About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_1875
  • TitleOcean Avenue bridge
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (NEIG 1874), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two aerial views. Caption (1875): "Ocean Avenue bridge--A fixed wooden foot bridge carrying pedestrians over Sheepshead Bay from Ocean Ave. to Manhattan Beach. Opened to traffic on June 9, 1917." The images are not dated.
  • Date[192-?], [196-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from typed caption on verso of 1875.
  • SubjectBridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Footbridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Harbors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Sheepshead Bay (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: Sheepshead Bay: Waterfront: Bridges