Street Express (5 results)

Both 1p., 8vo. In good condition, lightly aged and worn, with paperclip stain to first letter. Unusual signature, in block capitals. Both addressed to Brooks at the Savage Club, with both salutations to 'Collin'. ONE: 18 April 1947. Begins: 'My dear Collin, | I consulted my firend in the Process Department here and he said that a half-tone block would not be very successful, as there is a dash of colour in the picture and the half-tone would not bring it out very well. He thought that a photograph on a piece of Matt bromide paper would look much better and not spoil the detail of the drawing. | So our photographer made a negative and I had a print made on the bromide paper, which I enclose with my compliments. | This is straight from the horse's mouth, Sir! There are other horses, I know, and if you feel that you would like to adjourn to other stables I shall quite understand.' He ends with a discussion of a couple of practical matters. TWO: 9 May 1947. He is enclosing the negative, and apologises for the delay: 'This has no connection with my artistic temperament I really have been unusually busy lately.' THREE: Carbon copy of typed letter from Brooks to Strube. 18 April 1947. 1p., 8vo. One edge frayed. Letter of thanks, beginning: 'When I left you, somewhat abruptly, at the lunch-table today, I went to the Northwest Room for the glass of port which my doctor insists that I take after each meal, hoping you would soon join us. As you did not join us, I picked up from Jack's box the parcel, the print, and your letter.' Strube was the highest paid 'journalist' in Fleet Street, on a salary of £10,000 a year. See his biography by Timothy S. Benson.

See Beaverbrook's entry in the Oxford DNB. The recipient Thomas Lloyd Humberstone (1876-1957) was an educationalist and prominent member of the Convocation of the University of London. 1p, 12mo. In good condition, lightly aged. Folded once. Addressed to Humberstone at 15 Gower Street, London. After apologizing for the delay in replying, due to his absence, he simply states: 'I am inquiring into the situation regarding the Bedford estate.' Possibly written in reference to the Senate House development, in which Humberstone took a keen interest.

No 311 3'' x 2½'' this old vintage Daily Express badge from 1953 is a unique and rare find for any collector of transportation memorabilia. The badge features the emblem of the National Motor Rally, which was a popular event in the United Kingdom during that time. It is designed to be mounted on either a motorcycle, scooter or car. Two threaded mounts with nuts and washers to the rear. Member of the P.B.F.A. MOTORING, SPORTS CARS.

Poster for the Pittsburgh date of LL Cool J's Nitro World Tour with Big Daddy Kane, Slick Rick, and De La Soul, who had just released the hugely influential 3 Feet High and Rising. Handwriting on the posteralso seen on other examplescorrects the time to 7:30 PM and the ticket price to $17.75. LL Cool J was touring on Walking with a Panther, his third studio album. Staining, some marginal folding, overall very good to excellent. 22 x 28 inch poster on heavy cardstock.

Very good. Light wear and toning along original fold lines. Text on verso. Size 18 x 12 Inches. This is a 1962 New York City Transit Authority cut-away map of the just-opened 59th Street Express subway station, part of the original program for the inaugural ceremonies of that station. One of the most frequented stations on the Lexington Avenue line, the illustration encompasses three levels, 'express' escalators, transfer ramps, and a whole world of newer, faster, transit. The Verso Text The verso text promotes the accomplishment of building the station and its many new amenities. For the first time since the line was built more than 44 years ago, passengers riding locals on the IRT Lexington Avenue line will hear the conductor announce '59th Street station - change here for the express, please'. The new service goes into effect on Nov. 15, 1962. After 44 years, the 59th Street station, fourth busiest of the 23 Lexington Avenue line stations in Manhattan, has become an express stop. Approximately 11,000,000 fares were collected at this station during the fiscal year ended June 30, 1962, an increase of about a half million fares over the 1961 period. Millions of other passengers used this station as a transfer point to and from Queens. The complex work of carving an express station out of rock some 73 feel below Lexington Avenue at 59th Street was begun on August 10, 1959. Two platforms, each 14 feet wide and 525 feet long, on the northbound and southbound sides of the existing express track, were cut out of rock. A new mezzanine was built above the new platforms, toward the 60th Street end. The BMT Lexington Avenue station, with its east-west tracks running through 60th Street, is above the new mezzanine. Above the BMT and just below the surface of Lexington Avenue, are the IRT local tracks and station. Two high-speed, 4-foot wide escalators rise 50 feet from the new express platforms to the IRT local platforms at the 59th Street end of the station. Two more high-speed escalators rise 39 feet from the new mezzanine to the IRT local platforms. Taking over three years to build, the new mezzanine and express station was finished three months sooner than the estimated contract time. Approximately 12,600 cubic yards of rock were chiseled out and removed in order to provide space to build the new structures. Over 5,920 cubic yards of concrete and 915 tons of steel went into the building of the facilities. The Lexington and 59th Street station remains one of the most heavily trafficked station in the New York City subway system. The IRT It is of note, that, at the time, while still part of the New York City Transit system, the Lexington Ave (Green) line still operated under the IRT (Interborough Rapid Transit) designation. The IRT was the original private operator of the New York City underground subway. It was established in 1902 and ran subways from 1904 to 1940, when it was acquired by the New York City Transit Authority. The original IRT lines, most of which still operate, can be distinguished as the numbered routes on the New York City subway system (1,2,3,4,5,6,7). Publication History and Census This piece was created and published by the New York City Transit Authority for the inaugural ceremonies of the 59th Street express station on Thursday, November 15, 1962. We have been unable to locate any other surviving examples making this a unique piece of New York City history.