Sub-series 8.2: Manhattan and Queens Traction Co., 1914 - 1937
Scope and Contents
The Harvey Mordetsky Collection comprises approximately 5,000 photographs of street railway and trolley lines operative in the New York metropolitan area, including Long Island and Staten Island, as well as other areas of the United States, and select foreign locations. Approximately 1,700 35-mm color slides showing trolley lines in Canada, Europe, and the United States is an additional feature of the collection. Footage of these same services is additionally captured in a series of moving image artifacts. Non-photographic materials include 282 BMT and NYCT trolley and bus transfers, trolley and transit periodicals, and personal effects/memorabilia belonging to Mordetsky.
Dates
- 1914 - 1937
Creator
- Mordetsky, Harvey (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research.
Extent
From the Series: 0.7 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Series Outline
Series 8: Photographs of Long Island and Queens Trolleys
- 8.1: Long Island Electric and Jamaica Central
- 8.2: Manhattan and Queens Traction Co.
- 8.3: Nassau County Companies
- 8.4: New York and North Shore Traction Co.
- 8.5: New York and Long Island Traction Co.
- 8.6: New York and Queens Railway Co.
- 8.7: Ocean Electric Railway Co.
- 8.8: Suffolk County Companies
- 8.9: Steinway Trolley Lines
Series Description
Sub-series 8.2 contains 97 images documenting the company’s last years of service. The M&QT, started in 1912, ran streetcars across the Queensboro Bridge from Jamaica, Queens to Midtown Manhattan. It operated its route mostly along Queens Boulevard, through the neighborhoods of Woodside, Elmhurst, Forest Hills, and Jamaica. The equipment used on the line were large, double-truck, center-door, steel, and two-man cars. After the opening of the Independent Subway lines covering the same geographic areas, the company failed to stay afloat, and ceased operations in 1937. Please see Series 2008.16.1.5 for a route map of M&QT services.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Reading Room Repository