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Al Grudzinski collection

 Sub-Series
Identifier: 2007.55
Abstract

Printed materials, ephemera, and objects collected by former Long Island Rail Road conductor Alexander A. Grudzinski, including employee manuals and instructions, publications, newsletters, identification cards, and memorabilia produced by the Long Island Rail Road, Pennsylvania Railroad, and Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen.

Dates: 1905 - 1972; Majority of material found within 1943 - 1960

Amelia Opdyke Jones collection

 Collection
Identifier: 1998.23
Abstract

The Amelia Opdyke Jones (Oppy) collection is comprised of artwork, scrapbooks, correspondence, oral history cassette with transcript, brochures and press releases.

Dates: 1933 - 1994; Majority of material found within 1944 - 1949

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

Contract book collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2007.29
Abstract

Contract books depicting routes, stations, and facilities on the transit lines of the IRT, BMT, and IND systems, as well as substations, rail yards, and surface transit structures.

Dates: 1912 - 1995; Majority of material found within 1912 - 1970

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

Fiona Gardner collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013.61; 2015.32
Abstract

The Fiona Gardner collection contains news clippings and research on the selection of Miss Subways contestants, as well as correspondence written and received by Gardner during the composition of the book, Meet Miss Subways, published in 2012, featuring Gardner’s photographs and texts by Amy Zimmer and Kathy Lee Peiss.

Dates: 1941 - 2012; Majority of material found within 1950 - 2012

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

Long Island Bus collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2012.3
Abstract

The Long Island Bus collection consists of photographs, documents, artifacts, and audio/visual materials providing information on agency special events, employees, and operations of Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority (MSBA)/MTA Long Island Bus.

Dates: 1942 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1976 - 1993

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Archives and Reading Room 18
Gabrielle Shubert Research Center 3
 
Subject
Color photographs 5
Color slides 5
Elevated railroads 5
Black-and-white photographs 4
Electric railroads 4
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Street-railroads--Design and construction 4
Black-and-white slides 3
Railroad cars 3
Railroad tunnels–Design and construction 3
Street railroads--Cars 3
Subway stations--New York (State)--New York 3
Beauty contestants–New York (State)–New York–Pictorial works 2
Beauty contests–New York (State)–New York–History 2
Black-and-white negatives 2
Buses 2
Car Equipment 2
Car barns 2
Car cards 2
Construction equipment 2
Depots 2
Electric substations–Design and constructions 2
Grand Central Terminal 2
Horse cars 2
Horse-drawn omnibuses–New York (State)–New York 2
Horse-drawn vehicles 2
Locomotives 2
Magazines (periodicals) 2
Maps 2
Motormen 2
Newsletters 2
Pamphlets 2
Platforms 2
Railroad Yards—New York (State)—New York 2
Railroad passenger cars 2
Railroad shops & yards 2
Railroad stations–Design and construction 2
Railroads--New York (State)--New York. 2
Reports 2
Signage 2
Signals & signaling 2
Steam locomotives 2
Storage facilities 2
Street railroads 2
Street-railroad--Stations 2
Street-railroads--Equipment and supplies 2
Subway posters (Entertainment advertising) 2
Subways 2
Subways--New York (State)--New York--Design and construction 2
Subways—Employees 2
Subways—Rolling Stock—New York (State)—New York 2
Tickets 2
Trolley buses—Electric equipment 2
Trolley depots 2
Trolleybuses 2
Trolleys 2
Tunnels 2
63rd Street Tunnel (New York, N.Y.) 1
Accidents 1
Advertisements 1
Aerial photographs 1
Annual Reports 1
Audiocassettes 1
Badges 1
Banners 1
Billboards 1
Blizzards 1
Block Signaling 1
Booklets 1
Bookmarks 1
Books 1
Bridges 1
Brochures 1
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) 1
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall Station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) 1
Bus depots 1
Bus drivers–New York (State)–Long Island 1
Bus drivers—Training of 1
Bus lines–Fares–New York (State)–Nassau County 1
Bus lines–New York (State)–Long Island 1
Bus lines—Ridership 1
Bus route maps 1
Bus terminals 1
Buses—Maintenance and repair 1
Cable cars 1
Cars -- Interior Views 1
Catenary 1
Central Park (New York, N.Y.) 1
Ceremonies 1
Churches 1
City Hall Station (retired) (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) 1
Clippings (information artifacts) 1
Coal 1
Coal ash sites 1
Color negatives 1
Commercial art--United States--20th century 1
Commuter railroads 1
Conductors 1
Coney Island Yard (BMT) 1
Construction drawings 1
Contact sheets 1
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Cheyenne 1
French 1
Japanese 1
Spanish; Castilian 1
 
Names
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company 5
Long Island Rail Road 5
Interborough Rapid Transit Company 4
Brooklyn Manhattan Transit Company 3
Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation 3
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New York (N.Y.) Board of Transportation 3
New York (State). Metropolitan Transportation Authority 3
New York City Transit Authority 3
Brooklyn City Rail Road Company 2
Brooklyn Heights Railroad 2
J. G. Brill Company 2
John Stephenson Company 2
Kiepper, Alan 2
Manhattan Railway Company 2
New York Subways Advertising Company 2
Powers, John Robert 2
St. Louis Car Company 2
Stangl, Peter 2
Watson, Edward B. 2
A.S. Seer Print 1
Albert B. King, Printer 1
Algoma Central and Hudson Bay Railway and Navigation Company 1
American Car and Foundry Company 1
American National Bank of New York 1
American Screw Company of Providence 1
American Unitarian Association 1
Arverne Improvement Company 1
Atlantic Avenue Railroad Company 1
Babylon Railroad 1
Baird, Howard C. 1
Belt Line Railway Corporation 1
Bousbib, Ari 1
Brackenridge, J.C. 1
Bratton, William J. 1
Broadway Savings Institution 1
Brooklyn Elevated Railroad 1
Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company 1
Brooklyn and Jamaica Railroad Company 1
Brooklyn and Montauk Railroad Company 1
Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad Company 1
Budd Car Co. 1
Bush Terminal Railroad Company 1
Casey, Eugene F. 1
Central Railroad Company of Long Island 1
Central Trust Company of New York 1
Chicago Transit Authority 1
Coker, H.L. 1
Collin, D.R. 1
Corbin Banking Company 1
Coumerilh Gold Mining and Milling Company 1
Crabbs, C.L. 1
Craven, Alfred Wingate, 1810-1879 1
Craven, Macdonough 1
Cuomo, Mario, M., 1932-2015 1
Deer Creek Gold Mining and Milling Company 1
Derrick, Peter, 1944- 1
Dinkins, David N. 1
Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Rail Road Company 1
East River Ferry Company 1
East River Savings Institution 1
Ehrenhalt, Samuel M. 1
Eighth Avenue Railroad Company 1
Equitable Life Assurance Society 1
Evening Post Job Printing House, New York 1
Fahys Watch Case Company 1
Fifth Avenue Coach Company 1
Flushing Railroad Company 1
Flushing and North Side Railroad Company 1
Flushing and Woodside Railroad Company 1
Flushing, North Shore & Central Railroad Company 1
Freeman, Milton Harvey 1
Freeport Railroad 1
Gardiner, F.W. 1
Gardner, Fiona 1
Gilbert Elevated Railway Company 1
Giuliani, Rudolph W. 1
Glen Cove Mutual Insurance Company 1
Glen Cove Railroad 1
Glendale and East River Railroad Company 1
Great Neck and Port Washington Railroad Company 1
Grudzinski, Al, 1917-2006 1
Guaranty Trust Company 1
Gunn, David L., 1937 1
Hackley School 1
Hagerman Land Company 1
Haikalis, George 1
Harway Dye Wood & Extract Manufacturing Company 1
Hempstead Bus Corporation 1
Hermalyn, Gary 1
Higginbotham, William 1
Holland, Clifford Milburn, 1883-1924 1
Hood, Clifton 1
Hudson Rapid Transit Corporation 1
Hudson and Manhattan Railroad Company 1
Humphries, William 1
Independent Rapid Transit Railroad 1
Jamaica Central Railways 1
Joseph Fahys & Co. 1
Joy Steamship Company 1
Kings County Gas and Illuminating Company 1
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