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Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City showing the New York and Brooklyn Towers, with people lined on the bridge, and a busy dock and boats in the East River; the names of the architect, engineers and related persons printed in lower margin.
Image of an elevated cityscape view of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City looking southeast towards Brooklyn and showing the city and boats in the East River; caption at bottom margin centered.
Image of an aerial cityscape view of New York City, with the Manhattan shoreline and Battery Park in the foreground, and showing the Brooklyn Bridge and boats in the East River and the Hudson River, with a list of locations and buildings in margin.
Image of an eye-level landscape view of the Niagara Falls gorge, showing the cable lines and ferry basket that were strung across the Niagara River during the construction Niagara Falls Suspension Bridge connecting New York and Ontario, Canada, with towers and a man on the banks in the foreground, and the waterfall in the distance; section view of cable in ferry and bridge statistics printed in bottom margin.
Image of an aerial view of New York City and Brooklyn, New York, where the Hudson River and the East River meet the bay; boats and ships sail in the harbor; key in bottom margin to twelve locations pictured, including Blackwell's Island, Williamsburg, Governor's Island, and Fort Columbus.
Image of an elevated landscape view of a suspension bridge across the gorge between Lewiston, New York, and Ontario, Canada, as seen from the Niagara River, and showing winding roads with pedestrians and horses leading into the mountains on both sides, and boats and a steamboat ferry in the water; bridge details printed in bottom margin.
Image of a poster advertising the New York Elevated Railroad with a central image of an elevated view of a busy street scene in New York City showing a street corner lined with commercial buildings, pedestrians, horse-drawn vehicles, and elevated sidewalks, tracks, and railroad cars.
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