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College Point Trolley

Collection: This image is from the Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Photographs and is depicted in a glass plate negative, polyester negative, print, and digital image.; Image is part of the Jacob F. Wieners Photographs
Date: ca. 1905; 1900 Material: unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver print Dimension: 5 x 7 (glass plate negative); 4 x 5 (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)
Creator: Jacob F. Wieners, Jr. Identifier: aql:12148 jfw-000151 jfw-000151.tif

Description: A conductor stands next to the College Point trolley, stopped in front of Max Zehden's Hotel and Dancing Pavilion. The hotel's sign advertises George Ehret's Extra Beer, whose logo includes the six-pointed brewer's star. The ferry building is seen in the background left, and at far left the archway leads to a "Private Dock" on the East River, unseen in the distance.

Collection : aql:11775; vital:1

Creator : Jacob F. Wieners, Jr.

Date : ca. 1905; 1900

Summary/Description : A conductor stands next to the College Point trolley, stopped in front of Max Zehden's Hotel and Dancing Pavilion. The hotel's sign advertises George Ehret's Extra Beer, whose logo includes the six-pointed brewer's star. The ferry building is seen in the background left, and at far left the archway leads to a "Private Dock" on the East River, unseen in the distance.

Subject : Trolley cars; Hotels; Railroad conductors; Streets; Beer signs

Rights : Copyright holder unknown

Coverage : 1st Avenue (now 14th Avenue) near 1st Street (now 110th Street), College Point, NY College Point (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : glass plate negative; black and white negative; black and white print; digital image

Format : unknown material on plate glass; safety film; gelatin silver print; 5 x 7 (glass plate negative); 4 x 5 (negative); 8 x 10 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:12148 jfw-000151 jfw-000151.tif

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Subject:
Trolley cars; Hotels; Railroad conductors; Streets; Beer signs
Rights Notice
Copyright holder unknown


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