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An instructor holds up a replica "EXPRESS" subway sign at a table covered with other directional signs while a young man in glasses looks on.

Date: c. 1960s

Image Description: A black-and-white photograph from an AHRC NYC newsletter showing a woman wearing a dark long-sleeved shirt, apron, and white headband standing behind a table and holding up a dark rectangular sign reading “EXPRESS” in bold white letters. Across the table, a young man wearing glasses, a white collared shirt, and a light vest looks at the sign, while other practice signs reading “LOCAL,” “TO STREET,” “UPTOWN,” “DOWNTOWN,” and “MEN / WOMEN” lie flat on the tabletop in front of a rack of white coats.

Creator: AHRC NYC

Source: AHRC NYC Newsletter

An instructor holds up a replica "EXPRESS" subway sign at a table covered with other directional signs while a young man in glasses looks on.