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The Brooklyn Bridge, whose stone pillars and butments, seen from afar, seem frail as air in the gray mist, but support and everlasting stream of traffic

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection

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Wallach Division Picture Collection

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New York City -- Life -- 1800s

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The Brooklyn Bridge, whose stone pillars and butments, seen from afar, seem frail as air in the gray mist, but support and everlasting stream of traffic

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Title
The Brooklyn Bridge, whose stone pillars and butments, seen from afar, seem frail as air in the gray mist, but support and everlasting stream of traffic
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

New York City -- Life -- 1800s

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1899
Library locations
The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection
Shelf locator: PC NEW YC-Lif-18
Topics
Manners & customs -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
Men -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
Women -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
East River (N.Y.) -- 1800-1899
Boats -- New York (State) -- New York -- 1800-1899
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.) -- 1800-1899
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Prints
Notes
Content: Printed on border: "A summer evening in New York by Anne O'Hagan."
Source note: Munsey's magazine. (New York : [s.n.] 1891-).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 print : b ; 15 x 14 cm. (5 3/4 x 5 1/2 in.)
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17539114
Barcode: 33333159166848
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7b0bfd60-c55e-012f-5b27-58d385a7bc34
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The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1899: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2026: Found by you!
  • 2027

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Brooklyn Bridge, whose stone pillars and butments, seen from afar, seem frail as air in the gray mist, but support and everlasting stream of traffic" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1899. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-d710-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. "The Brooklyn Bridge, whose stone pillars and butments, seen from afar, seem frail as air in the gray mist, but support and everlasting stream of traffic" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 9, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-d710-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

APA Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Picture Collection, The New York Public Library. (1899). The Brooklyn Bridge, whose stone pillars and butments, seen from afar, seem frail as air in the gray mist, but support and everlasting stream of traffic Retrieved from https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-d710-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e0-d710-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 | title= (still image) The Brooklyn Bridge, whose stone pillars and butments, seen from afar, seem frail as air in the gray mist, but support and everlasting stream of traffic, (1899) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=October 9, 2026 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

The Brooklyn Bridge, whose stone pillars and butments, seen from afar, seem frail as air in the gray mist, but support and everlasting stream of traffic