About This Item

  • Call NumberNEIG_0263
  • TitleOut of the past the future grows
  • SummaryCaption: "Out of the past the future grows--From a century-old engraving, a scene on old Brooklyn Heights -- the Penny Bridge at the foot of Montague St., with old-fashioned street lamps and an old-fashioned Brooklyn burgher on horseback. The Penny Bridge has now given way to progress in the form of the new Brooklyn Heights Esplanade, part of the expanding Civic Center improvements."
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreengravings (prints)gelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn recto: caption below image: "Brooklyn Heights, opposite the City of New York; Saturday, June 25, 1953." On verso: date: Jun[e] 8, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Footbridges -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Brooklyn Heights (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: Brooklyn Heights: Penny Bridge