About This Item

  • Call NumberBRID_0039
  • Title[Brooklyn Bridge during construction]
  • SummaryView of seven men standing on catwalk during construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Sign in foreground, "Safe for only 25 men at one time. Do not walk close together, nor run , jump, ot trot. Break step!" Signed, "W. A. Roebling, Eng'r in Chief." It is impossible to determine whether the photograph was taken from the Brooklyn or the Manhattan side of the bridge. None of the copies are dated.
  • Date[188-?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBridges -- Design and construction -- New York (State) -- New York ; Signs and signboards -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • Finding AidView the finding aid
  • PlaceBrooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • 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.
  • FolderFolder: Bridges: Brooklyn: Construction