Box SC Photo 0005.02

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Sewer in Lafayette Ave. Zerega Ave. &c. M.H. 4 on Zerega Ave. looking S.W. Nov. 5th 1908 inked on back of sepia photo 3 ¼”x 5 ½” (Seven men (two blacks, two with white hats, three with caps) standing in large concrete square structure with machinery above and planks and timber logs in foreground)

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No caption, no date, sepia photo 4 ½”x 6” (Two six-story apartment buildings with fire escapes on left of photo, on right side of photo are two five-story apartment buildings being constructed, in center mid ground a hoist, buildings in background and sign with letters ARAGE, leafy trees, in left foreground pile of stones and wood planks, right foreground stacks of bricks)

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Concourse – 175 St Underpass Spring 1909 inked at top of sepia photo 7 ½”x9 ½” (Large ashlar surfaced masonry structure with arched opening right of center of photo, two scrawny trees on either side, hillside at left of photo with rocks visible, photo is damaged with pinholes in upper corners and a chip in lower right corner, on back of photo is handwritten in pencil – 47 175 st & Concourse, a typed label with 175th Street Underpass)

Scope and Contents Proposed Improvement of the Grand Boulevard and Concourse from E. 161st Street to Mosholu Parkway (printed beneath drawing) 1893 (hand inked on lower right of photo), black and white photo 6 ½”x 9 ½” of a drawing (Drawing of a triple lane roadway separated by rows of leafy trees, pedestrian sidewalks on either side of the roadways and a bicycle path between center and right roadway which are illustrated with horse drawn carriages and horseback rider along with street lamps, on left side of...

Scope and Contents White Plains Road Paving Experiment Standard Oil Penetration before Applying Paint Coat Oct 21st 1910, 349, black and white photo 7 ½”x 9 ½” mounted on 8”x 9 ½” gray paper with Burke Ave inked in lower right corner (Roadway with curb on right side and double tracks with double rows of telegraph poles, on right side is row of 14 barrels with two standing men and trees with a few leaves and row of houses, in center of photo is a blurred image, at left in middle is a small vehicle and some...

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No caption, no date, slightly sepia black and white photo 7 ½”x 9 ½” (Wooden planked roadway centered in a large leveled area to the right of tracks, hoists by a rock pile in center of photo, pile of eight large pipes in front of a little wooden bridge over a gully at the right side of photo, at left side of photo is a group of two-story houses, several bare trees)

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Kingsbridge Ave. Op. 232nd Str. Showing Position of Water Main P.S.7, July 12th. 1910. Black and white photo 7 ½ x 9 ½” (Rough roadway cut in front of a four-story brick apartment building which has a stone square portico at entrance, at building side is a steep gabled building (maybe a barn) a iron fence separates the rubble piles of the roadway from the building, posted sign 37 N.Y.C. Co. 12 Post No Bills, in distance is washing on line beneath telegraph poles)

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Railroad Crossing, looking South on Blondell Ave. Oct. 23rd 1907, 70, black and white photo 7 ½” x 9 ½” mounted on black paper (Deep pit with wooden formwork grid and reinforcing rods, three wooden ladders going to surface above pit, group of men leading on wooden railing overlooking the pit, three visible buildings near railing, one with sign …Beer, back of photo has typed label N.Y. N.H. and H.R.R. Station – Westchester Station, Blondell Avenue, 1907)

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Truxton Street Outlet Sewer Station 0+75 looking Northwest August 20, 1908, 93, P232 in upper right corner, black and white photo 7½”x 9½” (Man in white coat wearing straw hat standing in center of rough weedy field, building in distance with sign PEASE PIANO on roof, also in distance a derrick and piles of lumber next to a rail track)

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Standard Oil Co’s Experiments Grand Boul. & Concourse & 173rd St. Dec. 5th 1914 626, black and white photo 7 ½” x 9 ½” (Broad smooth roadway in two-thirds of photo, at the right is light pole, at left is row of spindly bare trees in front of masonry balustrade with a scruffy rocky hill in distance)