Footpaths of Manhattan Bridge [when the bridge was being built] – Antique Print
![Footpaths of Manhattan Bridge [when the bridge was being built], [between 1907 and 1915] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/dc/dc35a4e50f0d-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.)
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Footpaths of Manhattan Bridge [when the bridge was being built]
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Pedestrians once crossed the East River on the Manhattan Bridge along elevated footpaths set apart from the roadway, and this view records those walkways while the span was still taking shape. The bridge opened in December 1909, linking Lower Manhattan with Brooklyn and easing the crowding on the older Brooklyn Bridge. The photograph is one of many taken by the Bain News Service, a New York picture agency whose glass-plate and print collection now sits in the Library of Congress. Its caption card, which the archive notes is unverified, dates it to roughly 1907 to 1915.
| Created / published | [between 1907 and 1915] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Notes | Photo by Bain News Service, N.Y.C. Title and other information transcribed from unverified, old caption card data and item. George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Caption card tracings: Construction; Bridges; Geogr. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,536 × 1,017 px · prints to 5 × 3 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-143594 |
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