Building the Brooklyn Bridge 1869 - 1883 with Jeffrey I. Richman
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This book invites the reader to step back in time to discover why this iconic bridge -- proclaimed the “eighth wonder of the world” soon after its completion and a National Historic Landmark since 1964 -- continues to hold such a special place in the hearts of so many.
Spanning the East River, the Brooklyn Bridge connected for the first time the then independent cities of Brooklyn and New York. This awe-inspiring structure was not only a modern engineering feat of extraordinary imagination, fortitude, and skill, it also was a towering beacon of human triumph.
Jeffrey Richman, historian at Brooklyn’s famed Green-Wood Cemetery, gathered more than 250 superb nineteenth-century images, many never before published on the printed page. He also specially commissioned more than forty anaglyphs - 3D images generated from the historic stereograph to recreate the 3D experience on the printed page. In his talk Richman will share an engaging selection of images from the book as he tells the amazing story of the bridge's construction. Free 3D glasses will be handed out to all attendees!
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