Grand Central Terminal/New York Central Lines
Artist
Earl Horter
Date1927
Dimensions41 x 27 in. (104.1 x 68.6 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
Object numberPH.7158
DescriptionThis poster shows the main concourse in Grand Central Terminal, looking east. As trains do not pass through Grand Central, but begin and end their routes there, it is a terminus, not merely a station. The enormous task of designing and constructing Grand Central Terminal began in 1903 and finished in 1913. It was the third structure bearing this name to be built at this location; in 1871, it opened as Grand Central Depot before its reconstruction and enlargement in 1898, when it was renamed Grand Central Station. A model of the DeWitt Clinton, the first steam-powered loco- motive to operate in New York State, is shown with its three carriages on the East Balcony in the background. The model was built by the New York Central Railroad for display at the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial, and, in 1893, it was displayed at the World’s Columbian Exposition (World’s Fair) in Chicago. In 1920, it was installed in Grand Central Terminal as an attraction. Since 1934, the model has been housed at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. New York City architectural-history buffs will notice that the stairway leading up to the East Balcony is not shown; it was not added until the terminal was restored in the 1990s.On View
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