Digital image of Thomas A. Edison et al with first D.L.&W. multiple-unit electric passenger train leaving Hoboken for Montclair, N.J., Sept. 3, 1930.
Entry/Object ID
2004.016.0029
Description
Digital image of Thomas A. Edison et al with the first Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad multiple-unit electric passenger train leaving Hoboken for Montclair, N.J., Sept. 3, 1930. Digital copy of print belonging to and courtesy of Edison National Historic Site.
From the left: D.L. & W. President J. M. Davis, Thomas Alva Edison, D.L. & W. Chairman William H. Truesdale. The others are not identified. See related for an article in archives catalog.
Inscribed in the image:
[Typed] Dear Mr. Edison:
This is the first electric train on the Lackawanna (September 3rd, 1930), which you started and ran for half a mile through the tracks and switches of our terminal observing all signals like the men whose duty it is to do this work daily.
[Signed] J.M. Davis
[Typed] President
Acquisition
Accession
2004.016
Source or Donor
Metz, Holly
Acquisition Method
Donation
Credit Line
Gift of Holly Metz.
Made/Created
Artist
n/a
Date made
1930 - 1930
Place
Location
Hoboken
Notes
Date: 1930-1930
General Notes
Note
Display Value: Good
Original or Copy: Digital Copy
Status: OK
Status By: dw
Status Date: 2004-09-20
