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Photographs of the Lincoln Tunnel under construction - a Mid-Week Pictorial from an unidentified newspaper or magazine dated March 2, 1935.

Opening day medal from the Lincoln Tunnel. The front shows Lincoln with inscription: For a further unification of the people. The reverse shows the entrance to the original two tubes of the tunnel and has the wording 'Lincoln Tunnel Dedicated 1937.…

Photo of the opening festivities at the New York - New Jersey line. Image provided by Bernie Zempolich.

Black and white photo postcard of a model of the Weehawken side toll plaza of the Lincoln Tunnel, before it was called the Lincoln Tunnel. Manhattan Post Card Publishing Co., Inc.

Commemorative matchbook from the opening of the Lincoln Tunnel - Wednesday, December 22, 1937.

Gold colored medal with a profile of Abraham Lincoln and the wording 'For a further unification of the people' on the front side. The reverse shows the entrance to the original two tubes of the tunnel and has the wording 'Lincoln Tunnel Dedicated…

This invitation to the Lincoln Tunnel Groundbreaking ceremonies (May 17th, 1934) was sent to Mr. Matthew J. Eder of the Uptown Chamber of Commerce in New York City. The Weehawken ceremonies were held at 3:00 PM in the Weehawken Playground.

This tile, dated May 16, 1957, has a view of the approach to the Lincoln Tunnel screened on to it. The person I got the tile from states that the company that made the tiles for the 3rd tube of the Lincoln Tunnel issued this tile as a souvenir of the…

Colored enamel badge which reads: The Port of New York Authority Compressed Air Employee If ill rush by ambulance to hospital lock at 38th St & 11th Ave, N.Y. City or south of pier K at Hudson River, Weehawken, N.J. by authority The badge is…

2 page color photo spread from the Saturday Evening Post, September 6, 1958 (pp 22-23) showing the Helix at night. Caption: That great curving ramp, called a helix by the engineers who built it, leads down into three of the world's most expensive…