Queensboro Bridge Trolleys Seyfried

Footage from the La Guardia and Wagner Archives of the last streetcar in Queens (and New York State) in 1957. Narrated by Vincent F Seyfried. (Edited by Samuel Lieberman) If you want to learn more about the history of Queens you can visit the Archives' website:

http://www.laguardiawagnerarchive.lagcc.cuny.edu.

There you can view an extensive photograph collection and explore primary sources from New York City's colorful and intriguing history.

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• Queens
• Trolleys
• Queensboro Bridge
• Vincent Seyfried
• Archival Footage
• trains
• transit
• trolleys
• mass transit

[freereeder]

I did shoot stills of this line during its last days. One of the fascinating aspects (which I also caught on film) was the walking man manually sanding the rails where they descended into the underground terminal on the Manhattan side. Loved this video!