Public Service Photographs
Scope and Contents
This collection includes of photographs from Public Service equipment (telephones, substations and buses), operators, and staff groups from 1927-1960. Box 1, Folder 1-2 includes photos of equipment including substations and bus stops. Box 1, Folder 3, includes photos of staff operating equipment (mostly telephones). Box 1, Folder 4 includes photos of staff groups and events. Box 2 contains 3 scrapbooks from the late 1920s including mostly photographs of telephone operators, but also installed equipment including in the Newark News office. Two binders contain photos of operators and equipment. The majority of the photos in the entire collection seem to be of the telephone or telecommunications department, even including photos from AT&T of new equipment. However, there are also many photos of bus stops (which would be under Public Service Coordinated Transport), as well as electrical substations (presumably part of PSE&G as of 1928).
Dates
- 1927 - 1960
- 1985
Conditions Governing Use
Researchers wishing to publish, reproduce, or reprint materials from this collection must obtain permission.
Biographical / Historical
PSE&G (Public Service Electric & Gas Company) was formed in 1928 out of the gas and electric
utilities of the Public Service Corporation (founded 1903).
Public Service Transportation was another subsidiary of the Public Service Cooperation, formed
in 1917. It operated most of the trolleys and buses in New Jersey. It became part of NJTransit in
1980.
Today PSE&G is a subsidiary of the Public Service Enterprise Group, which was organized in 1985.
There is no longer a transportation component associated with the company
Extent
1.25 Linear Feet (2 Hollinger boxes (Fileroom), 2 binders (Main))
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
This collection consists of photographs from Public Service equipment (telephones, substations and buses), operators, and staff groups from 1927-1960.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Donation of Raymond Castellano, PSE&G employee, Dec 2018
Processing Information
Loose material was sorted by genre of photograph. Scrapbooks and binders were left in place. Binders are shelved separately. One flier was kept at it shows that the source of these photos may be the telephone or telecommunications department.
- Author
- Beth Zak-Cohen
- Date
- 2019
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Charles F. Cummings New Jersey Information Center, Newark Public Library Repository
3rd Floor
Newark Public Library
5 Washington St.
Newark NJ 07102 United States
973-733-7775
njreference@npl.org