Box 3

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7 photos of the Steinway Lines and the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad lines, likely taken during the 1930s, or possible the early 1940s for the latter. The Steinway Lines photos depict northwest Queens, likely Long Island City or Astoria. The Baltimore and Ohio lines were likely taken in New Jersey or Staten Island, near the terminus for the Baltimore and New York Railway.

Scope and Contents Album containing 232 photos, primarily New York Railways trolley and Third Avenue Railway System photos. Routes for the former include the 4th and Madison Avenue, Broadway, 8th Avenue, 34th Street Crosstown, and 86th Street Crosstown lines, as well as the construction of the 42nd Street Crosstown line. Routes for the latter include the Third Avenue, Broadway, and Kingsbridge lines. Additionally, there are a handful of photos from the Steinway Lines in Northwest Queens, the Staten Island...

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Photographic prints related to transportation and infrastructure of New York City in the first half of the twentieth century, including the construction of the George Washington Bridge and various railway lines and trolleys.

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The collection comprises materials documenting New York City transportation systems; popular visual materials such as trade cards and illustrated posters; and drawings by illustrator Edward C. Caswell.