Ticket Office inside City Hall Subway Station, New York City, circa 1910

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Artifact Overview

When it was built in the early twentieth century, New York City's subway was a modern, elegant transportation system. This photograph shows the tiled, vaulted ceiling over the ticket office at the City Hall subway station.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

circa 1910

Place of Creation

Collection Title

Detroit Publishing Company Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

P.DPC.017292

Credit

From the Collections of The Henry Ford.

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Technique

Gelatin silver process

Color

Black-and-white (Colors)

Dimensions

Height: 6.938 in
Width: 9.25 in

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