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Series I: Drawings and Illustrations

Scope and Contents note

Series I and II includes photographs and photostats of Weindorf's original work for the Public Service Commission. Drawings and models of subway tunnels, subway stations, subway line extensions, and other subway-related engineering issues can be found here. Many photos of drawings are mounted on thick brown scrapbook paper, with some items affixed to the verso.

Titles are transcribed, or, if in brackets, were assigned during processing. All sketches are by Weindorf unless otherwise noted.

Arrangement

Items are arranged by subject and by date, if known.

Subseries I.A. Cross-Sections

"Underground Railroad in front of the Grand Central Station", 1912

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"7th Ave. bet. 53rd & 54th Sts." [3 copies], 1917

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Beekman Street East of Nassau Street" [2 copies], 1917

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Underpinning the IRT Subway in Park Row" [2 copies], 1919

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[42nd St. at Fifth Ave.], 1922

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Along Sixth Ave., starting subway construction,], [1920-1929]

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Section through 33rd Street at Sixth Avenue and Broadway" [4 copies], 1931

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"190th St. Overlook Terrace Station Looking South", 1939

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 1 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.B. Stations

[Proposed kiosk entrance], 1912

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Mosholu Parkway Station"

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Woodlawn Station", 1915

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Subway entrances, 42nd St. in front of Grand Central] [2 copies], 1920

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"149th Street Subway Station", 1924

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Station on Eighth Ave. between 40th and 44th St.", 1929

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Fulton St. Station of Nassau-Broad St. Subway", 1930

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Queensboro Plaza Station", undated

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 2 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.C. Tracks

"Times Square Station" [4 copies], 1920

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Times Square Station". Oversize [4 copies], 1920

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Proposed Rapid Transit line" [in suburban districts], 1921

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Flexing of tracks at 53rd St. and Eighth Ave.", 1928

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Flexing at Smith St. and Schermerhorn St.], 1928

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Transit Facilities in Vicinity of 34th and Broadway" [2 copies], 1932

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Transit Facilities in Vicinity of 34th and Broadway" Oversize, 1932

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Passageway between 149th St. IRT Subway Station," [3 copies], 1937

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Passageway between 149th St. IRT Subway Station," Oversize [3 copies], 1937

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Proposed modification of Kingsbridge Road Underpass", 1937

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Proposed modification of Kingsbridge Road Underpass" Oversize, 1937

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Underground Times Square", 1944

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Underground Times Square" Oversize, 1944

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Proposed Reconstruction of present Rapid Transit Subway", undated

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 3 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Proposed Reconstruction of present Rapid Transit Subway" Oversize, undated

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 25 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.D. Tunnels

"Corner of Clark and Fulton Sts.," by P. P. Pullis and Weindorf, 1919

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Willoughby Street Tubes," by P. P. Pullis and Weindorf, 1919

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Corner of Old Slip and South St." and "Corner of Old Slip and Front St.," by P. P. Pullis and Weindorf, 1920

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[42nd St. looking toward Times Square], 1922

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Fulton St. at Water St.", 1928

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Tubes under river bottom between Manhattan and Welfare Island,", 1928

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Tunnels crossing at Church & Fulton Sts.], 1928

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[O'Rourke Twin tunnels] [2 copies], undated

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 4 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.E. Vehicular Tunnels, Mid-town Tunnel

"Mid-town Vehicular Tunnels, Long Island City Plaza, Scheme No. 4" [2 copies], [1920]

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Mid-town Vehicular tunnels and Hudson River Vehicular Tunnels, West Side Plazas", 1930

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Mid-town Vehicular Tunnels, Long Island City Plaza", 1930

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Mid-town Vehicular Tunnels, Long Island City Plaza, Scheme No. 2" / on verso: "Cross Section of Nassau St. Looking south", 1930

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Mid-town Vehicular Tunnels, Long Island City Plaza, Scheme No. 3" / on verso: "IRT line at Wall and William Sts.", 1930

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 5 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

Subseries I.F. Miscellaneous

"Proposed Memorial Bridge connecting boroughs of Brooklyn & Richmond", 1920

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Design of a Typical Building, New York World's Fair", 1939

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Underground subway construction] [2 copies], 1940

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Bomb Proof Shelter", 1941

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Bomb Proof Shelter." Oversize, 1941

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Retirement certificate for William Siebert], 1941

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Retirement certificate for William Siebert] Oversize, 1941

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Trackway Shelter, Lexington Ave., Manhattan" [2 copies], 1942

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Trackway Shelter, Lexington Ave., Manhattan." Oversize [2 copies], 1942

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Proposed Modification of the City Hall El. Station", 1944

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Proposed Modification of the City Hall El. Station." Oversize, 1944

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Retirement certificate for Dr. John J. Moorhead], 1944

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Retirement certificate for Dr. John J. Moorhead] Oversize, 1944

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Retirement certificate for Ralph Russell Monroe], 1944

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

[Retirement certificate for Ralph Russell Monroe] Oversize, 1944

Offsite-Box: 4, Folder: 26 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"City of New York Substation 2", undated

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)

"Subway Air Raid Shelter", undated

Offsite-Box: 1, Folder: 6 (Material Type: Mixed Materials)
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