About This Item

  • TitleWilliamsburg Bridge
  • Call NumberBRID_0345
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0369, BRID 0368, BRID 0370, BRID 0367), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five views of subway tracks on the Williamsburg Bridge. Three images include moving subways and trolleys and two include portion of Williamsburg in background. 0369: typed caption: "Instrument case opened showing track and line relays, automatic stop valve and fuse, resistance and terminal boards." 0370: inscription: "New trolley stations at Bedford Avenue on Williamsburg Bridge structure." Four images are undated.
  • Date1913
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0367: cropped: 7 x 8 in.; 0369: 10 x 8 in. On verso of 0369: date stamped: Aug. 16, 1913. Title from inscription on verso of 0345.
  • SubjectRailroad tracks -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.