About This Item
- Title[Construction of Brooklyn Bridge roadway]
- Call NumberBRID_0020
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0029, BRID 0027), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three images showing construction work on roadway ramps on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge, several commercial buildings, "Hygrade's all beef frankfurters" sign on right, and portion of Lower Manhattan in far background. In 0029, the ramps have been constructed but not yet surfaced; in 0020 and 0027, the northern ramp is paved and several automobiles have crossed the bridge into Brooklyn.
- Date1953
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- Note0020: on verso: date inscribed: 1953; date stamped: Jan. 11, 1954. 0020, 0027: on verso: "Photograph by Jules Geller." 0029: on verso: date inscribed: 1950's. Title supplied by cataloger.
- SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Bridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Commercial buildings -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cityscapes -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Roads -- Design and construction -- 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.