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Opening of the Midtown Tunnel

Collection: The Herald Tribune Collection at the Archives at Queens Library
Date: November 16, 1940; 1940-11-16 Material: Digital image Dimension: 7 x 9; 600 ppi
Creator: New York Herald Tribune Identifier: aql:30853 tun-10102018-0 tun-10102018-0.tif

Description: Ceremony marks opening of vehicular tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens. Cars and buses lined up at the Long Insland City entrance before the tube was opened yesterday. Photo taken on the Long Island side.

Collection : aql:13844

Creator : New York Herald Tribune

Date : November 16, 1940; 1940-11-16

Summary/Description : Ceremony marks opening of vehicular tunnel linking Manhattan and Queens. Cars and buses lined up at the Long Insland City entrance before the tube was opened yesterday. Photo taken on the Long Island side.

Subject : Tunnels; Automobiles; Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

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Coverage : Queens-Midtown Tunnel, New York, NY Long Island City (New York, N.Y.) Queens (New York, N.Y.)

Type : Black and white photograph; Digital image

Format : Digital image; 7 x 9; 600 ppi

Identifier : aql:30853 tun-10102018-0 tun-10102018-0.tif

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Subject:
Tunnels; Automobiles; Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
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