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Street railroads--Cars

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 3 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

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

Lonto-Watson collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2010.20
Abstract

The Lonto-Watson collection contains albums, scrapbooks, photographs, negatives, documents, ephemera, and books related to New York City transportation such as horse cars, cable cars, trolleys, elevated railroads, and subways, as well as transportation systems domestic and foreign, and New York City architecture.

Dates: 1836 - 2009; Majority of material found within 1950 - 1999