Title

The Grand Display of Fireworks and Illuminations at the Opening of the Great Suspension Bridge between New York and Brooklyn on the Evening of May 24

Caption

The Grand Display of Fireworks and Illuminations at the Opening of the Great Suspension Bridge between New York and Brooklyn on the Evening of May 24, 1883. View from New York Looking towards Brooklyn., 1883. Designed by German-born engineer John Augustus Roebling

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images

Reference

HRM20A64_415

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NA

Property release

NA

License type

Rights managed

Available size

6,3Mb (461,9Kb) / 5,5in x 4,5in / 1652 x 1340 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation people male man men opening night New York country grand guy bridge bridges celebrations color Central America structure celebration explosion show suspension bridge exploding firework fireworks location century Brooklyn concept printing time of day new york state steamboat hand-tinted United States of America Colour 19th century water transport Firework display hand tinted lithograph nineteenth century American America USA TGN lithography hand coloured portrait united states Currier and Ives Currier & Ives John Augustus Roebling Roebling John Roebling Nathaniel Currier Currier Nathaniel lithotint hand-coloured John A Roebling John Augustus Heritage Art James Merritt Ives Ives James Merritt James Ives