SummaryPlaque (closeup) attached to front wall, left, of Thomas Wolfe's house, 5 Columbia Heights. Inscription: "Thomas Wolfe, American author lived on Brooklyn Heights from 1931 to 1935 and in this house, 1933 to 1935, while writing Of Time and the River. 'Great God, the only bridge, the bridge of power, life, and joy, the bridge that was a span, a cry, an ecstacy - that was America.' Dedicated on May 20, 1983, by The Thomas Wolfe Society."
NoteNote: blue/green tint (due to film or processing?). On verso: "This historical marker is attached to No. 5 Columbia Terrace [sic], B'klyn Heights." Title supplied by cataloger.
Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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