About This Item

  • Title[Pylon at the Manhattan Bridge entrance, Brooklyn approach]
  • Call NumberBRID_0210
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0211), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views of the pylon at the Brooklyn approach to the Manhattan Bridge during construction. Caption (0210): "Side view of the pylon showing the eagle and the prow of the ship." Sign: "E. Bischoff, manufacturer of pure ... cocoa and choc..." in far right background. Caption: (0211) "Front view of the pylon. The laborer in the picture is standing on the pedestal where the statue [see BRID 0209] is to be placed." Note: The Manhattan Bridge opened in 1909.
  • Date1915
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 9 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped (0210): Apr. 22, 1915; (0211): Apr. 8, 1915. Title from inscription and typed caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.