East River Bridge, New York City – Vintage Print
(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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of East River Bridge, New York City. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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East River Bridge, New York City
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Catalogued under its early name, the East River Bridge, this view shows the span that later became the Brooklyn Bridge, which was still called the East River Bridge during construction. John A. Roebling designed the suspension bridge, and after his death in 1869 his son Washington Roebling carried the work forward, with Emily Roebling helping to manage the project. Opened in 1883, it linked Manhattan and Brooklyn and was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. The photographer, A. Loeffler of Tompkinsville on Staten Island, issued the image as a numbered photoprint, though the caption details have not been independently verified.
| Created / published | c1900. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprint copyrighted by A. Loeffler, Tompkinsville, N.Y. No. 669. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: New York--New York City--1900; New York--New York City--Brooklyn Bridge; Geogr.; Shelf. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,204 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-144738 |
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