ARRT'S ARRCHIVES |
ONE HUNDRED SEVENTY - FIVE YEARS
APRIL 24, 1834 - APRIL 24, 2009 |
IN 1884 THE RAILROAD CELEBRATED ITS 50th ANNIVERSARY
IN 1910 THE RAILROAD CELEBRATED ITS 75th ANNIVERSARY A YEAR LATE
IN 1924 THE RAILROAD CELEBRATED ITS 90th ANNIVERSARY
THIS ONE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE COVER WAS
CANCELED ON THE MONTAUK TO NEW YORK RAILWAY POST OFFICE
THE GOODFELLOW ADMINISTRATION MADE A REALLY BIG DEAL OF
THE 125th ANNIVERSARY. THE NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY NEWS AND
LONG ISLAND PRESS HAD FULL PAGE COVERAGE, THE PRESS
MAKING A MULTI-ISSUE SERIES OF THE HISTORY AND EVENTS.
RICHARD BELLIS, THE TRAINMAN IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH,
WAS AN APPROPRIATE CHOICE FOR THE PART - HIS GRAND -
FATHER AND FATHER WERE LONG ISLAND RAILROADERS.
ON TEMPORARY TRACKS EAST OF FREEPORT -
PERHAPS ENTERING OR LEAVING THE FREIGHT YARD.
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THIS ONE-HUNDREDTH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATIVE COVER WAS
CANCELED ON THE MONTAUK TO NEW YORK RAILWAY POST OFFICE
THE GOODFELLOW ADMINISTRATION MADE A REALLY BIG DEAL OF
THE 125th ANNIVERSARY. THE NEW YORK TIMES, DAILY NEWS AND
LONG ISLAND PRESS HAD FULL PAGE COVERAGE, THE PRESS
MAKING A MULTI-ISSUE SERIES OF THE HISTORY AND EVENTS.
RICHARD BELLIS, THE TRAINMAN IN THIS PHOTOGRAPH,
WAS AN APPROPRIATE CHOICE FOR THE PART - HIS GRAND -
FATHER AND FATHER WERE LONG ISLAND RAILROADERS.
ON TEMPORARY TRACKS EAST OF FREEPORT -
PERHAPS ENTERING OR LEAVING THE FREIGHT YARD.
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