[New York, N.Y. Brooklyn Bridge] – Antique Print
![[New York, N.Y. Brooklyn Bridge], [between 1909 and 1910] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e2/e25fb5b5974c-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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Few images capture their era like this historic photograph of [New York, N.Y. Brooklyn Bridge]. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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[New York, N.Y. Brooklyn Bridge]
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The Brooklyn Bridge, completed in 1883, was among the largest suspension bridges in the world when it opened, and this glass-plate negative captures it in the years around 1909 and 1910, long after its novelty had worn off but while it remained a daily route for thousands of commuters. The Detroit Publishing Company, which operated across the country and documented cities, rail lines and scenery, made the large 8 by 10 inch plates that gave such crisp detail to the granite towers and steel cables. Its survival in the Library of Congress collection, donated by the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949, offers a rare window into how the bridge looked to photographers of the early twentieth century.
| Created / published | [between 1909 and 1910] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in. |
| Genre | Dry plate negatives. |
| Notes | Title from jacket. H 453" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 036774. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949." |
| Subjects | Bridges.United States--New York (State)--New York. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection |
| Original scan | 973 × 793 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-DET-68122 |
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