Williamsburg Bridge, South Eighth and Berry Streets Brooklyn - 1937
Williamsburg Bridge rises out of haze above 8th Street, which slopes toward river and has homes and businesses along it. Williamsburg Bridge was completed in 1903, over the East River. Antique photograph of New York City. Date Created: 1937-04-28.
Photographer: Berenice Abbott (1898-1991). She proposed Changing New York, her grand project to document New York City, to the Federal Art Project (FAP) in 1935. Source: The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Photography Collection. The New York Public Library.
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