[Railroad station - Pleasantville, N.Y.]

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Pleasantville, a village in Westchester County, New York, was a commuter stop by the 1910s, when this photograph was likely taken, so the station here served residents who rode the rails to jobs in New York City and back. The record gives only a date range of about 191-, leaving the exact year open, but the scene reflects the period when suburban rail lines were expanding into the countryside north of the city and stations like this one became local gathering points. Photographers of the era often recorded such depots as evidence of new transit and growing towns, and the building itself, with its platform and waiting area, shows how railroads shaped the communities they connected.

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