Name/Title
B+W photo inside the Lincoln Tunnel near state line markers a month before its official opening, Nov. 27, 1937Entry/Object ID
2013.001.0096Description
Black-and-white photo of the interior of the Lincoln Tunnel at the state line markers a month before its official opening; from the New York side looking west, November 27, 1937.
7" x 9" wide print. Photograph taken by Associated Press (inkstamp on reverse and stated in caption); inkstamped title on back: Lincoln Tunnel Under the Hudson River; inkstamped file date: Nov 29 1937;mimeographed caption with publication release date attached to reverse folding over the image (text below.)
A publicity photograph scheduled for publication on Nov. 29th. The New York - New Jersey marker (tile signage at the center of the tube demarcating the state line) is at the left showing that the photographer was on the New York side of this center point.
Text of caption:
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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO FROM NEW YORK CAUTION: USE CREDIT
(EDITORS:THIS PICTURE IS FOR RELEASE IN PM PAPERS OF MON., NOV.29, AND IS INTENDED FOR USE WITH A WIRE STORY.)
TUNNEL SPEEDS INTERSTATE TRAFFIC
FOUR-MINUTE MOTORING FROM WEEHAWKEN,N.J., TO MIDTOWN NEW YORK WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH OPENING DEC. 22 OF THE FIRST TUBE OF THE $75,000,000 TWO-WAY LINCOLN TUNNEL UNDER THE HUDSON RIVER. BUILT AT A COST OF $42,000,000 AND LIVES OF 14 WORKMEN, THE FIRST (SOUTH) TUBE EXTENDS 8,215 FEET AND AT ITS DEEPEST POINT IS 75 FEET BELOW SURFACE OF THE HUDSON. THIS PICTURE SHOWS THE INTERIOR OF THE TUBE TO BE OPENED NEXT MONTH. THE SECOND TUNNEL IS EXPECTED TO BE READY FOR USE LATE IN 1940.
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
NE WA YONK NR ALL NY STATE HC
hwt 630aest 11-27-37 stf TS
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Accession
2013.001Source or Donor
PurchaseAcquisition Method
PurchaseCredit Line
Museum Collections.Made/Created
Date made
1937Place
Location
Lincoln Tunnel/New York CityGeneral Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2014-01-20
