About This Item

  • Call NumberBRID_0346
  • TitleEsplanade and recreation center
  • SummaryView of group of people sitting in pavilion, with sign: "This esplanade designed by the Department of Bridges, opened July 8, 1914," on esplanade near the Manhattan entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge. Image also includes one girl standing in foreground and attached residential buildings on both sides. The image is not dated.
  • Date[191-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 7 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from inscription below image on recto; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • SubjectPavilions -- New York (State) -- New York ; Plazas -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceNew York (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderFolder: Bridges: Williamsburg: Approach & promenade