About This Item

  • Call NumberBRID_0133
  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge traffic jam
  • SummaryAerial view: caption: "They're repairing the roadway of Brooklyn Bridge and [Manhattan-bound] traffic jams such as this are bound to happen every now and then until the Brooklyn-Battery Bridge is built;" commercial building with sign, "Sweeney Mfg. Co." in far left background.
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: April 18/39; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; City traffic -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Bridges: Brooklyn: Traffic