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[Williamsburg Bridge, New York, N.Y.] – Vintage Wall Art

[Williamsburg Bridge, New York, N.Y.], [between 1903 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Williamsburg Bridge, New York, N.Y.], [between 1903 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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[Williamsburg Bridge, New York, N.Y.]

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A vessel named Dakota sits at the lower left edge of this view, a small detail that anchors the frame on the East River. The picture shows the Williamsburg Bridge, which opened in December 1903 to carry traffic between the Lower East Side of Manhattan and Brooklyn. For a few years it held the title of longest suspension bridge in the world, a distinction that drew engineers and sightseers to the waterfront. The image is an 8 x 10 inch glass dry plate negative made by the Detroit Publishing Company, a firm that documented American cities and landscapes in the early twentieth century.

Created / published[between 1903 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. Dakota" on boat at lower left. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 033448. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsBridges. Rivers.United States--New York (State)--New York.United States--New York (State)--East River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan800 × 980 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66709

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