About This Item
- TitleStillwell Avenue Bridge
- Call NumberBRID_0322
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0323), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views, in different sizes, of the Stillwell Avenue Bridge. Caption: 0322: "Statement from newspaper of Aug. 18, 1950: 'Other bridges under design include the $2,100,000 Stillwell Avenue Bridge over Coney Island Creek in Brooklyn' ..." 0323: "Formerly a swing bridge, now fixed in position. Carrying Stillwell Avenue over Coney Island Creek, Brooklyn. Opened to traffic on January 8, 1929." 0322 is an architectural rendering. 0323 is an aerial view with section of the Belt Parkway in background.
- Date1929, 1950
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white
- Genreaerial viewsarchitectural drawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsrenderings (drawings)
- NoteTitle from typed captions on versos.
- SubjectBridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Express highways -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parkways -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- Finding AidView the finding aid
- PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Coney Island (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.