Bob Mulero, who usually finds remaining ancient Streetlights of New York City, found this vintage hand-drawn sign on one of the pillars in the IRT Chambers Street station, serving the #1, 2 and 3 trains.

The station opened on July 1, 1918; its mosaics feature Kings College, which was once downtown but expanded into Columbia University when it moved north to the Morningside Heights neighborhood in 1896.

Likely, the station is undergoing periodic painting, and previous layers of paint need to be stripped off first; on this occasion, the sign was uncovered. It might be an original from 1918.

10/14/15