About This Item

  • TitleProposed Washington Memorial Portal to Brooklyn Bridge
  • Call NumberBRID_0090
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0097, BRID 0096, BRID 0098, BRID 0099), some of which may also be described in this new record; Five views, in different sizes, of the proposed Washington Memorial Portal at the Brooklyn entrance to Brooklyn Bridge. Four of the images are architectural renderings; 0090 is a front and back view of a medal stamped "Memorial Portal to Brooklyn Bridge." Note: There is no evidence that the proposed portal was ever erected.
  • Date1928-1934
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description5 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
  • Genrearchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
  • NoteTitle from caption below image on 0098.
  • SubjectBridges -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.