Yorker's life - connecting the bright lights of Manhattan to communities throughout the five boroughs.
Now photographs from the beginning of the last century show how the New
York City subway clambered to its feet to become the service millions of commuters take for granted today.
The earliest black-and-white image,
taken in October 1904, shows officials inside a car during the opening
of the
number six line at City Hall. With top
hats, suit tails and well-groomed facial hair, the men cram into a cart, becoming the first to witness a system that would transform the city.
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