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The Brooklyn Bridge (cost $16,000,000), N.Y.C. – Antique Print

The Brooklyn Bridge (cost $16,000,000), N.Y.C., c1902 July 1. — historic photograph
The Brooklyn Bridge (cost $16,000,000), N.Y.C., c1902 July 1.. Historic photograph from the Brooklyn collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The Brooklyn Bridge (cost $16,000,000), N.Y.C. comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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Stereograph cards like this one were built to be viewed through a stereoscope, which fused the two slightly offset photographs into a single image with depth. This card's caption gives the bridge's cost as $16,000,000, a figure that reflects how the structure was promoted as a marvel of its age. The Brooklyn Bridge, designed by John A. Roebling and completed under his son Washington Roebling, opened in 1883 and linked Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River. Its steel-wire cables and long span made it one of the most photographed sights of the era, and its stereo views were sold widely to visitors and armchair travelers.

Created / publishedc1902 July 1.
Medium1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph.
SubjectsH19635 U.S. Copyright Office Stereo by the American Stereoscopic Co., copyrighted by R.Y. Young. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Photog. Index; NY--NYC; Shelf.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,438 × 1,536 px · prints to 5 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-131956

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