About This Item
- Title[Brooklyn Bridge roadway]
- Call NumberBRID_0119
- Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
- SummaryEngraving: Caption: "In the early days the [Brooklyn Bridge] roadway was a narrow ribbon over which only one horse-drawn vehicle could pass at a time. The local railway's cable car moved along at 10 miles an hour." Whether it is the Brooklyn side or the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn that is depicted is unknown.
- Date[188-?]
- Formatstill image
- Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 5 x 10 in.
- Genreengravings (prints)gelatin silver printsphotographic printsprints (visual works)
- NoteDate stamped on verso: Feb. 27, 1949. Retouched. Title from typed caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
- SubjectBridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Cable cars (Streetcars) -- New York (State) -- New York ; Horse-drawn vehicles -- New York (State) -- New York ; Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York
- CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
- Finding AidView the finding aid
- PlaceBrooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
- 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.