• John Reid (photographer)
• Watson Manufacturing Co. (role unspecified)
• S.S. Post (role unspecified)

View of the Harlem Bridge showing a train, people and the Harlem River, New York City, New York, United States

1871

Albumen silver print

comp.: 32,1 x 42,1 cm secondary support (corners rounded): 43,3 x 50,4 cm

PH1980:0343

• exterior view

- There are tears on the l.c. and u.c. of the secondary support, and the u.r., l.l. and l.r. corners have been torn off. There is a piece of white woven tape on the u.l. of the verso of the secondary support. A black ink border frames this photograph.

imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the secondary support, l.l.: "J. REID, PHOT."; l.r.: "PATERSON, N.J."; l.c.: with title and / "LENGTH 524 FEET: DRAW, 200 FEET. / OVER HARLEM RIVER AT FOURTH AVENUE, NEW YORK. / Used by N.Y. & Harlem, N.Y. Central & Hudson River, and N.Y. & New Haven Railroads." imprinted - in typescript and black ink, on the secondary support, l.l.: "S.S. POST, Patentee, / JERSEY CITY, N.J."; l.r.: "The Watson M'f'g, Co., Builders, / PATERSON[, N.J.]" [cut-off] inscribed and dated - by an unknown hand, in graphite, on the secondary support, verso, u.r.: "W" / with a price / "@1870 / date [illeg.] another / photo / DG"

New York (City); New York; United States;

• ingénierie

• river
• people
• boats
• railroad bridge
• train (vehicle grouping)