View of the [Brooklyn] Bridge from New York – Antique Photo Print
![View of the [Brooklyn] Bridge from New York — antique engraving](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c3/c36a8bbfe1c1-L.webp)
(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.)
Description
View of the [Brooklyn] Bridge from New York comes to life in this antique engraving, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
Framed, it is ready for the wall; unframed, it is ready for the frame you choose. A fine choice for anyone who loves history, and a gift that gets noticed. Free shipping in the lower 48 states. Snapshots of the Past, founded in 2001, has served tens of thousands of customers worldwide.
View of the [Brooklyn] Bridge from New York
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The Brooklyn Bridge was still a new sight when this wood engraving was made in 1883, the year the bridge opened to traffic on May 24. Designed by John A. Roebling and completed under his son Washington Roebling and later Emily Warren Roebling, it linked Manhattan and Brooklyn across the East River with a span that was then the longest suspension bridge in the world. Wood engravings of the period were a common way to bring such civic feats to newspaper and magazine readers, so the print shows the bridge as a symbol of American engineering and ambition as much as a view of a structure.
| Medium | 1 print : wood engraving. |
|---|---|
| Notes | 1883 |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 994 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-125090 |
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