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Black-and-white slides

 Subject
Subject Source: Genre Terms: A Thesaurus for Use in Rare Book and Special Collections Cataloguing

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

New York City Transit Photographic Unit collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2013.12
Abstract

Photographic materials depicting routine transit operations and technical facilities for NYCT surface and subway services both on-site and within administrative departments, as captured by the agency’s Photographic Unit.

Dates: 1898 - 2011; Majority of material found within 1966 - 2004