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Unearthed footage provides distinctive take a look at bustling Yonkers throughout Nineteen Twenties — and long-forgotten trolley

Unearthed footage provides distinctive take a look at bustling Yonkers throughout Nineteen Twenties — and long-forgotten trolley


These moments have been misplaced in Yonkers.

Officers within the sprawling suburban metropolis on Tuesday revealed newly found and uncommon movie reels that seize life within the bustling Metropolis of Hills a century in the past when trolleys nonetheless clanged by downtown.

“Our metropolis is filled with wonderful, wealthy historical past and we now are lucky to get a glimpse of our previous with these new-found artifacts,” Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano mentioned in a press release. “When our group found the reels, we couldn’t comprise our curiosity.

Newly found and uncommon movie reels seize life in suburban metropolis of Yonkers within the Nineteen Twenties, metropolis officers mentioned. through Mayor Mike Spano/Youtube
Within the Yonkers of the Nineteen Twenties trolleys clanged alongside downtown, sharing the roads with traditional automobiles, movie reels present.

“We instantly digitized them to see what was on them and it was like opening a time capsule into the early twentieth century of life in Yonkers,” the mayor mentioned.

The gathering of clips, which run for almost 10 minutes in whole, have been discovered inside a storage space in a constructing at 87 Nepperhan Ave., which beforehand housed the Yonkers Division of Planning and Growth.

The lost-in-time photos present staff paving Yonkers Avenue, one of many metropolis’s busiest roads, Yonkers Metropolis Corridor in its heyday and a groundbreaking ceremony for the Nepperhan Avenue constructing the place the uncommon clips have been found a century later, metropolis officers mentioned.

Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano mentioned the newly discovered movie reels have been stashed in a storage space on the planning division. through Mayor Mike Spano/Youtube
Yonkers Mayor Mike Spano mentioned he had the misplaced movie reels digitalized after they have been discovered inside a metropolis storage space. through Mayor Mike Spano/Youtube

One other reel captures passersby strolling alongside the outlets in Getty Sq., with different clips exhibiting one of many earlier autos utilized by the rising Yonkers Fireplace Division.

In one other, a site visitors cop directs automobiles in downtown Yonkers and halts site visitors for passing trolleys.

“I encourage our residents to take a peek at these reels, particularly our longtime residents,” Spano mentioned. “It’s doable somebody’s grandparents or nice grandparents who labored for town could also be on these movies.”


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