About This Item

  • TitleWashington A. Roebling
  • Call NumberPORT_0759
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0758, PORT 0757), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three portraits, in different sizes, of Washington Augustus Roebling who completed construction of the Brooklyn Bridge after the death of his father, John Roebling. 0758 is a drawing and 0759 is a studio portrait.
  • Date[186-?], [188-?], [190-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description3 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genredrawings (visual works)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsphotographsportraits
  • Note0757: cropped: 7 x 4 in.; on recto: "Photo by Kazanian" printed in lower right. 0758: inscription on verso: "Photograph by Publ. Rel. Division, John A. Roebling's Sons Corp." Title from inscription on verso of 0757.
  • SubjectRoebling, Washington Augustus, 1837-1926 ; Architects -- United States
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • RightsThis work is in the Public Domain. The Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library can provide a copy of this work free of charge.