- Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Title:
- George Washington Bridge, N. Y...Over the Hudson from Manhattan to the Palisades
- Date of Original:
- 1939
- Subject:
- George Washington Bridge (New York, N.Y.)
Postcards--New York--New York - Location:
- United States, New York, New York County, Manhattan, 40.78343, -73.96625
- Medium:
- postcards
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jp2
- Description:
- Postcard (color, divided back, 3 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches) titled: George Washington Bridge N. Y.…over the Hudson River from Manhattan to the Palisades. The George Washington Bridge was twice as long as any previous suspension bridge. Othmar Ammann, a Swiss-born architect and engineer, proposed the bridge design in 1923. The Port Authority, with Ammann as chief engineer, began construction in October of 1927. The bridge has a 3,500-foot center span suspended between two 570-foot steel towers, and the strength to carry two levels of roadway or rail. The George Washington Bridge was first opened to traffic in 1931. This card is one of a series produced by R. H. Macy & Co., Inc. Text on reverse: The Macy Color Views of New York
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-276
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-276#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/zgz_epogpc_mccls-pstcrd-276/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Extent:
- 1 postcard : col. ill.
- Original Collection:
- Ellen Payne Odom Genealogy Library Postcard Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Moultrie-Colquitt County Library System
- Rights:
-
