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NYC Subway Car, 1930s

The Flivver Lo-V was a type of New York City Subway. Individual, square rattan seats were arranged in a longitudinal seating pattern along the side walls of the car. Three doors on each side - two at the end vestibules and one in the center - provided for entrance and exit from the car. Incandescent lighting was used, and paddle ceiling fans cooled the car. Clerestory style vents in the upper roof opened for additional airflow. The carbody was made entirely of steel, with drop sash windows running down the sides of the car. The cars used metal signage displayed in the side windows of the car to indicate destinations and route. Kerosene lamps were displayed on the ends of trains as running lights - white for the front of the train and red for the rear.

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NYC Subway Car, 1930s

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The Flivver Lo-V was a type of New York City Subway. Individual, square rattan seats were arranged in a longitudinal seating pattern along the side walls of the car. Three doors on each side - two at the end vestibules and one in the center - provided for entrance and exit from the car. Incandescent lighting was used, and paddle ceiling fans cooled the car. Clerestory style vents in the upper roof opened for additional airflow. The carbody was made entirely of steel, with drop sash windows running down the sides of the car. The cars used metal signage displayed in the side windows of the car to indicate destinations and route. Kerosene lamps were displayed on the ends of trains as running lights - white for the front of the train and red for the rear.

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Album / NYPL/Science Source

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3209 x 4350 px | 39.9 MB

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27.2 x 36.8 cm | 10.7 x 14.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords:

1930S • 20 XX TWENTIETH CENTURY • 20TH CENTURY • 20TH • AMERICA • AMERICAN • BW • CEILING FANS • CIVIL ENGINEERING • DESIGN • ENGINEERING • FLIVVER LO-V • HISTORIC • HISTORICAL • HISTORY • INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT • INTERIOR • IRT • LO-V • LO-VOLTAGE • MASS TRANSIT • NEW YORK CITY • NEW YORK • NY • NYC • PHOTO • PHOTOGRAPH • PUBLIC TRANSPORT • PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION • RAPID TRANSIT • RATTAN SEATS • SCIENCE • SUBWAY CAR • SUBWAY • TRANSIT AUTHORITY • TRANSPORTATION • TRANSPORTE PUBLICO • TWENTIETH CENTURY • UNITED STATES • US • USA