side of Manhattan was a very busy embarkation point for ferries to New Jersey. Also, according to Con Ed records, there was a major gas plant between 16th and 20th Streets along the Hudson. And that bridge behind the buildings looks to be about where the old High Line elevated railway once stood. So maybe this is the 14th Street Ferry?