Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1896 – Antique Photo 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 image of Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1896. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
Library of Congress record: [Brooklyn Bridge]
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Brooklyn Bridge, New York, 1896
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The Brooklyn Bridge's granite tower rises above a crowd of moored barges and steamships, a reminder of how much of the city's life ran along its waterfront in the decades after the bridge opened in 1883. Designed by John A. Roebling and completed under his son Washington Roebling, the bridge was among the first great steel-wire suspension spans, and its towers were built on caissons sunk deep into the East River. Look closely at the vessels in the foreground: the river traffic they represent is what made the crossing and the surrounding docks so valuable to New York's commerce.
| Created / published | 1896 |
|---|---|
| Creator | geo. p. hall & son |
| Notes | Panoramic photograph. |
| Subjects | Panoramic photographs--New York |
| Source | Library of Congress, Panoramic Photographs |
| Original scan | 599 × 1,469 px · prints to 2 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Library of Congress title | [Brooklyn Bridge] |
| Reference | NY 1896 Brooklyn Bridge 1 |
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