About This Item


  • TitleManhattan Bridge
  • Call NumberBRID_0259
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0258), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two aerial views of the Manhattan Bridge. 0258 shows large section of Lower Manhattan with many high-rise and other residential buildings in foreground and section of Brooklyn in background. 0259 shows large section of Brooklyn with waterfront in foreground. Both images show section of the East River. 0248 is not dated.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteStamped on verso: 0258: "Department of Public Works;" 0259: "Nov. 21, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle; Jules Geller, photographer." Title from inscriptions on versos.
  • SubjectBridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Rivers -- New York (State) -- New York ; Waterfronts -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)East River (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.