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The opening of the Brooklyn Bridge...



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May 26, 1883

HARPER'S WEEKLY, New York, May 26, 1883  The full front page is a print captioned: "The New York & Brooklyn Suspension Bridge--New York Entrance" with an inset of J. A. Roebling, the architect.
One inside page has two prints on the Brooklyn Bridge: "Archway Under Approach, New York Side" and "Cable Anchorage, Brooklyn Side, as it Appeared Before Completion", plus there is a full page print of: "The New York & Brooklyn Suspension Bridge--The Approach on the New York Side" and another full page of the: "Brooklyn Entrance". There is a related article on the opening of the Brooklyn Bridge as well, titled: "The Bridge As A Monument".
Many other unrelated prints in this issue as well.
Sixteen pages, never bound or trimmed, 4 small worm holes near the margins do not affect the ftpg. print nor 2 of the inside pg. bridge prints, but do affect the edge of the two fullpg. bridge prints. Browning in te upper left as well. Price $60 less than a "nice" issue.

Category: 1880-1889