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New York City,  Osgood Bradley Peter Witt  # 6036   —  Nostrand Avenue

Прототип ленинградской «Американки»
Источник: https://nickmix01.livejournal.com/474993.html

about 1950
Posted by Dmitry Ignaïev

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New York City,  Brill Peter Witt  # 6084   —  Nostrand Avenue

Источник: https://nickmix01.livejournal.com/474993.html

1950 or earlier
Posted by Dmitry Ignaïev

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Coney Island Yard

The last Peter Witt cars in Brooklyn

Author not identified. Photo from the O. Sandler collection

1950
Posted by AlexSan

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Manhattan & Queens Traction Car Yard

A trolley car storage area in Long Island City, in the vicinity of 36th Street and Queens Boulevard. At left, billboards advertising the Long Island city real estate offices of William Adam Schulz.

William J. Rugen Image Collection. Queens Library
http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org...ar-storage

Copyright holder unknown

April 18, 1937
Posted by AlexSan

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27th Avenue

View looking west on Astoria Boulevard

Eugene L. Armbruster Image Collection. Queens Library
http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org...-boulevard

Public domain

March 11, 1931
Posted by AlexSan

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ETH-Bibliothek Zürich, Bildarchiv
Photographer is unknown
http://doi.org/10.3932/ethz-a-000903339

Dating: 1920–1930.

1930s
Posted by Владислав-Днепр

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Grand Central Station

Почтовая карточка.
Grand Central Terminal Station

about 1922
Posted by Андрей В.

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New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 55   —  East 34th St. Ferry
New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 115   —  4th & Madison Aves

Madison Avenue & 42nd Street

Grand Union Hotel (see also cropped image at http://transphoto.ru/photo/867443/ and http://transphoto.ru/photo/867444/)

Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. (publisher)
Library of Congress Call Number: LC-D4-72138 <P&P> [P&P]
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/det/item/det1994021490/PP/

about 1911
Posted by AlexSan

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Broadway

Spooner & Wells, Inc. photograph

Lazarnick Collection
Detroit Public Library
https://digitalcollections.detroitpublic...a%3A185355

Copyright status not evaluated

1910
Posted by AlexSan

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Subway and Elevated — Lines and Stations

Williamsburg Bridge Plaza

Stearns automobiles traveling next to approach of Williamsburg Bridge, 1909 Crippled Children's Outing

Spooner & Wells, Inc. photograph

Lazarnick Collection
Detroit Public Library
https://digitalcollections.detroitpublic...a%3A187849

Copyright status not evaluated

1909
Posted by AlexSan

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New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 58 

East 42nd Street

Crowd at Grand Central Station

Contributor: Bain News Service. (publisher)
Library of Congress Call Number: LC-B2- 465-14 [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/resource/ggbain.02168/

September 8, 1908
Posted by AlexSan

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Broadway

Traffic on street, New York

Lazarnick Collection
Detroit Public Library
https://digitalcollections.detroitpublic...a%3A185074
Copyright status not evaluated

1908
Posted by AlexSan

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New York City,  Laclede 2-axle motor car  # 257 
New York City,  Laclede 2-axle motor car  # 244 
New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 2310 

Times Square

Grand Central Station [i.e. Depot] (see also cropped image at http://transphoto.ru/photo/871905/)

Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. (publisher)
Library of Congress Call Number: LC-D4-13387 <P&P> [P&P]
http://www.loc.gov/item/det1994006224/PP/

about 1908
Posted by AlexSan

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New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 1127 
New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 176 

Times Square

Times Building (see also cropped image at http://transphoto.ru/photo/871902/)

Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. (publisher)
Library of Congress Call Number: LC-D4-70690 <P&P> [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2016800541/

1908
Posted by AlexSan

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New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 1884 
New York City,  Brill 4-axle motor car  # 2933 
New York City,  Stephenson 2-axle motor car  # 678 

Herald Square & 34th Street

Macy's (see also cropped images at http://transphoto.ru/photo/867044/ and http://transphoto.ru/photo/867045/)

Creator: Detroit Publishing Co. (publisher)
Library of Congress Call Number: LC-D4-70804 <P&P> [P&P]
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/d...020618/PP/

about 1908
Posted by AlexSan

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Broadway

The Business centre of the Empire City -- Broadway, New York, N.Y.

Publisher: Standard Scenic Company.
Library of Congress Call Number: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE — New York -- New York City -- Broadway -- Miscellaneous [item] [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017649953/

about 1906
Posted by AlexSan

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Laurelton Overpass

A trolley belonging to the New York and Long Island Traction Company is seen traveling on a bridge over the Long Island Rail Road's tracks, near what is now 230th Street in Laurelton

William J. Rugen Image Collection. Queens Library
http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org...y-overpass

Copyright holder unknown

about 1906
Posted by AlexSan

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Subway and Elevated — Historic Photos

Bowery

The Bowery near Grand St., New York

Contributor: Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
Library of Congress Call Number: LC-D4-12678 [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2016808152/

about 1900
Posted by AlexSan

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Fulton Street (Jamaica Avenue) / Washington Street (160th Street)

Trolley cars are immobilized in drifted snow at the corner of Fulton Street (now Jamaica Avenue) and Washington Street (now 160th Street) the morning after the November 1898 blizzard

William J. Murray Image Collection. Queens Library
http://digitalarchives.queenslibrary.org...-snowbound

Public domain

November 27, 1898
Posted by AlexSan

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Fig. 3 — Old monitor roof box car
Some Lessons in Car Construction Taught by Old Cars
by W. E. Partridge

Street Railway Journal, volume 12, number 9 (9/1896), page 538

about 1896
Posted by AlexSan

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Fig. 2 — Old open car
Some Lessons in Car Construction Taught by Old Cars
by W. E. Partridge

Street Railway Journal, volume 12, number 9 (9/1896), page 538

about 1896
Posted by AlexSan

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Fig. 1 — Horse car changed to electric car, now discarded
Some Lessons in Car Construction Taught by Old Cars
by W. E. Partridge

Street Railway Journal, volume 12, number 9 (9/1896), page 537

about 1896
Posted by AlexSan

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Third Avenue Railway System — Miscellaneous Photos

Park Row / Broadway

New York Post Office

Publisher: B. W. Kilburn.
Library of Congress Call Number: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE — New York -- New York City -- Buildings -- Post Office [item] [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017656131/

1895
Posted by AlexSan

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Subway and Elevated — Historic Photos

Herald Square / Broadway / Sixth Avenue

Elevated R. R., Station, New York

Publisher: William H. Rau.
Library of Congress Call Number: LOT 13650, no. 1 [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2017660809/

about 1894
Posted by AlexSan

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Subway and Elevated — Historic Photos

South Ferry Terminal

Elevated railroad, South ferry, New York, U.S.A.

Publishers: Strohmeyer & Wyman.
Library of Congress Call Number: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE — New York--New York City--Elevated Railroad [item] [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/resource/stereo.1s07401/

about 1893
Posted by AlexSan

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Broadway / Houston Street

Excavation at Broadway and Houston Street, New York, for cable power station

Street Railway Journal, volume 8, number 6 (6/1892), page 339

1892
Posted by AlexSan

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Canal Street

Canal Street from Broadway, New York, U.S.A.

Publishers: Strohmeyer & Wyman.
Library of Congress Call Number: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE — New York--New York City--Streets--Miscellaneous [item] [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2006682642/

about 1892
Posted by AlexSan

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Broadway / Union Square

Broadway from Union Square to Madison Square, New York

Publishers: Strohmeyer & Wyman.
Library of Congress Call Number: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE — New York -- New York City -- Broadway -- Union Square [item] [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/item/92517267/

about 1892
Posted by AlexSan

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Broadway

Dry goods district, Broadway, New York

Publishers: Strohmeyer & Wyman.
Library of Congress Call Number: STEREO U.S. GEOG FILE — New York -- New York City -- Broadway -- Streets [item] [P&P]
https://www.loc.gov/item/2003670964/

about 1892
Posted by AlexSan

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Broadway

Broadway at 10th Street

C. C. Langill and William Gill, photographers

From The New York Public Library
https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/item...0a18064a99

Public Domain

August 29, 1891
Posted by AlexSan


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