About This Item

  • TitleWork on new upper roadway
  • Call NumberBRID_0217
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0220, BRID 0218, BRID 0244, BRID 0245, BRID 0243, BRID 0215), some of which may also be described in this new record; Seven views of construction of a new upper roadway on the Manhattan side of the Manhattan Bridge. 0217 and 0220 show the arch and curved colonnades at the bridge entrance as well as the new approach ramp; all show the roadway in various stages of completion, many automobiles and other vehicles, and residential and commercial buildings in background. 0215 shows a group of workmen in right foreground.
  • Date1930, 1931
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description7 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • Note0218, 0245: 10 x 8 in. Dates inscribed on verso: 0215: Sept. 17/31; 0217, 0218: 12/6/30; 0220: April 15/31; 0243: Sept. 1/30; 0245: April 24/31. "Eagle photo" inscribed on verso of 0217, 0218; stamped on verso of: 0215, 0220, 0243-0245. Title from inscription on verso of 0217.
  • CreatorBrooklyn Daily Eagle
  • SubjectAutomobiles -- New York (State) -- New York ; City traffic -- New York (State) -- New York ; Laborers -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Road construction -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm] ; Roads -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
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  • PlaceManhattan Bridge (New York, N.Y.)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.