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 railroad tracks at the Staten Island Rapid Transit station in Great Kills, Staten Island, as seen from an elevated vantage point. Handwritten inscription on the reverse of the photo: "Great Kills / 4/30/40." The original negative sleeve has a handwritten inscription: "2 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 Railroad stations |
Lexicon Sub-category |
Documentary Artifact |
Catalog Number |
68.027.0363 |
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. |