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Throughout the Ages - Land Transportation

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*Old Horse Cart, circa 1900. An old horse cart on West Street, New York City, circa 1900.

*Broad Street, New York City, circa 1900. Horse-drawn wagons on Broad Street, New York City, circa 1900.

Margaret Street in Plattsburgh, New York, circa 1900. Margaret Street in Plattsburgh, New York, circa 1900.

*Tollgate, 1909. Collecting a toll at an old-time tollgate, Climax, New York, 1909.

Team of Oxen, circa 1900. A boy leading a team of oxen pulling a cart along a dirt road in the Adirondack Mountain region, circa 1900.

*Covered Bridge, 1913. A covered wooden bridge over the Little Hoosic River near Hoosick, New York, 1913.

*Brooklyn Bridge, circa 1900. A pedestrian walkway on the top level of the Brooklyn Bridge, circa 1900.

*Inside a Covered Bridge, 1913. Inside a covered bridge, probably over the Walkill River in Ulster County, New York, 1913.

*Horse Car, circa 1900. A horse-drawn trolley passes an oyster market in New York City, circa 1900.

*George Washington Bridge, 1935. People crossing New York City’s George Washington Bridge in vehicles and on foot, 1935.

*Commuter Train, 1934. A crowd of commuters boarding a train at Woodside on Long Island, New York, 1934.

*Battery Car, 1913. A battery-powered streetcar in New York City, 1913.

*Riding on a Streamlined Train, 1936. Passengers ride in the observation parlor car on New York Central’s streamlined train “The Mercury,” July, 1936.

*Long Island Commuter Train, 1947. A parking lot at Long Island City in Queens, New York City, with an elevated train track in the background, September 2, 1947.

*Elevated Train, 1936. An elevated train on Second Avenue in New York City’s Financial District, 1936.

*Subway Train, 1936. A train coming into the Schermerhorn Street Subway Station, 1936.

*Pennsylvania Station, 1938. The waiting room at Pennsylvania Station in New York City, July 1938.

*Modes of Transportation, 1916. Pedestrians, automobiles, trolley cars, and horse carriages near the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue and 40th Street in New York City, 1916.

*Subway Entrance, 1934. Men and women enter the Interborough Subway through turnstiles at Grand Central Station in New York City, 1934.

*Catskill Highway, designed in 1946. A planning sketch of what the "Catskill Highway" section of the New York State Thruway will look like when constructed, 1946.

*Heavy Traffic on Fifth Avenue, 1930. Automobiles and double-decker buses crowd Fifth Avenue near 42nd Street in New York City, December 1935.

*Motor Bus, 1938. Passengers boarding a double-decker bus on Fifth Avenue near 42nd Street in New York City, July 1938.

*Aerodynamic Train, 1936. New York Central’s streamlined steam locomotive "The Mercury" alongside an older locomotive, 1936.

*Automobile Crossing Bridgeless Stream, 1920. An automobile crossing a stream near Glasgow, New York, in 1920.