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  • TitleAt bridge hearing
  • Call NumberBRID_0335
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "At bridge hearing--A view of the joint Army-Navy-Air Force public hearing at City Hall today on the question of whether there should be a bridge across the Narrows between Bay Ridge and Staten Island. Seated (left to right) opponents of the span, Joseph J. Madden, Democratic leader of the 9th A.D., Representative Donald O'Toole, and Edward J. McGarry, attorney for the Civic Community of Fort Hamilton, listen to O.H. Ammann [speaking into WNYC microphone], standing, a consulting engineer, argue for the structure;" group, mostly men, sitting in background.
  • Date1949
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 12, 1949; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectMicrophone ; Radio broadcasting -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceManhattan (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.