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Norvin H. Green collection of elevated railroad photographs, circa 1890-1910, 1937-1941
This digital collection includes 3,417 cellulose nitrate photographic negatives from the Norvin H. Green Collection of Elevated Railroad Photographs. Norvin Hewitt Green (1894-1955) was a business executive, civic leader, railroad enthusiast, and trustee of The New-York Historical Society who compiled a photographic record of New York elevated railroads that focuses on the dismantling of most of the lines between 1939 and 1941, hiring the firm of H.F. Dutcher to document the demolition in almost 4,000 views.