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Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
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Subway Scenes
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For many of us quarantined in the city, it's been months since we've taken the train anywhere. Since then, we found ourselves becoming oddly nostalgic about our old daily commutes. Here are some photographs that capture New Yorkers on the subway: a quintessential piece of the city that we love to hate yet hold near and dear to our hearts.
Tugboat Strike of 1946
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The world's busiest harbor was left at a standstill when 3,500 tug boat workers launched a strike on the docks of New York City. The halt of sea bound coal and oil left New York without fuel for over two weeks, forcing subways to be left unheated and the closure of schools, stores, and restaurants.
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Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
\[Subway stations] Image represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0329, TRAN 0328, TRAN 0330, TRAN 0327), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five views, in two different sizes: Atlantic Avenue, Nevins Street, Hoyt Street, and Borough Hall subway stations. One of the images is not dated.
Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
\[Subway stations] Image represented is one of a related set (TRAN 0329, TRAN 0328, TRAN 0330, TRAN 0327), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five views, in two different sizes: Atlantic Avenue, Nevins Street, Hoyt Street, and Borough Hall subway stations. One of the images is not dated.
Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Subway feels the pinch Caption: "Subway feels the pinch--Mrs. Helen Mindlin notes sign in Borough Hall I. R. T. subway entrance reporting reduced service because of the fuel shortage \[due to strike of coal-delivering tugboat workers]."
Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Good advice from a cop Caption: "Good advice from a cop--A patrolman at the Borough Hall station of the I. R. T. warns subway riders that unless they work in an essential industry they should remain at home \[due to strike of coal-delivering tugboat workers]."
Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Subway fare is a dime Caption: "Subway fare is a dime--Midnight separates Brooklyn couple ... Mrs. Lillian Besunder of 2120 E. 24th St. passes happily through Borough Hall station turnstile for a nickel, but her husband, Seymour, loses out and must pay a dime."
Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
Two cents for a transfer Caption: "Two cents for a transfer--But the slip of paper this lady is shown receiving might have rated more from a collector. It was the first subway-to-surface car transfer issued at the Borough Hall station."
Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
\[Borough Hall Station, taken from Manhattan-bound side (Lexington Avenue IRT).] Borough Hall Station, taken from Manhattan-bound side (Lexington Avenue IRT.)
Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
\[Borough Hall Station (Lexington Avenue IRT) taken from Manhattan-bound side.] Borough Hall Station (Lexington Avenue IRT) taken from Manhattan-bound side.
Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
\[Borough Hall Station, taken from Manhattan-bound side (Lexington Avenue IRT).] Borough Hall Station, taken from Manhattan-bound side (Lexington Avenue IRT.)
Borough Hall Station, IRT Eastern Parkway Line
\[Sailor and African American woman] Young man in sailor's cap and pea jacket holding subway strap and leaning to inspect subway map; to his left seated African American woman with knit cap, glasses, and overcoat reading paper or newspaper clipping.
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