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Film, VideoThe rise & fall of Penn Station
Rise and fall of Penn Station Catalog Record Only In 1910, the Pennsylvania Railroad, led by the company's president, Alexander Cassatt, successfully accomplished the enormous engineering feat of building tunnels under New York City's Hudson and East Rivers, connecting the railroad to New York and eventually, via the Hell Gate Bridge, to New England, knitting together the entire eastern half of the United States. But just fifty-three years after the station's opening, the...- Contributor: Film Posse (Firm) - Wgbh (Television Station : Boston, Mass.) - Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) - Jonnes, Jill - Murphy, Michael - Maclowry, Randall - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - PBS Distribution (Firm) - American Experience Films
- Date: 2014
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Film, VideoThe poisoner's handbook Catalog Record Only Tells the story of the dawn of forensic investigation, focusing on a number of cases of death by poisoning as well as accidental death by exposure to deadly chemicals. Examines the pioneering efforts of New York's first medical examiner Charles Norris and his assistant, toxicologist Alexander Gettler.
- Contributor: Wgbh (Television Station : Boston, Mass.) - Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.) - Apograph Productions - Ferrari, Michelle - Blum, Deborah - Copyright Collection (Library of Congress) - PBS Distribution (Firm) - Platt, Oliver - American Experience Films - Rapley, Rob
- Date: 2014