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1890s - NEW VORK CITV

A-4 ifie m ain po-ti d e lv in g ih e North A t la n t ic Vc>sik USA entity
p o in t fo r im m igrants. In 1891-1900 3 .7 m illio n in d u c tin g 650,000 In
1891 CongKebb e s ta b lis h e d th e p o st o f Su p erin ten d en t Im m igration in th e T reasury
Department & b u ilt th e new F ed era l Im m igration C en tre on w hich opened in 1892.

Immigrants on U U i Is.

Ellis Island
Centennial 1992

©USPS 1991
Hdian Immigrants

Ellis I blandImmigration Centre in Hew harbour, on 1991 Poitd C
Became a Detention Centre in 1932, & closed in 1954. How a museum.
New Vork had horsedrawn S tr e e tc a r s in 1832. In 1884 th e se were re p la ce d by C able cars
u sin g a ' gr i p' to a tta ch to an e n d le ss underground moving c a b le . Experim ents began w ith
d e c t r i c p ro p u lsio n in 1895 & were com pleted in 1899. P o s t d Cars were t r a ile r s a tta ch ed
to pa ssen ger cars & p rovid ed f a c i l i t i e s fo r m ail so r tin g p lu s bag p ic k up & drop o f f .

Hew MkHorsedraum
Streetcar

Additional American m/c
Flag Cancel NEW VORK.

Cars operated Railway
Mail Service, So 'R.P.O'.
TR = TRIP 21.
Discontinued 30.SEP.1900.
Pneumatic Tube $Aom 1899.

1c PC with Streetcar cdi 3RD Al/E.NEii) yORK CITV/ TR 27/ MAR 22/ 1897/ R.P.O.
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