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Street-railroads--Design and construction

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 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

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

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