About This Item

  • Title[Proposed Brooklyn-Battery Bridge]
  • Call NumberBRID_0001
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryMiddle-aged, portly man wearing suit pointing to portion of architectural model. Caption: "Eloquently replying to charges at the hearing that the new span will mar the beauty of New York's famous skyline was this model of the [Brooklyn-Battery B]ridge and the city's skyscrapers."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: March 27/39. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectArchitectural models -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.