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Sepia-tone group photo: Hudson & Manhattan R.R. Co. Arrival at Church Street Terminal, New York, of the Directors and Officers on the FIRST TRAIN FROM HOBOKEN at 4:00 P.M., June 28, 1909.

Photograph

DescriptionSepia-tone group photo: Hudson & Manhattan R.R. Co. Arrival at Church Street Terminal, New York, of the Directors and Officers on the FIRST TRAIN FROM HOBOKEN at 4:00 P.M., June 28, 1909. 7-1/2" x 9-1/2" wide print on imprinted mounting board, 12" high x 14" wide. Photographer not indicated. Reverse has a later (probably 1920s) 5-line pencil notation identifying William Gibbs McAdoo, President of the H&M, and "My Father," (name unknown and no identification of person who made this note.) Pencil notation on reverse: Tall man in center (looks a little like Abe Lincoln) is William Gibbs McAdoo - later Secretary of the Treasury who married one of Pres. Wilson's daughter. My father is behind man in right center (with white mustache) who has his head tilted back a little. ==== ---- transportation / the tubes / "tubes" / H.&M. / H&M / souvenir / commemorative / PATH

Entry/Object ID

2014.013.0040

Acquisition

Accession

2014.013

Source or Donor

Lukacs, Claire

Acquisition Method

Gift

Credit Line

Museum Collections. Gift of a friend of the Museum.

Made/Created

Artist

n/a

Date made

1909

Place

Location

New York City

Dimensions

Height

11 in

Width

14 in

General Notes

Note

Notes: The Hudson and Manhattan Railroad inaugurated its first service on February 23, 1908 from Hoboken to 19th St. in New York. (Additional uptown service: 23rd St. started in June 1908; 33rd St, the uptown terminal, opened in November 1910.) The train trip commemorated in this photo was to the downtown terminal in New York at Church Street (also listed as Cordlandt Street) which became Hudson Terminal (erected by the Hudson & Manhattan over the downtown terminal and then the largest office building in New York City and later a major portion of the site of the World Trade Center.) Regular train service to downtown actually started on July 19, 1909. ---- McAdoo was Secretary of the Treasury from 1913-1918. He married Eleanor Randolph Wilson, daughter of President Woodrow Wilson, on May 7, 1914 at the White House. Original or Copy: Original Status: OK Status By: dw Status Date: 2014-08-09