Bridge Postcards from the David Guise and Lehigh Collections
Collection of Bridge Postcards, depicting various bridges in the United States, Scotland, Canada, and China, published between 1910 and 1970 documenting building and design of structures that connect land and people. This is a small but visually rich record of monuments of structural engineering.
David Guise, a civil engineer, collected anything and everything about the design and construction of bridges. In 2017 he donated to Lehigh his 30 linear feet of rare books, pamphlets, subject files, photographs, and postcards dating from the 1850s to 2000s.
Queensboro Bridge, New York. Success Postcal Card Co.
Brooklyn Bridge, New-York. A.C. Bosselman & Co., New York.
Brooklyn Bridge and New York Skyline. Detroit Publishing Co. 1928.
The George Washington Bridge, New York City. Photo Courtesy Port of New York Authority. Published by Alfred Mainzer.
The New Manhattan Bridge, New York. Success Postcal Card Co. 1911.
South Wagon Bridge, Solomon, Kansas. Kansas Post Card Co.
Famous Y Bridge from the Air, Zanesville, Ohio. The Black and Grant Co.
The Bridge - Chambersburge, Ill.
Wagon Bridge - Steamboat Rock, Iowa. Iowa Calendar Co. 1910.
"Wagon Bridge" Floyd, IA. L.L. Cook. 1913.
Old Lehigh Bridge. The Rotograph Co. 1901.
New Lehigh Bridge - Allentown, PA. The Albertype Co.
George Washington Bridge. Dexter Press Inc.
The World's Longest Single Span, 4200 Feet Between Towers. Golden Gate Bridge. 1949.
Golden Gate Bridge. Official Marin Visitors Bureau. Smith News Co.
Suspension Bridge, Cincinnati, Ohio. J. Louis Motz News Co.
[Volga. Bridge of Alexander II].[Universal Postal Union. Russia].
