Bridges - Brooklyn Bridge - [View of the bridge, while under construction.]

The Brooklyn Bridge under construction and showing the stone supports and cable, prior to the laying of the cat walk. This view is northeastward from Manhattan and shows the Brooklyn shore in the background. Note the masted schooners in the foreground on the South Street waterfront.
About 1880.
Gift of H.D. Jewett.

NEG. #4402

Two additional views of the same structure; one of which is similar in direction to the above, the other being photographed from Brooklyn.
About 1880
Gift of George T. Bagoe
No. 86 Madison Avenue.
No Reproductions
1299 B2 NEG. #4352

1299-B3
SLIDE AVAIL. # 196