Fred Otto Makowsky Papers. 1890s-1952.

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Fred Otto Makowsky Papers. 1890s-1952.

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The Fred Otto Makowsky Papers consist of photographs taken by Makowsky and papers collected by him. The photographs consist of over 4000 images of New Haven Railroad and other American steam and electric locomotives, multiple unit cars, and trolleys, and scenes of Stamford, Connecticut.

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Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.

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Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.

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Makowsky, Fred Otto

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Fred Otto Makowsky was born in New York City on 26 July 1888 . His father, Otto Maxmillian Makowsky, immigrated from Germany . When Fred was at an early age, his family moved to Stamford, Connecticut, where his father opened a successful barbershop on Relay Place. Young Fred demonstrated a keen interest and an exceptional skill in crafting things at an early age. At age 13 he built his first model train, a sleeper passenger coach. It was built of cardboard, well- lacquer...

New York & New Haven Railroad

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New York New Haven & Hartford Railroad

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For almost one hundred years the New York, New Haven, and Hartford Railroad, better known as the New Haven Railroad, was the primary means of passenger and freight transportation in southern New England. Chartered in 1872, this merger between the New York & New Haven and Hartford & New Haven railroads later included the long desired rail link between Boston and New York. Approximately one hundred small independent railroads were built in southern New England between 1826 and the 1880s. B...