About This Item

  • TitleBrooklyn, Manhattan, & Williamsburg Bridges
  • Call NumberUNDE_0128
  • Cite AsIrving I. Underhill photograph collection, Brooklyn Museum/Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of portion of lower Manhattan, East River, and Brooklyn skyline from point just south of Brooklyn Bridge to Williamsburg Bridge in north; ships and barges on river; small inscription wih arrow at lower left reads, "N.Y. World's Fair, 1939"; typed label below inscription reads, "Brooklyn Bridge 1939."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NotePhotographer's name inscribed on recto. Title and date from inscription on recto. Collection owned jointly by Brooklyn Public Library and Brooklyn Museum; original glass plate negatives held by Brooklyn Museum.
  • CreatorUnderhill, Irving, -1960
  • SubjectCityscapes [lctgm]
  • 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.