Bird's-Eye View of the Southern End of New York and Brooklyn; Showing the Projected Suspension Bridge Over the East River, From the Western Terminus in Printing-House Square, New York
$350 · Offered by Argosy Book Store
New York: Harper's Weekly, 1870. Print. Woodcut. Sheet measures 15 3/4 x 21 3/4 Impressively detailed, this beautiful bird's-eye view looks south on Lower Manhattan, Staten Island, and Brooklyn to showcase a projection of the Brooklyn Bridge. Though not completed for almost 13 more years, construction had begun on the bridge's foundation at the time of publication. Trolleys, pedestrians, and carriages on the
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