About This Item


  • TitleBrooklyn Bridge Plaza
  • Call NumberNEIG_0537
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryAerial view of section of Cadman Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn with several pedestrians. Caption: "Noon: looking down on Brooklyn Bridge Plaza the camera brings forth all the contrasting beauty the varying textures the broad flagstone promenade takes on, set off by young proud orientals [trees] which cast their shadows against the cobblestone beds."
  • Date1937
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genreaerial viewsgelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date inscribed: ca. 1937. Title from typed caption on verso.
  • SubjectPedestrians ; Plazas
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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.