JF Ptak Science Books Quick Post
Brooklyn Bridge, 1896.
I find this a very moving image of the bridge, encompassing the small bit of uneven workmens' construction material in the bottom/foreground of the image, which for me was it center, and which caused my eye to scan from there to the top of the tower. The full mega-file of this beauty is a vertical panorama 40"x12", and it seems as though you could push this to at least 60"x18", and perhaps a full double to 80"x24"--it is impressive just seeing it on a monitor this big--in the Grande Lux tapestry version, I am sure it would fantastic. [Source, Library of Congress, http://www.loc.gov/resource/cph.3c04634/]
[Source: http://www.loc.gov/resource/pga.02736/]
The Empire Sewing Machine Company certainly captured an aspect of the Brooklyn Bridge as part of the daily life of the river.("Empire Sewing Machine Co., New York / Henry Seibert & Bros., general lithographers and power press printers, N.Y.")
I kept looking at images of the bridge and came across this stereo view, an interesting and quixotic image especially in the way it concentrates the bridge's cables at the intersection of the two cards:
["Along the walk, Brooklyn Bridge, New York",published July 26, 1901.]
Next on this Brooklyn Bridge stroll I found the following two early motion pictures:
["Panorama of the East Side.", source: http://www.loc.gov/item/00694364/]
"This film depicts the East River shoreline and the piers of lower Manhattan starting at about Pier 5 (the New York Central Pier) opposite Broad Street, and extending to the Mallory Line steamship piers just south of Fulton Street and the Brooklyn Bridge..." --LC (more text and description when you follow the link back to the Library.)
And another film, this produced by the American Mutosope and Biograph Company, in 1903:
For the video: http://www.loc.gov/item/00694390/#rights-and-access
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