Sub-series 8.7: Ocean Electric Railway Company, 1915 - 1935
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
- 1915 - 1935
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 8.7 contains 25 images from the 1890s through the early 1930s. A subsidiary of the Long Island Rail Road, the Ocean Electric Railway Company operated exclusively in the Rockaways, connecting Rockaway Park to Far Rockaway. In Rockaway Park, it ran along city streets (mostly Rockaway Beach Boulevard), but at Hammels, its route ran on LIRR trackage, making it one of the only companies in New York to run trains and trolleys on the same set of tracks. The Railway ceased operations on September 26, 1928. The images in this subseries are arranged into three folders, showing stations, accidents, and fleet, respectively.
Repository Details
Part of the Archives and Reading Room Repository