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- Atlantic Avenue Subway Entrance, Brooklyn, New York, 1910 - Passengers and pedestrians congregate at the graceful Beaux Arts Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York. New York City invested significantly in mass transportation infrastructure at the turn of the twentieth century.
- August 05, 1910
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Atlantic Avenue Subway Entrance, Brooklyn, New York, 1910
Passengers and pedestrians congregate at the graceful Beaux Arts Atlantic Avenue subway station in Brooklyn, New York. New York City invested significantly in mass transportation infrastructure at the turn of the twentieth century.
- Subway Entrance and Exit on Boston Common, Massachusetts, circa 1900 - This photograph shows passengers hurrying to and from subway entrances and exits in Boston Common, the busy urban park. Boston built the country's first subway system in 1897.
- circa 1900
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Subway Entrance and Exit on Boston Common, Massachusetts, circa 1900
This photograph shows passengers hurrying to and from subway entrances and exits in Boston Common, the busy urban park. Boston built the country's first subway system in 1897.
- "Map Showing Chicago's New Subway and Elevated Road Connections," circa 1940 - This map introduced Chicagoans to the Chicago Rapid Transit Company's new subway lines, which would complement and relieve traffic on existing surface and elevated rail lines. When the CRT opened their subway lines in 1943, Chicago's rail lines, buses and streetcars were all run by separate, private companies; they merged in 1947 to become the municipally owned Chicago Transit Authority.
- circa 1940
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"Map Showing Chicago's New Subway and Elevated Road Connections," circa 1940
This map introduced Chicagoans to the Chicago Rapid Transit Company's new subway lines, which would complement and relieve traffic on existing surface and elevated rail lines. When the CRT opened their subway lines in 1943, Chicago's rail lines, buses and streetcars were all run by separate, private companies; they merged in 1947 to become the municipally owned Chicago Transit Authority.
- Subway Entrance on a Windy Day, New York City, circa 1910 - In this photograph, people hurry toward a cast-iron and wired glass entrance kiosk above one of New York City's underground passenger railway stations. In the early twentieth century, the New York subway was a modern, elegant transportation system.
- circa 1910
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Subway Entrance on a Windy Day, New York City, circa 1910
In this photograph, people hurry toward a cast-iron and wired glass entrance kiosk above one of New York City's underground passenger railway stations. In the early twentieth century, the New York subway was a modern, elegant transportation system.
- Edison Gold Moulded Cylinder Record, "He Lost Her in the Subway," 1907 - Ada Jones was the first female popular singer to have a career making records. Her popular song recordings were largely humorous ones wherein she demonstrated her skill at using dialects. In this song, "the train began to swerve, we went around a curve" and 14 men fell into her lap! She found a man she liked more than her brand new husband!
- 1907
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Edison Gold Moulded Cylinder Record, "He Lost Her in the Subway," 1907
Ada Jones was the first female popular singer to have a career making records. Her popular song recordings were largely humorous ones wherein she demonstrated her skill at using dialects. In this song, "the train began to swerve, we went around a curve" and 14 men fell into her lap! She found a man she liked more than her brand new husband!
- Ticket Office inside City Hall Subway Station, New York City, circa 1910 - 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.
- circa 1910
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Ticket Office inside City Hall Subway Station, New York City, circa 1910
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.
- Subway Entrance and Exit Kiosks, 23rd and 4th Avenues, New York City, circa 1905 - As one of the world's major image publishers from 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs. Here, people enter and exit a New York City subway station operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The city's Board of Transportation acquired the company in 1940.
- circa 1905
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Subway Entrance and Exit Kiosks, 23rd and 4th Avenues, New York City, circa 1905
As one of the world's major image publishers from 1895 to 1924, the Detroit Publishing Company had a wide-ranging stock of original photographs. Here, people enter and exit a New York City subway station operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The city's Board of Transportation acquired the company in 1940.
- Advertising Brochure, "Subway Systems and Elevated Lines of the City of New York," circa 1930 - This map of New York City transit systems was produced in the 1930s as advertising material for an insurance company. The map includes subway routes, points of interest-and information about F.F. Richardson, Inc. insurance.
- circa 1930
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Advertising Brochure, "Subway Systems and Elevated Lines of the City of New York," circa 1930
This map of New York City transit systems was produced in the 1930s as advertising material for an insurance company. The map includes subway routes, points of interest-and information about F.F. Richardson, Inc. insurance.
- Alternatives to Cars - Starting in the 1970s, concerns about traffic congestion, pollution and the plight of cities spurred the construction of new commuter transit systems. This postcard celebrates the 1972 opening of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) Lake Merritt station in Oakland, California. The reproduction BART ticket was "not usable for passage."
- December 19, 2011
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Alternatives to Cars
Starting in the 1970s, concerns about traffic congestion, pollution and the plight of cities spurred the construction of new commuter transit systems. This postcard celebrates the 1972 opening of the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit's (BART) Lake Merritt station in Oakland, California. The reproduction BART ticket was "not usable for passage."
- Alfred Ely Beach, Inventor of the Beach Hydraulic Shield - Alfred Ely Beach (1826-1896), American inventor and publisher, constructed New York City’s first subway. The 312-foot-long experiment, constructed in 1870, ran under Broadway, with a single station near city hall. Beach also devised a cylindrical tunneling shield to protect workers as they dug the tunnel. Pneumatic power propelled the subway’s cars. The line was abandoned in 1873.
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Alfred Ely Beach, Inventor of the Beach Hydraulic Shield
Alfred Ely Beach (1826-1896), American inventor and publisher, constructed New York City’s first subway. The 312-foot-long experiment, constructed in 1870, ran under Broadway, with a single station near city hall. Beach also devised a cylindrical tunneling shield to protect workers as they dug the tunnel. Pneumatic power propelled the subway’s cars. The line was abandoned in 1873.