Electric railroads
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 2 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
Found in:
Archives and Reading Room
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Harvey Mordetsky collection
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