About This Item

  • Call NumberTHOM_0020
  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge and elevated road to Fulton Ferry
  • SummaryView of Lower Manhattan with portion of elevated road in foreground, several commercial and residential buildings, train on tracks, and Brooklyn Bridge in far background.
  • Date[189-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 6 x 9 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: 1896. Title from inscription on verso. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorThomson, Edgar S. [photographer]
  • SubjectRailroad trains -- New York (State) -- New York
  • PlaceBrooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.
  • FolderEdgar S. Thomson photograph collection ; Folder 1