Interior of Grand Central Station, New York City, Postcard Mailed July 30, 1948
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When it opened in Manhattan in 1913, Grand Central Terminal solved several problems for the New York Central Railroad. Underground tracks separated trains from street traffic. Electric locomotives, used to move trains in and out of the facility, eliminated smoke and soot. Ramps within the station improved pedestrian flow by reducing the need for passengers to negotiate stairs.
When it opened in Manhattan in 1913, Grand Central Terminal solved several problems for the New York Central Railroad. Underground tracks separated trains from street traffic. Electric locomotives, used to move trains in and out of the facility, eliminated smoke and soot. Ramps within the station improved pedestrian flow by reducing the need for passengers to negotiate stairs.
Artifact
Postcard
Date Made
30 July 1948
Keywords
Collection Title
On Exhibit
By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center
Object ID
86.9.1.1000
Credit
From the Collections of The Henry Ford. Gift of Dorothy Guimaraes.
Material
Paper (Fiber product)
Technique
Printing (Process)
Color
Multicolored
Dimensions
Length: 3.563 in
Width: 5.563 in
Inscriptions
caption: Interior Grand Central Station New York City text on back: Located on East 42nd Street between Vanderbilt and Lexington Avenues, this is the terminus of the New York Central, the New York, New Haven and Hartford and the New York and Harlem Railroads. Over 600 trains arrive and depart daily in this largest railway terminal in the world. handwritten message: They have them 3 for 5 in N.Y. too. summer school is in full force- "the nuclear aspects of the sociological thesis influenced by the genetic tendency of the present day thinking" etc. etc. Ask Dorothy EW.
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