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[View looking across the Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.C. with people walking in both directions] – Antique Wall Art

[View looking across the Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.C. with people walking in both directions], c1894. — historic photograph
[View looking across the Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.C. with people walking in both directions], c1894.. Historic photograph from the Brooklyn 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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[View looking across the Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.C. with people walking in both directions] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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[View looking across the Brooklyn Bridge, N.Y.C. with people walking in both directions]

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The Brooklyn Bridge, opened in 1883, was still a novelty when this view was taken around 1894, and its elevated promenade was built for pedestrians as much as for traffic. The photograph looks out along the walkway as people move in both directions, a reminder that the bridge drew crowds who came to cross on foot and take in the river and skyline. The image was registered for copyright by J.S. Johnston of New York City, a photographer working in the period when the bridge had become one of the city's most recognizable landmarks.

Created / publishedc1894.
Medium1 photographic print.
Subjects44106-Z U.S. Copyright Office. Photo copyrighted by J.S. Johnston, N.Y.C. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: NY--NYC; Bridges--NY; Shelf. Walkways.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,536 × 1,158 px · prints to 5 × 4 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-128975

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