#TransitTrivia : These photos from the #NYTMcollection show a fan trip in 1997! What train car-types are pictured?

#HappyPassover #ChagSameach to all who celebrate from the #NYTransitMuseum ! These closeups of subway station interiors from #NYTMCollection photographs show a variety of kosher products advertised in the #NYCsubway in the 1940s-60s. Do you have a favorite matzoh or kosher wine?

Does this look familiar? This #NYTMcollection photo from May of 1976 shows the fare control area of our Court Street station-home, prior to the installation of the first New York City Transit Exhibition!

#ObjectSpotlight : Dating back to 1964, this LIRR token from the #NYTMCollection was used for the 1964 World’s Fair. It features “Dashing Dan,” the #LIRR ’s Route of the Dashing Commuter mascot on one side and the World’s Fair Unisphere on the reverse.

#TodayInHistory : #OnThisDay in 1834, New York State officially chartered the Long Island Rail Road (@lirr). 190 years later, the LIRR is the nation’s busiest commuter line. These #NYTMCollection photos show the LIRR at various points in its history.

April 25th is #WorldPenguinDay ! To celebrate these fascinating flightless birds, we’re sharing this 1950 Subway Sun advertisement from the #NYTMcollection . Illustrated by Amelia Opdyke “Oppy” Jones, it urged #NYCsubway commuters to visit the penguins at the @bronxzoo.

#TodayinHistory : Taken #OnThisDay in 1928, this #NYTMCollection photo depicts Smith Street between Carroll Street and 1st Place. It was taken as survey photograph prior to the construction of the IND 8th Avenue line.

#ObjectSpotlight on this 1940s #StatenIsland Coach Company bus map and ticket from the #NYTMCollection . Trolleys and streetcars had been running on Staten Island since 1892, but were gone by 1934. The Staten Island Coach Company replaced many of those former routes with buses.

#TodayinHistory : Taken #OnThisDay in 1901, this remarkable #NYTMCollection photograph shows the second iteration of Madison Square Garden on 26th Street and Park Avenue South, complete with signage for Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show and a line of people waiting to see it.

This #NYTMcollection photo shows a detail of a Fifth Avenue Coach Company L-type bus chassis from the early 20th century. You can explore more photographs and objects related to Fifth Avenue Coach Company at nytransitmuseum.org/onlinecollecti….

Top story: NY Transit Museum: ' #MartinLutherKingJr 's tireless leadership in the fight for civil rights forever guaranteed his place in American history. Today, we honor his life and legacy.

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