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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company

 Organization

Found in 5 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

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

Eugene Casey tunneling collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1996.1001
Abstract

The Eugene Casey tunneling collection contains documents reflecting the history of tunneling in North America and around the world. Materials include documents describing tunneling methods and construction, early subway construction photographs, the building of the 63rd Street Tunnel, over 100 photographs documenting the Hudson & Manhattan Railroad Tube, and records relating to the construction of the Holland Tunnel, including signed reports by Clifford Milburn Holland.

Dates: 1903 - 1990; Majority of material found within 1969 - 1980; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1921

Harvey Mordetsky collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2008.16
Abstract

Photographic prints showing trolleys in the New York metropolitan area, as operated by New York Railways and the Third Avenue Railway System in Manhattan and the Bronx, and various Brooklyn, Queens and Long Island trolleys lines, as well as slides and films of trolleys in other cities and countries, and related ephemera, including tickets, transfers, and publications.

Dates: 1887 - 1977; Majority of material found within 1930 - 1950

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

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Black-and-white photographs 3
Electric railroads 3
Elevated railroads 3
Street-railroads--Design and construction 3
Black-and-white slides 2