Name/Title
B+W photo of New York plaza ceremony for opening of Lincoln Tunnel, Dec. 21, 1937.Entry/Object ID
2011.052.0204Description
Black-and-white photo of dedication ceremony at New York plaza for opening of Lincoln Tunnel, Dec. 21, 1937.
8" x 10 print. Photo by International News Photo, 245 East 45th St., N.Y. (inkstamped on reverse). Reverse also has mimeograph caption attached.
Elevated view looking west at the crowds gathered and dignitaries in entry to south tube (now center tube, but first of the two planned at that time.)
Text:
S628478 . Watch Your Credit .. International News Photo
2-9 Slub (Tunnel Opening)
New Midtown Tunnel Opened ---
New York .... A general scene at the New York side of the the new Lincoln Tunnel, as U.S. Army trucks rumbled through the completed engineering project, shortly after Governors Herbert H. Lehman of New York, and Harold Hoffman of New Jersey, had declared it officially opened. This tunnel and its mate [north tube], running from New Jersey to New York, will have cost $74,800,000 when completed. The tubes are 75 feet under the surface of the Hudson River. The New York-New Jersey tube connects Mid-Manhattan with Weehawken, New Jersey. The second tube will be completed in 1941.
R - 12-21-37-12/54Acquisition
Accession
2011.052Source or Donor
Lukacs, ClaireAcquisition Method
GiftCredit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a Friend of the Museum.Made/Created
Artist
International News PhotoDate made
1937Place
Location
New York City/Lincoln TunnelGeneral Notes
Note
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2011-12-03
