Feast Your Eyes on Rare Images of the Brooklyn Bridge With the Center for Brooklyn History
Learn more about Brooklyn’s iconic bridge through photographs, drawings and illustrations that bring the engineering feat to life.
The Brooklyn Bridge in the early 20th century. Photo via the Library of Congress
Learn more about Brooklyn’s iconic bridge through photographs, drawings and illustrations that bring the engineering feat to life.
Author Jeffrey Richman joins the Center for Brooklyn History to share images from his vast collection, many published for the first time in his new book, “Building the Brooklyn Bridge: 1869-1883.”
The virtual event takes place on 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, September 1. It is free but online registration is required to log in. For more information, check out the event page online.
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