longislandrailroad
11 photos tagged longislandrailroad, from 3 members of Flickr Commons.
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- pennstation
- mckimmeadandwhite
- pennsylvaniastation
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- pennsylvania
- manhattan
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- seventhave
- seventhavenue
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The last upload was November 2015.
Going to Yaphank (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded November 2015
Going to Camp Upton (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded October 2015
H.W. Thornton & family (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2011
H.W. Thornton (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded September 2010
Trucks, West and Desbrosses Sts., Manhattan. from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan. from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan. from New York Public Library uploaded December 2008
Spanish American War, 69th Regiment Mascot from George Eastman Museum uploaded September 2008
Penn. RR Station from Gimbel's N.Y. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
Penn. R.R. Station from Gimbel shop N.Y. (LOC) from The Library of Congress uploaded January 2008
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H.W. Thornton (LOC)
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Richard Norton said:
Sir Henry Worth Thornton, KBE (6 November 1871 in Logansport, Indiana – 14 March 1933 in New York City) was a businessman and president of Canadian National Railways. His parents were Henry Clay Thornton and Millamenta Comegys Worth. Henry W. Thornton married Virginia D. Blair, from a prominent Pittsburgh family, on June 20, 1901; They had two children: James Worth Thornton and Anna Blair Thornton (Harrison). In 1926 Sir Henry divorced Lady Blair Thornton. He remarried shortly thereafter to Martha Watriss, daughter of prominent attorney and Nassau County Commissioner Frederick N. Watriss. Thornton was General Superintendent of the Long Island Rail Road from 1911 to 1914 and General Manager of the Great Eastern Railway in England from 1914 to 1922. From 1922 to 1932, he was the President of the Canadian National Railways. Thornton played college football at the University of Pennsylvania and served as the head coach of the football team at Vanderbilt University for one season in 1894. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Henry_Worth_Thornton
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Kristi (LOC P&P) said:
Richard Arthur Norton, Thank you for linking to more information on Thornton. We will add to the record when we update.
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Wystan said:
The Bain News Agency's photo of Thornton shows him in March, 1914, after his resignation as General Superintendent of the Long Island Railroad, and as he prepared to move with his family from New York to London, England, where he had just received an appointment as General Manager of the Great Eastern Railways (which also operated passenger steamers across the English Channel to Antwerp, Belgium, and the Hook of Holland. New York Times story, February 25, 1914: query.nytimes.com/mem/archive-free/pdf?res=9507E4DD113FE6...
Penn Station, Interior, Manhattan.
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David said:
Stunning
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Reid Davis said:
“One entered the city like a god; one scuttles in now like a rat." - Vincent Scully
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ReadyAimClick said:
This is one of the best works of architecture in NYC. You have to truly be there to get the feel of how big the building actually is.
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artissoft said:
Ha ha. This was destroyed in 1963.
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Youngking2010 said:
What a shame that this was destroyed