Caption on original reads: "QUEENSBORO BRIDGE, OVER BLACKWELL'S ISLAND, EAST RIVER, NEW YORK. Blackwell's Island Bridge extends over the East River from E. 59th Street and 2nd Ave., Manhattan, to Jane and Academy Streets, Long Island City. It is a...
Postal data: posted, postmarked ([C embedded in larger postmark] New York, N.Y., Aug 23, 10AM, 19[?]), stamp; Postcard type: divided back (THIS SPACE FOR MESSAGE; ADDRESS); Logo (POST CARD) in stylized lettering; Printed message (In leaving New...
Actress Gloria Swanson lends support to raising $340,000 for the Society's campaign, of which the Bronx goal is $10,000. The Society helps all aged, handicapped, helpless and lost at the local railroads, bus terminals and piers.
On Oct. 27, 1928, a flotilla of ships is led down the Harlem River by the City flagship 'Macon' in celebration of the remodeling of the High Bridge. The bridge piers that had hampered navigation on the river were replaced with a steel arch making...
Aftermath of the June 13, 1918 sinking of a coal barge, wrecked when it was forced by swift currents and high winds into one of the High Bridge piers in the main channel of the Harlem River. In the distance is the Washington Bridge
(opened in 1889).
The removal of piers at High Bridge opens the Harlem River to navigation and also reopens the pedestrian bridge to for public use. In: Bronxboro, Vol. VI, No. 7, pp. 1-4.
