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Title |
Transportation Map of Staten Island |
Collection Name |
Transportation Collection |
Date |
ca. 1933 |
Description |
Advertising brochure and map, showing transportation lines of Tompkins Bus Corp., Staten Island Rapid Transit, and trolley lines. The brochure is comprised of a single sheet of tan paper folded into four segments. On one side of the sheet are four vertical text panels with orange and red borders and black printed text. The title panel reads, "TRANSPORTATION / MAP / OF / STATEN ISLAND / SHOWING LINES / OF / TOMPKINS BUS CORP. / STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT / TROLLEY LINES / PREPARED FOR AND PUBLISHED BY / CORNELIUS G. KOLFF, INC. / STATEN ISLAND REAL ESTATE AGENTS / FOR 40 YEARS / CORN EXCHANGE BANK BUILDING / ST. GEORGE, STATEN ISLAND / PRINTED BY JOHN WILLIG PRESS, INC., STAPLETON." Other panels promote the Tompkins Bus Corporation and Cornelius G. Kolff, Inc. (a real estate, development, and insurance business). A handwritten inscription in pencil reads "Rossbach / 1185 Castleton Av." The reverse unfolds to form a map of Staten Island in vertical format, titled "MAP / OF / STATEN ISLAND / PREPARED FOR / CORNELIUS G. KOLFF INC. / REAL ESTATE / ST. GEORGE." The inscription indicates the map was drawn by R. G. Biggerstaff, Eltingville S.I., and includes a key to the markings for various transportation lines. (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century) (This is a description of a single item within the Transportation Collection, MS233.000.) |
Biography and History |
Cornelius G. Kolff (1860-1950) was a prominent Staten Island real estate developer and businessman. Mr. Kolff began his real estate business in 1893, and with his partner, Louis W. Kaufmann, developed a number of notable Island properties. Developments listed on this brochure include Silver Lake Park West, Emerson Hill, Longview, Shore Acres, Woods of Arden, Elting Park, Stuyvesant Farms, Arden Corners, and Harbor View. The brochure lists Kolff as President, Kaufmann as Vice President - Secretary, and Amelia B. Kaufmann as Treasurer of the firm, and includes lists of their various business activities. |
Legal Status |
Items represented here are from the collections of the Staten Island Historical Society. Materials reproduced for personal non-commercial use must credit the Staten Island Historical Society. Commercial licensing is available. |
Physical Extent |
Item measures 17 x 9.25 inches when unfolded. |
Catalog Number |
MS233.000.ITEM.0001 |
Object Name |
Map |
Archival Description Level |
Item |
Parent Record |
MS233.000 |
Subjects |
Bridges Buses Maps Railroads Transportation Ferries |
Earliest Date |
1931 |
Latest Date |
1938 |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Creator |
Kolff, Cornelius G. |
Associated People |
Rossbach, Frank Livingston Kolff, Cornelius G. |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by the Staten Island Historical Society, 2012. |