Looking along the bridge from Brooklyn to New York – Vintage Wall Art
(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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Looking along the bridge from Brooklyn to New York
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Looking east from the Brooklyn end, this stereograph frames the long span of the Brooklyn Bridge as it runs toward Manhattan, with an elevated railroad line visible along the structure. The bridge opened in 1883, designed by John A. Roebling and completed under his son Washington Roebling, and by the late 1890s its deck carried trains, cable cars, wagons, and pedestrians side by side. Strohmeyer & Wyman issued the card around 1899 for home stereoscope viewers, which were a popular way for Americans of that era to see distant cities in three dimensions. The pairing of the bridge's arching cables with the crowded rail line shows how quickly the city's transit had expanded by the turn of the century.
| Created / published | New York, N.Y. : Strohmeyer & Wyman, publishers, c1899. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print on stereo card : stereograph. |
| Genre | Stereographs 1890-1900.Photographic prints 1890-1900. |
| Notes | 83938 U.S. Copyright Office. |
| Subjects | Bridges--New York (State)--New York--1890-1900. Elevated railroads--New York (State)--New York--1890-1900. Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)--1890-1900. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 4,096 × 3,268 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-177365 |
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