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200 Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, NY 11238-6052 T(718) 638-5000 www.brooklynmuseum.org Selected Bibliography from The Great East River Bridge, 1883–1983 (New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1983) 1 Robert Greenhaigh Albion, The Rise of The New York Port 1815–1860 (New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1939). 2 Charles Barnard, “The Brooklyn Bridge,” St. Nicholas Magazine (July 1883). 3 A. C. Barnes, The New York and Brooklyn Bridge, pamphlet (Brooklyn, 1883). 4 Archibald Black, The Story of Bridges (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936). 5 B. A. Botkin, New York City Folk Lore (New York: Random House, 1956). 6 Francis Williams Brown, Big Bridge to Brooklyn (New York: Aladdin Books, 1956). 7 James H. Callendar, Yesterdays on Brooklyn Heights (Brooklyn: The Dorland Press, 1927). 8 East River Bridge: Laws and Engineers Reports, 1868–1884 (Brooklyn: Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1885). 9 Edward Robb Ellis, The Epic of New York City (New York: Coward- McCann, 1966). 10 E. F. Farrington, Concise Description of the East River Bridge, with Full Details of the Construction, pamphlet (New York: C. D. Wynkoop, 1881; republished Brooklyn: Boro Book Store, 1969). 11 S. W. Green, A Complete History of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge: From Its Conception in 1866 to Its Completion in 1883, pamphlet (New York: 1883). 12 H. J. Hopkins, A Span of Bridges: An Illustrated History (New York: Praeger, 1970). 13 Henry W. B. Howard, History of the City of Brooklyn (Brooklyn: The Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1893). 14 David Jacobs and Anthony E. Neville, Bridges, Canals & Tunnels: The Engineering Conquest of America (New York: American Heritage Publishing in association with The Smithsonian, 1968).
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Selected Bibliography
from The Great East River Bridge, 1883–1983(New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1983)
1 Robert Greenhaigh Albion, The Rise of The New York Port 1815–1860(New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1939).
2 Charles Barnard, “The Brooklyn Bridge,” St. Nicholas Magazine (July1883).
3 A. C. Barnes, The New York and Brooklyn Bridge, pamphlet (Brooklyn,1883).
4 Archibald Black, The Story of Bridges (New York: McGraw-Hill, 1936).5 B. A. Botkin, New York City Folk Lore (New York: Random House, 1956).6 Francis Williams Brown, Big Bridge to Brooklyn (New York: Aladdin
Books, 1956).7 James H. Callendar, Yesterdays on Brooklyn Heights (Brooklyn: The
Dorland Press, 1927).8 East River Bridge: Laws and Engineers Reports, 1868–1884 (Brooklyn:
Brooklyn Eagle Press, 1885).9 Edward Robb Ellis, The Epic of New York City (New York: Coward-
McCann, 1966).10 E. F. Farrington, Concise Description of the East River Bridge, with Full
Details of the Construction, pamphlet (New York: C. D. Wynkoop, 1881;republished Brooklyn: Boro Book Store, 1969).
11 S. W. Green, A Complete History of the New York and Brooklyn Bridge:From Its Conception in 1866 to Its Completion in 1883, pamphlet (NewYork: 1883).
12 H. J. Hopkins, A Span of Bridges: An Illustrated History (New York:Praeger, 1970).
13 Henry W. B. Howard, History of the City of Brooklyn (Brooklyn: TheBrooklyn Eagle Press, 1893).
14 David Jacobs and Anthony E. Neville, Bridges, Canals & Tunnels: TheEngineering Conquest of America (New York: American HeritagePublishing in association with The Smithsonian, 1968).
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15 John A. Kouwenhoven, The Columbia Historical Portrait of New York(New York: Doubleday and Company, 1953).
16 David McCullough, The Great Bridge (New York: Simon and Schuster,1972).
17 David McCullough, “The Treasure from the Carpentry Shop: TheExtraordinary Original Drawings of the Brooklyn Bridge,” AmericanHeritage 31, no. 1 (December 1979).
18 Sharon Reier, The Bridges of New York (New York: Quadrant Press,1977).
19 Hamilton Schuyler, The Roeblings: A Century of Engineers, BridgeBuilders, and Industrialists: The Story of Three Generations of anIllustrious Family, 1831–1931 (New Jersey: Princeton University Press,1931).
20 Montgomery Schuyler, “Brooklyn Bridge as a Monument,” Harper’sWeekly (May 26, 1883); reprinted in Roots of Contemporary AmericanArchitecture, ed. Lewis Mumford (New York: Grove Press, 1959).
21 Montgomery Schuyler, American Architecture and Other Writings, ed.William H. Jody and Ralph Coe (Cambridge: Belknap Press, 1961).
22 David B. Steinman, The Builders of the Bridge: The Story of JohnRoebling and His Sons (New York: Harcourt Brace & Co., 1945).
23 David B. Steinman, Bridges and Their Builders (New York: G. P. Putnam’sSons, 1945).
24 Henry R. Stiles, The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical Historyand Commercial and Industrial Record of the County of Kings and the Cityof Brooklyn, N.Y., from 1683 to 1884 (New York: Munsell and Co., 1884).
25 Isaac Newton Phelps Stokes, The Iconography of Manhattan Island1498–1909 Compiled from Original Sources and Illustrated byPhotointaglio Reproductions of Important Maps, Plans, Views andDocuments in Public and Private Collections, 6 volumes (New York:Robert H. Dodd, 1915–1918).
26 Alan Trachtenberg, Brooklyn Bridge, Fact and Symbol (New York: OxfordUniversity Press,1965).
27 Archibald Douglas Turnbull, John Stevens, An American Record (NewYork: Century Co., 1928).
28 Norval White and Elliot Willensky, American Institute of Architecture Guideto New York City (New York: The Macmillan Co., 1968; Collier Books,1978).
