B+W photo of people commemorating final departure of train Phoebe Snow from Hoboken, Nov. 27, 1966.
Entry/Object ID
2011.005.0252
Description
Black-and-white photo of people assembled for final departure of train Phoebe Snow from Hoboken, Nov. 27, 1966. 8" x 10" print. Photo taken by Associated Press (AP Wirephoto); integral caption in image at left. Reverse has holographic notes, publishing mark-up and inkstamp: Sun-Times Nov 29 1966 (this print from Baltimore Sun-Times Archives.)
View is west of a crowd along a train platform (not inside the passenger shed) viewing two diesel locomotives; a ceremony celebrating the final departure of famous train. Two young men hold a hand-lettered banner sign in front of the engine: So Long "Phoebe".
Text at left:
(NY4) Hoboken, N.J. Nov. 28 -- PHOEBE SNOW MAKES FINAL RUN -- Erie Lackawanna's The Phoebe Show is readied for its final westward run in Hoboken yesterday. The train, victim of high costs and a declining number of passengers, closes out more than 60 years of service when it returns from Chicago tonight. (AP Wirephoto) (See AP Wire Story) (rh20600str-mc) 1966
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Note: the caption states it had 60 years of service which gives the impression that a train named Phoebe Snow had been on this route for that period. The railroad did have passenger service on the route for a long time, but a train named Phoebe Snow had only operated since 1949. See notes.
Acquisition
Accession
2011.005
Source or Donor
Lukacs, Claire
Acquisition Method
Gift
Credit Line
Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.
Made/Created
Artist
Associated Press
Date made
1966
Place
Location
Hoboken
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Width
10 in
General Notes
Note
Notes: The Phoebe Snow. A long distance passenger train that was operated by the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad (Lackawanna Railroad) from New York (Hoboken) to Buffalo, 1949 to 1960 and continued under the Erie-Lackawanna from 1960-1966.) The Lackawanna was known as the The Road of Anthracite (or The Anthracite Road) as well as the The Route of Phoebe Snow (or The Phoebe Snow Route.) A fictional character created for advertising campaigns about 1900, it became the name of a real route with service that started Nov. 15, 1949 and made its last westbound trip starting Nov. 27, 1966.
Original or Copy: Original
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2011-12-09
