Name/Title
Railroad: Short Hills Train Station, 1905Entry/Object ID
2013.046.001Description
Postally used, b/w/sepia real-photo postcard view of the original, but expanded, Short Hills train station. The card was sent by "Peter Tom II" to Miss Madeline Fish, Mt. Kisco, West. Co., N.Y. on Nov. 18, 1905. Preprinted text on the front of the card, beneath the station building, is: "Lackawanna Station, Short Hills, N.J." and handwritten below that is " Its awfully pretty here. I will be home Monday. With love, Peter Tom II" in the handwriting of a young person.
This station was built by Stewart W. Hartshorn as an inducement to the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad to have commuter trains stop at this new village. Upon the railroad's promise to stop 2 trains daily, he provided the land and spent $2,500 to build the station. Hartshorn also hired and paid a station master and maintained the station for many years. When Hartshorn built the station, he had the railroad agree that underpasses should be constructed so as to eliminate three grade crossings and furnished the necessary land. On July 2, 1892, the original depot was deeded to the railroad and remained in use until February 1907, when it was demolished to make way for a new station.
The card was purchased on eBay from Robert H. Allen, 37 Saint Bernards Drive, Wharton, NJ 07885-2717Acquisition
Accession
2013.046Source or Donor
Lynne RanieriDimensions
Height
5-1/2 inWidth
3-1/2 in
