CURRIER IVES The Great East River Bridge To Connect the Cit

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CURRIER & IVES. The Great East River Bridge. To Connect the Cities of New York & Brooklyn. Small folio hand-colored lithograph of the Brooklyn Bridge spanning the ship-filled East River. 10 1/2x13 1/2 inches sheet size; touches of gum arabic; minor foxing, small abrasion at upper center; New Best 50 Small Folio No. 31. New York, 1872

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A theoretical view - at the time of this publication construction was only two years in and the towers, let alone the span, were nowhere near completion. A short descriptive puff in the lower margin outlines the bridge's specifications and presumptive cost.