LIRR ARTWORK

Edward Lange  (1846-1912)

Cold Spring Station c.1880+ Artist: Ed Lange  Note: Prior to Oct 15, 1880 station name was: Woodbury then changed to Cold Spring - and later to Cold Spring Harbor. 

Edward Lange Art Exhibit in Cold Spring Harbor

Sunrise Coal - Lou Mallard

"Night Trick" watercolor by Steven Cyran - LIRR Tug "Long Island II"  Built in Wilmington, DL the second  Diesel-Electric acquired by the LIRR

"The MEITOWAX Off the Battery" Artist: Steven Cryan

Artist Howard Fogg: "The New York Express" at Fort Pond heading for Penn Station. The view is from the slopes of Hither Hills overlooking Fort Pond Bay. The majestic Montauk Manor dominates the skyline a mile and a half away. Commissioned by John Scala  c.1962

“27 EAST” called Rodman Pell the “Grandpa Moses of Greenport!”  He was a descendent of Thomas Pell who established Pelham, NY in 1654. 

Rodman created an art studio in Greenport on property where the Pell family operated a successful wholesale fish business.  There, he expressed himself in primitive, “Naïve Art” of Greenport, the North Fork and of his early childhood memories.  His methods and style are important attributes of “Historic Folklore Art.” 

With this featured painting, from the collection of the Railroad Museum of Long Island, we see Rodman’s vision and imagination of the “First Train to Greenport – July 27, 1844.”  The “Peconic House” hotel hosted the affair and was located in the vicinity of the American Legion Post and skating rink today.  The diminutive LIRR steam locomotive and cars, the “Stonington” paddlewheel steamboat, representing the ship that brought folks from Sag Harbor for the grand event, and a “tip O’ the hat” to Stonington, Connecticut, the next destination for train riders on their way to Boston.
 
Courtesy of Don Fisher, President  - Railroad Museum of Long Island

Commerce Bank mural: Islip c.1907

In 2003 to 2011, the Commerce Bank installed murals in its Long Island bank locations. In later years, the name of the bank was changed to TD Bank. Archive: Dave Morrison

Local St. James bank mural  - 12/1990 Photo/Archive: Dave Morrison

 An old Shinnecock Hills station photo was used for this mural. Info: Dave Keller