About This Item
- TitleKosciuszko Bridge
- Call NumberBRID_0189
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0184, BRID 0187), some of which may also be described in this new record; Three views, in different sizes, of the Kosciuszko Bridge. 0184 shows roadway approaching bridge, and group of pedestrians on walkway, in foreground; 0187 shows large sign, "Combined weight of vehicle and load over 10 ton not allowed on this bridge;" 0189 is a close-up of a parade on bridge. Formerly named the Meeker Avenue Bridge which opened on August 23, 1939, it was renamed on July 10, 1940.
- Date1939-1940
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description3 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver
- Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
- NoteAll are cropped. Title from inscription on verso of 0189.
- SubjectBridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- Finding AidView the finding aid
- PlaceKosciuszko 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.