Panoramic view of Manhattan, showing Brooklyn Bridge under construction

Item data

Title

Panoramic view of Manhattan, showing Brooklyn Bridge under construction

Names

Beal, Joshua H. (American photographer, active late 19th century) (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1876
Place: New York

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection
Shelf locator: 113PH045

Subjects

Photography, Panoramic
Brooklyn Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Bridges -- New York (State) -- East River
Panoramic photographs

Genres

Photographs

Notes

Content: Transferred from Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, 2013
Content: Beal's view of New York City was shot in January 1876, after the photographer wrestled his heavy camera equipment, glass plate negatives, and tripod up the tower's thirty flights of stairs. He exposed five negatives to create a composite photograph. This example contains three of the images, which provided a sweeping panorama of lower Manhattan's landmarks, including Trinity Church and the nine-story headquarters of the New York Tribune, in addition to commercial activity along the East River. Dominating the scene is the massive New York Tower of the Brooklyn Bridge, which was completed in 1883. Commercial signage along the sides of buildings may be seen, including "Harper's," "American Rubber Maint.," "Abel Bros. Iron," "Judd Storage," "Van Dyke's Hotel," "United States Bonded Warehouse," "Ferry from Roosevelt SINY," as well as Beal's enhanced handwritten caption information, "Clyde's Line from Phila." New York, An Illustrated History, 170-171 (detail).

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 1 photograph ; 9 1/4 x 89 in. (23.5 x 226 cm), 12 1/16 x 89 15/16 in. (30.7 x 228.5 cm) (mat/mount)
Mounted onto Masonite(?) 1cm thick. Original photograph of the reprint: 106PH291.001

Identifiers

Object Number: 113PH045
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5722fe60-5b93-0131-8261-58d385a7bbd0

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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