The First Cat to Cross Over the New Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge, which was called the East River Bridge at the time, opened to traffic on May 24, 1883. Newspapers were full of the festivities, and recorded the people who had the honor of being the first to travel...
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