#TodayinHistory: #OnThisDay in 1932, the IND Eighth Avenue Line opened as the first line of the new city-owned Independent Subway System. These #NYTMCollection photographs show R1 cars being delivered to the 207th Street Yard in June of 1931 for eventual service on the A line.
Elias Howe Patents His Sewing Machine On September 10, 1846, Elias Howe received a United States patent for a lockstitch sewing machine design. #TodayInHistory #MabelQuill #EliasHowe #SewingMachine #InventionHistory #HistoryTok #HistoryFacts #LearnHistory #fyp
