About This Item
- Title[Proposed Brooklyn-Battery Bridge]
- Call NumberBRID_0001
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryMiddle-aged, portly man wearing suit pointing to portion of architectural model. Caption: "Eloquently replying to charges at the hearing that the new span will mar the beauty of New York's famous skyline was this model of the [Brooklyn-Battery B]ridge and the city's skyscrapers."
- Date1939
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 9 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteCropped: approximately half of original image appears to be missing; retouched. On verso: date inscribed: March 27/39. Title supplied by cataloger.
- Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
- SubjectArchitectural models -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- Finding AidView the finding aid
- PlaceBrooklyn (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.