Celebration of the commencement of work on rapid transit railroad
Subtitle: March 24th 1900, one o'clock, City Hall Park, New York
Contributors: New York (N.Y.). Mayor; New York (N.Y.). Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners
Publisher: Cameron & Buckley
Published: 1900
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Subjects: Subways; Local transit; New York (N.Y.). Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners; New York (N.Y.).
Notes: Cover title.

Includes a group portrait of the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners signing the contract of February 24th, 1900, a facsimile of signatures on the contract by the Board members, the invitation by the mayor to the ground breaking ceremony at City Hall Park, the programme of events of the celebration, and the text of the commemorative tablet.

Issued in illustrated covers; stabbed at top; tied with red, white and blue ribbons; spade embossed in silver on front cover; seal of New York City embossed in gold on back cover.

Avery Classics (Offsite) copy: Seymour B. Durst Old York Library Collection, Avery Architectural & Fine Arts Library, Columbia University.

Gift; Seymour Durst; 2012. plate:seymourdurst