Old and New Tracks in Baldwin

Collection: Long Island Daily Press Photograph Morgue Collection

Date: January 20, 1956; 1956-01-20 Material: gelatin silver prints Dimension: 7 x 9 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Creator: Long Island Daily Press Identifier: aql:16668 ldp-000062 ldp-000062.tif

Description: Cars and trucks on Grand Avenue in Baldwin wait at the Long Island Rail Road crossing as a train passes on the old or temporary track in front of them. Just beyond, the new elevated tracks and passenger platform of the station are seen, a result of the grade-elimination project. Compare this to the view of the crossing in the early days of 1956, in image ldp-000061.

Title : Old and New Tracks in Baldwin

Collection : aql:16495

Creator : Long Island Daily Press

Date : January 20, 1956; 1956-01-20

Summary/Description : Cars and trucks on Grand Avenue in Baldwin wait at the Long Island Rail Road crossing as a train passes on the old or temporary track in front of them. Just beyond, the new elevated tracks and passenger platform of the station are seen, a result of the grade-elimination project. Compare this to the view of the crossing in the early days of 1956, in image ldp-000061.

Subject : Construction projects; Railroad stations; Railroad crossings; Automobiles

Relation : Long Island Daily Press Photograph Morgue Collection

Rights : Copyright holder unknown; Contact digitalarchives@queenslibrary.org for research and reproduction requests.

Coverage : Grand Avenue at Brooklyn Avenue, Baldwin, NY Baldwin (N.Y.) Nassau County (N.Y.)

Type : black and white print; digital image

Format : gelatin silver prints; 7 x 9 inches (print); 400 ppi (digital image)

Identifier : aql:16668 ldp-000062 ldp-000062.tif