About This Item

  • Call NumberBRID_0137
  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0139, BRID 0125, BRID 0150), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four aerial views, in three different sizes, of the Brooklyn Bridge, including a portion of the East River and a section of Brooklyn in the background.
  • Date1883-1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genreaerial photographsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0137 and 0139 are identical. 0150: cropped; caption below image: "Gateway of Brooklyn." On verso of 0125: inscription: "Taken just after opening, 1883;" 0137: date stamped: Nov. 12, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; "Photograph by Jules Geller." Title from inscription on verso of 0150.
  • SubjectBridges -- 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: Views: General