Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Company
Organization
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Ari Bousbib trolley photographs
Collection
Identifier: 2019.7
Abstract
Mostly black-and-white and some color photographs of various sizes depicting revenue and work trolley cars used by New York City streetcar companies in the early-to-mid 20th century, as well as a sparse selection of ephemera deriving from the preservation of certain cars.
Dates:
1875 - 1991; Majority of material found within 1899 - 1958
BMT Lines, 1913 - 1984
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2007.29.2
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Contract Books Collection is a series of approximately 400 discrete volumes (and numerous duplicates) depicting the construction, modification, modernization, and rehabilitation of routes, stations, and rail facilities built and operated by the IRT, BMT, and IND systems. Contracts document the lifespans of the New York City subway system’s various routes, from their original construction under the Dual Contracts Era and numerous platform extensions effected mid-century, to installation...
Dates:
1913 - 1984
Elevated railroad photographs
Collection
Identifier: XX.2008.7
Abstract
Photographs of elevated railroad services and structures, dating from the era of their construction to that of their retirement and demolition.
Dates:
1872 - 1974; Majority of material found within 1914 - 1946
IND Lines, 1924 - 1989
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2007.29.3
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Contract Books Collection is a series of approximately 400 discrete volumes (and numerous duplicates) depicting the construction, modification, modernization, and rehabilitation of routes, stations, and rail facilities built and operated by the IRT, BMT, and IND systems. Contracts document the lifespans of the New York City subway system’s various routes, from their original construction under the Dual Contracts Era and numerous platform extensions effected mid-century, to installation...
Dates:
1924 - 1989
IRT Lines, 1912 - 1987
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 2007.29.1
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Contract Books Collection is a series of approximately 400 discrete volumes (and numerous duplicates) depicting the construction, modification, modernization, and rehabilitation of routes, stations, and rail facilities built and operated by the IRT, BMT, and IND systems. Contracts document the lifespans of the New York City subway system’s various routes, from their original construction under the Dual Contracts Era and numerous platform extensions effected mid-century, to installation...
Dates:
1912 - 1987
Jay Street drawings and prints
Collection
Identifier: 1999.66
Abstract
The Jay Street drawings and prints contains technical and engineering drawings documenting the construction, rehabilitation, maintenance, and power infrastructure of New York City’s surface transit, elevated railroad, and subway facilities and services from the 1880s through the 1970s.
Dates:
1880 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1890 - 1940
Other Sites and Facilities, 1925 - 1995
Sub-Series
Identifier: 2007.29.4
Scope and Contents
From the Collection:
The Contract Books Collection is a series of approximately 400 discrete volumes (and numerous duplicates) depicting the construction, modification, modernization, and rehabilitation of routes, stations, and rail facilities built and operated by the IRT, BMT, and IND systems. Contracts document the lifespans of the New York City subway system’s various routes, from their original construction under the Dual Contracts Era and numerous platform extensions effected mid-century, to installation...
Dates:
1925 - 1995
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 4
- Collection 3
- Subject
- Street-railroads--Design and construction 3
- Black-and-white photographs 2
- Electric railroads 2
- Elevated railroads 2
- Black-and-white negatives 1
- Color photographs 1
- Horse-drawn omnibuses–New York (State)–New York 1
- Horse-drawn vehicles 1
- Railroad engineering–Charts, diagrams, etc. 1
- Railroad passenger cars 1
- Railroad stations–Design and construction 1
- Railroad tunnels–Design and construction 1
- Railroads--New York (State)--New York. 1
- Steam locomotives 1
- Street railroads 1
- Street railroads--Cars 1
- Street-railroads--Equipment and supplies 1
- Subways--New York (State)--New York--Design and construction 1
- Trolley cars 1 + ∧ less
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