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New York City as presented in the Consolidated Edison Annual Report for 2011.
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New York Map, Circa 1900
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from: Handy Reference Atlas of the World; J G Bartholomew; 1904; John Walker and Co.
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Inside the Trading Post, NYSE, 1950s
Using a paper based system, the trading floor developed that famous layer of discarded tickets and notes by the end of the day. On the centre counter, you can see the tiny carriers for the pneumatic tube system - used to move slips of paper for registering trades and/or current quotes.
An essential feature of this ‘early Mad Men’ historical era is the array of hooks around the post on which hats were hung.
from: Wall Street - The Story of the Stock Exchange; Dorothy Sterling; 1955; Doubleday.
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Lower Manhattan, Circa 1912
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From: A Descriptive Review of the Empire State; 1912; George F Cram.
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New York Stock Exchange at 9 AM
Showing the various trading ‘posts’ before all the clutter of the electronic age.
from: Wall Street - The Story of the Stock Exchange; Dorothy Sterling; 1955; Doubleday.
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Olympic, Compared to US Buildings, 1911
The ‘class’ ship of the three-ship White Star Olympic Class (Olympic, Titanic, Britannic) is compared to New York skyscrapers.
from: Titanic of the White Star Trio: Olympic, Titanic, Britannic; Thomas E Bonsall; 1987; W H Smith.
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Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad Company, Coal and Ash Trail Car
When coal was a popular urban and industrial fuel, it had to be hauled in to the furnaces … and the ash had to hauled out. Given that most cities had extensive urban transit railways, the tracks could also be used during non-peak hours for light freight traffic.
The light construction of this car and its couplers confirms its use as a ‘streetcar’ railway trailer. So a light electric engine would be used for its movements.
This design of cars is sometimes seen today (in a larger form) on broad gauge Indian freight trains. One might conclude that in 1911, and today in India, this type of car is loaded and unloaded by workers with shovels?
from: Electric Railway Dictionary; Rodney Hitt; 1911; Electric Railway Journal, McGraw Publishing.
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New York Harbor
from: The Wonderful Story of the Sea; A C Hardy; circa 1948?; Odhams Press.
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Epic Feat of Salvage
” … After a disastrous fire, the giant French liner, Normandie, turned over at her Hudson River Pier, New York, in 1942. Before salvage operations could be begun, her huge superstructure had to be cut away and her hull made watertight. She is seen lying on her side before thousands of tons of water were pumped out of her. She was eventually towed away.”
from: The Wonderful Story of the Sea; AC Hardy; c1950; Odhams Press, London.
