Let the Brooklyn Bridge show you the way

The Brooklyn Bridge (or the East River Bridge, as this 1920 postcard charmingly calls it) is many things.

It’s a display of engineering might, a graceful web of wire over water, a symbol of New York’s unity, the embodiment of promise and possibility. Let it be a source of inspiration during this time when our city has been tested.

[MCNY F2011.33.1882]

Tags: Brooklyn bridge, Brooklyn Bridge New York Waterfront, Brooklyn Bridge old postcards, East River Bridge, vintage postcards NYC

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8 Responses to “Let the Brooklyn Bridge show you the way”

JEFFREY BERNARD Says:
June 8, 2020 at 2:13 pm | Reply
I think you meant embodiment. Jeffrey Bernard
- Kenny Says:
  June 8, 2020 at 2:29 pm | Reply
  Thank you, E.B. White.
- ephemeralnewyork Says:
  June 8, 2020 at 3:50 pm | Reply
  Thanks, fixed!
Bill Wolfe Says:
June 10, 2020 at 5:34 pm | Reply
Does anyone know what “Parisian sauce” is? The term alone makes me smile with at its possible meanings.
- joe Says:
  June 12, 2020 at 4:31 am | Reply
  https://www.digitalcommonwealth.org/search/commonwealth:gq67k1425
  - ephemeralnewyork Says:
    June 13, 2020 at 4:06 am
    Love this old ad, thanks for digging it up!
  - Bill Wolfe Says:
    June 14, 2020 at 4:55 pm
    Thank you, joe! What a great ad! I enjoyed the prose piece, as well – possibly the only ad copy I’ve ever read that uses the word “piquancy.”
countrypaul Says:
June 11, 2020 at 5:11 am | Reply
1880s architecture and engineering, and still up to the task!