About This Item

  • Call NumberBRID_0026
  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge closed
  • SummaryCaption: "Brooklyn Bridge closed-- ... policeman [in foreground] stands guard at Brooklyn approach." Portion of Sweeney Mfg. Co., large commercial building with clock tower, tall smokestack, and portion of bridge in background; billboard, "Hygrade's all beef frankfurters," road barricade, street light, and several street signs including "No trucks and buses" in foreground.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Jan. 23, 1950. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectChimneys -- New York (State) -- New York ; Commercial buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- 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.)
  • 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: Approaches: Brooklyn end: General