The Great bridge - Fire-works and illumination, from the Brooklyn side / drawn by Charles Graham. – Antique 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 antique engraving of The Great bridge - Fire-works and illumination, from the Brooklyn side / drawn by Charles Graham.. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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The Great bridge - Fire-works and illumination, from the Brooklyn side / drawn by Charles Graham.
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Seen from the Brooklyn side, this wood engraving shows the fireworks and lights that marked the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge, which linked Brooklyn and Manhattan across the East River. Charles Graham drew the scene for *Harper's Weekly*, where it ran in the June 2, 1883 issue, about a week after the bridge opened to the public in late May. Wood engravings like this were how most Americans saw news images before photographs could be reproduced cheaply in magazines, so the print also records how a city displayed its pride in a major engineering feat.
| Created / published | 1883 |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
| Genre | Periodical illustrations 1880-1890.Wood engravings 1880-1890. |
| Notes | Illus. in: Harper's weekly, 1883 June 2, p. 344. |
| Subjects | Fireworks--New York (State)--New York--1880-1890. Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--1880-1890. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,272 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-184950 |
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