About This Item

  • Call NumberBRID_0101
  • Title[Brooklyn Bridge opening celebration]
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (BRID 0100), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two views (one etching, one lithograph) of opening celebration of the Brooklyn Bridge in 1883. Inscription on verso of 0101: "Pyrotechnic display on the night of the B'klyn Bridge formal dedication." 0100 shows many sailboats on the East River and 0100 shows portion of bridge and several buildings on ground below.
  • Date[1883?]
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreetchings (prints)gelatin silver printslithographsphotographic prints
  • Note0101: 7 x 10 in. Title supplied by cataloger.
  • SubjectBridges -- New York (State) -- New York ; Celebrations -- New York (State) -- New York [lctgm]
  • 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: Ceremonies and Celebrations: Opening