About This Item

  • TitleKosciuszko Bridge
  • Call NumberBRID_0185
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0188, BRID 0190, BRID 0186), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four views, in different sizes, of construction work on and near the Kosciuszko Bridge. 0188 is an aerial view of the road approaching the bridge on the Brooklyn side and includes automobiles, trucks, and a derrick. Three of the images are undated. Opened on August 23, 1939 as the Meeker Avenue Bridge, it was renamed on July 10, 1940.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints: black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteCropped. Title from inscription on verso of 0190.
  • SubjectBridges -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Kosciuszko Bridge (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.