Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Title |
Grade Xing Elim. Great Kills |
Object Name |
Print, Photographic |
Date |
April 30, 1940 |
Collection |
Borough President's Office Photograph Collection |
Description |
Original B&W print. View of the Staten Island Rapid Transit station in Great Kills, Staten Island, as seen from across Giffords Lane. Sign mounted over the sidewalk: "RAPID TRANSIT / TRAINS." To the right of the station, a food store with a striped awning has items on display outside; other buildings are partially visible at left. Handwritten inscription on the reverse of the photo: "Great Kills / 4/30/40." The original negative sleeve has a handwritten inscription: "1 of 3 / Grade Xing Elim. / Great Kills / 4/30/40." (Keywords: New York City, Twentieth Century, Grade Crossing Elimination, SIRT) |
Print size |
4 x 5 |
Acquisition |
Gift of the City of New York, Department of Purchase, Salvage Division |
Earliest Date |
1940 |
Latest Date |
1940 |
Subjects |
Railroad crossings Streets Railroad stations |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
68.027.0361 |
Support Acknowledgment |
Online Collections Database record made possible by Barbara Newington, July 2018. |
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. |