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[New York, N.Y., Blackwell's Island Bridge] – Antique Wall Art

[New York, N.Y., Blackwell's Island Bridge], [between 1908 and 1910] — historic photograph
[New York, N.Y., Blackwell's Island Bridge], [between 1908 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the New York City 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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[New York, N.Y., Blackwell's Island Bridge] comes to life in this historic photograph, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.

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This view shows the Blackwell's Island Bridge, a crossing over the East River tied to the island that lay between Manhattan and Queens. The photograph dates from about 1908 to 1910, just as the nearby Queensboro Bridge was rising over the same waters. The island was then home to a cluster of public institutions, including a penitentiary, almshouse, and hospitals, and it was renamed Welfare Island in 1921. The Detroit Publishing Company made the glass negative, and its large-format views of American cities are valued today as records of the built environment before the mid-century.

Created / published[between 1908 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
NotesTitle from jacket. G 7542" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 039954; devised by cataloger. Queensboro Bridge
SubjectsBridges. Islands. Rivers.United States--New York (State)--New York.United States--New York (State)--East River.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 793 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-69355

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