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Do you recognize this New York thoroughfare? No! Then bring a prophetic eye to bear on it (LOC)
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- Date taken: 1909-12-12 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2009-06-08
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httpchroniclingamericalocgovlccnsn8303021419091212ed1seq17, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, newyorktribune, newspaper, cover, illustration, drawing, art, future, futurism, futuristic, skyscraper, highrise, urban, subway, pennsylvaniastation, pennstation, 7thavenue, urbanplanning, 7thave, seventhavenue, manhattan, newyorkcity, mckimmeadandwhite, beauxarts, pennsylvaniarailroad, skyscrapers, newyork, mckimmeadwhite
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Subway train (LOC)
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- 47 favorites
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- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2014-07-28
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[Crowded street, possibly near a subway station] (LOC)
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- 12 favorites
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- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain10050, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, subway, crowd, people, bowlerhats, 1910s, bostoncandystore, elevatedtrain, newsstand
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Subway fire, 1/6/15 (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 12 favorites
- 16,188 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2012-01-20
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First earth from Lexington Ave. subway, D. McManus & T. Stack, chief engineer (LOC)
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- 4 comments
- 9 favorites
- 15,864 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain09700, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, july311911, subway, newyorkcity, police, nyc, groundbreaking, nycsubway, firstearthfromlexingtonavesubway, mta, construction, blackandwhite, mcmanus, newyorkcitysubway, themcmanus, newyorksubway
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Firemen overcome -- subway fire, 1/6/15 (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 8 favorites
- 15,380 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2012-01-20
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain18113, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, manhattan, newyorkcity, newyorkcitysubway, subway, 1915subwayfire, subwayfire, west55thstreet, w55thstreet, broadway, newyorkcityfiredepartment, fdny, fireman, firemen, january161915, january61915
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Breaking grnd. for New Subway (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 9 favorites
- 14,066 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain09699, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, july311911, new, subway, ground, groundbreaking, nycsubway, nyc, crowd, baincollection, bainnewsservice, celebration, glassnegative, july, 1910s, urbanarchitecture, architecture, hat, boater, strawboater, newyorkcitysubway
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Subway fire, 1/6/15 (LOC)
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- 4 comments
- 12 favorites
- 13,839 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2012-01-20
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain18116, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, manhattan, newyorkcity, newyorkcitysubway, subway, 1915subwayfire, subwayfire, west55thstreet, w55thstreet, broadway, newyorkcityfiredepartment, fdny, fireman, firemen, buickdealership, buick, woodwardhotel, january61915
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Chairman McCall at subway fire, 1/6/15 (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 19 favorites
- 12,661 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2012-01-20
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain18115, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, manhattan, newyorkcity, newyorkcitysubway, subway, 1915subwayfire, subwayfire, west55thstreet, w55thstreet, broadway, mccall, edwardeverettmccall, edwardemccall, edwardmccall, eemccall, policeofficer, newyorkcitypolicedepartment, nypd, january61915
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McAneny - Prendergast - Milo, breaking ground for Subway (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 4 favorites
- 12,405 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2008-01-03
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain09698, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, july311911, georgemcaneny, williamaprendergast, nyc, subway, nycsubway, groundbreaking, ceremony, transporatation, newyorkcitysubway
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Car striker begging (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 6 favorites
- 12,129 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2014-08-14
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain22890, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, crowd, labortemple, strike, newyork, 1916, carmen, subway, americaninternationalchurch, presbyterian
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Fireman overcome -- subway fire, 1/6/15 (LOC)
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- 0 comments
- 10 favorites
- 11,502 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2012-01-20
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain18112, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, manhattan, newyorkcity, newyorkcitysubway, subway, 1915subwayfire, subwayfire, west55thstreet, w55thstreet, broadway, newyorkcityfiredepartment, fdny, fireman, firemen, buickdealership, buick, january61915
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Alien Subway workers, N.Y.C. (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 16 favorites
- 10,579 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2011-11-25
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain17802, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, manhattan, newyorkcity, newyorkcitysubway, subway, workers, shovel, shovels, steelibeam, ibeam, six, men
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Subway ticket office (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 19 favorites
- 10,327 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2016-03-04
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Pat Keenan (LOC)
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- 3 comments
- 15 favorites
- 9,196 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2016-03-04
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain26301, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, subway, tokenbooth, ticketbooth, newyorksubway, newyorkcitysubway
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Coney Island (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 17 favorites
- 8,645 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2018-05-18
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain31295, aerialphoto, aerialphotography, aerialphotograph, coneyisland, amusementpark, lunapark, gasholder, gasometer, surfavenue, surfave, brooklyn, bmt, brooklynmanhattantransit, stillwellavenue, subway, rollercoaster
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Motor Car "L" Road (LOC)
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- 4 comments
- 11 favorites
- 7,582 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2014-07-28
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain22730, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, 6thavenueelevated, elevated, train, transit, subway, rapidtransit, newyorkcity, manhattan, 34thstreet, heraldsquare
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Subway fire, 1/6/15, breaking thro' street (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 5 favorites
- 7,166 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2012-01-20
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Broadway at Canal St. (LOC)
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- 9 comments
- 9 favorites
- 6,818 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2010-06-04
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain15070, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, manhattan, newyorkcity, lowermanhattan, canalstreet, canalst, broadway, elevated, railway, subway, construction
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7th Ave. subway cave-in, 9/22/15 (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 8 favorites
- 6,298 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2013-02-22
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain19962, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, transit, transportation, publictransport, trolley, train, wreck, accident, collapse, subway, construction, 7thavenuesubway
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Judge McCall breaks ground for subway, 10/13/14 (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 4 favorites
- 6,025 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2011-10-14
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7th Ave. subway cave-in, 9/22/15 (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 9 favorites
- 5,904 views
- Date taken: 1915
- Date uploaded: 2013-02-22
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain19964, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, transit, transportation, train, subway, accident, wreck, trolley, 7thavenuesubway
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Tubes for subway line under Harlem River, being sunk (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 6 favorites
- 5,622 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2010-05-21
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain14991, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, newyork, newyorkcity, nyc, ny, subway, rail, city, urban, interboroughrapidtransit, irtjeromeavenueline, irtpelhamline, irtlexingtonavenueline
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As it nears completion, interest in the subway grows-underground shops-safety devices (LOC)
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- 0 comments
- 12 favorites
- 5,526 views
- Date taken: 1904-09-04 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2009-11-09
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httpchroniclingamericalocgovlccnsn8303021419040904ed1seq25, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, newyorkcitysubway, subway, masstransit, illustratedsupplement, news, photojournalism, transit, railfan, newyorksubway, history, subwaystation
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Subway fire -- breaking thro' subwa[y] roof (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 2 favorites
- 5,381 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2012-01-20
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain18110, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, manhattan, newyorkcity, newyorkcitysubway, subway, 1915subwayfire, subwayfire, west55thstreet, w55thstreet, broadway, newyorkcityfiredepartment, fdny, fireman, firemen, streetgrate, buick, buickdealership, january61915
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Man in whose keeping millions of New-Yorkers will begin this week to put their lives (LOC)
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- 1 comment
- 3 favorites
- 4,574 views
- Date taken: 1904-10-23 00:00:00
- Date uploaded: 2009-11-09
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httpchroniclingamericalocgovlccnsn8303021419041023ed1seq29, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, newyorksubway, franklhedley, illustratedsupplement, news, photojournalism, railfan, history, transit, frankhedley, hedley, newyorkcitysubway, subway, nycsubway, interboroughrapidtransit, irt
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Subway bldg. - N.Y. (LOC)
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- 2 comments
- 4 favorites
- 4,449 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2010-05-21
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain14997, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, manhattan, newyorkcity, subway
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Guarding subway entrance, Paris (LOC)
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- 0 comments
- 6 favorites
- 3,970 views
- Date taken: 1910
- Date uploaded: 2011-07-29
- Tags: libraryofcongress, dc:identifier=httphdllocgovlocpnpggbain17036, xmlns:dc=httppurlorgdcelements11, frencharmy, arméedeterre, armeedeterre, soldier, soldiers, rifle, rifles, subway, paris, parisfrance, france
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