First Subway Ride MD2025 He could drag a bunt

He could drag a bunt

"The Sound of Music" is based on the real life story of the Von Trapp Family singers

This image was captured by Times staff photographer George Tames (1919 - 1994)

"As one conductor put it: I've held babies for passengers

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First Subway Ride MD2025 He could drag a buntOfficials and notables ride a flatcar with white sheeting covering the wood front railing as the city's first subway riders boarded the IRT for Interborough Rapid Transit at the City Hall Station, October 27, 1904. Major George B. McClellan, son of the Civil War general who was dismissed by President Lincoln, is in the first row on the far right.