104th Street curve, New York, elevated railway /
White, James H. (James Henry), production.
Thomas A. Edison, Inc.
Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
moving image
Actualities (Motion pictures) lcgft
Peep shows (Motion pictures) lcgft
Silent films. lcgft
Short films. lcgft
Nonfiction films. lcgft
United States : Edison Manufacturing Co.,
1899.
eng
"Taken from the front platform of a special train run backward over the celebrated S curve. Not only are the passing trains and crowded platforms of great interest, but the view of up-town New York is an excellent one, showing acre upon acre of roofs, towers, steeples and towering apartment houses. As the "special" slows up at 92nd Street, a Harlem express dashes by, the engineer leaning out of his cab, and waving a good-bye. 150 feet"--Edison films catalog.
Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 22Apr1899; 27964.
Duration: 2:18 at 16 fps.
The Ninth Avenue El included a famous "reverse curve" between the 104th Street and the 116th Street stations, where the tracks were over 100 feet high above the street. The Ninth Avenue El was the first electified railway in New York City, and the first to have express service.
Paper print shelf number (LC 1752) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed.
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Sources used: Copyright catalog, motion pictures, 1894-1912; Musser, C. Edison motion pictures 1890-1900, p. 497-98; Niver, K., Early motion pictures, p. 230; Edison films catalog, no. 105, July 1901, p. 89 [MI]; Brennan J. Beach Pneumatic, viewed online via Columbia University WWW site, July 27, 2015; Wikipedia WWW site (IRT Ninth Avene Line), viewed July 27, 2015.
Filmed late March to mid-April 1899, in New York, New York.
Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985.
Railroads, Elevated--New York (State)--New York.
Railroads--Curves and turnouts--New York (State)--New York.
Urban transportation--New York (State)--New York.
Ninth Avenue El (New York, N.Y.)
Upper West Side (New York, N.Y.)
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104th Street curve, New York, elevated railway
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