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by 
Pat Arnow









A fascinating four-minute film from the Thomas Edison Company in 1903 shows the opening of the
Williamsburg Bridge. You can see tenements, press guys in bowlers lugging big
cameras, dignitaries in top hats. Other films from the same era show a subway
ride from 14th to 42nd Street. These little films are among the curiosities on
a website about the New York City
subway. It's a lovely site created and maintained as a hobby by subway
admirer David Pirmann


You can see the films via the
web page, "The
Life of a City: Early Films of New York, 1898-1906 The films are presented courtesy
of the Library of Congress. 





    

    

    
    

      
        
    

  
  

  
  
  
  
  
 
  


	
        
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