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Color slides

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

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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

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

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

Poetry in Motion car cards

 Collection
Identifier: 2005.26, 2006.56, 2008.3, 2012.44-XX.2017.42; 2018.1
Abstract Car cards, printed materials, and color slides displaying and promoting the Poetry in Motion program launched by the New York City Transit Authority in 1992 in collaboration with the Poetry Society of America. Championed by Alan F. Kiepper, NYCT President from 1990-1996, the program was overseen by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Corporate Communications Department, under the leadership of Peter Walsh and Neil Neches; it was subsequently managed by MTA Marketing &...
Dates: 1992 - 2018; Majority of material found within 1992 - 2018

William Humphries collection

 Collection
Identifier: 2016.51
Abstract

Publications, periodicals, and photographic materials documenting public transit systems and services in New York City, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and abroad, with an emphasis on NYCTA sites, fleet, and functions.

Dates: 1957 - 2013; Majority of material found within 1970 - 1980