About This Item

  • Title[Manhattan Bridge car accidents]
  • Call NumberBRID_0224
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0223), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of Manhattan Bridge automobile accidents. 0223 shows five cars towed off bridge onto Poplar Street in Brooklyn Heights after accident. 0224 shows white arrow pointing to completely-retouched car after crashing through guardrail into oncoming traffic.
  • Date1931, 1955
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0223: grease pencil cropping marks; 0224: 10 x 8 in.; retouched. On verso of 0223: date stamped: Jan. 21, 1955; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; 0224: date inscribed: June 18, 1931; "Eagle photo stamp." Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; City traffic -- New York (State) -- New York ; Traffic accidents -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Bridge (New York, N.Y.)New York (N.Y.)
  • 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.