About This Item

  • Call NumberBRID_0136
  • TitleCrossing the bridge in the 20's
  • SummaryTypeset caption below image on recto: "Brooklyn Bridge--New York's first bridge. Located east of City hall Park. Begun January, 1870 and opened in May, 1883. Connects Manhattan and Brooklyn. Total length is 6,016 feet. First of the suspension bridges, it was hailed as one of the wonders of the world. A favorite walking place from which to see New York's skyline." Image includes two moving cars in foreground and several other moving vehicles in background.
  • Date[192-]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; City traffic -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Bridges: Brooklyn: Traffic