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Post by Emerald_Door on Dec 17, 2016 18:50:57 GMT
I found one completed listing for this item, in which it was identified as the Brooklyn Bridge. However, I'm not sure that's correct. Everything else of this nature says, "Brooklyn Bridge" and does not have the buildings in the foreground. I'm also wondering about the significance of the tools on the other side. Does anyone have any opinions or information? Thanks!
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Post by Pantlandia on Dec 17, 2016 21:33:56 GMT
The stuff on the back seems like mining gear, which makes me think of San Francisco. Maybe the Golden Gate?
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Post by Shirley U Geste on Dec 17, 2016 21:45:45 GMT
Shape is all wrong for the Golden Gate, but it doesn't look like the Brooklyn bridge either.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2016 22:56:51 GMT
I think it is the Brooklyn and the tools used to build it. You can see the piers/supports are stone and the construction of it was a big deal so i can see commemorating it with both a medal and the hand tools as part of the motif.
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Post by titus730 on Dec 18, 2016 0:39:10 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 18, 2016 2:30:17 GMT
It's not very detailed, like to see the cathedral shapes inside the columns. I grew up a few blocks from the Brooklyn Bridge, and next to that is the Manhattan bridge, also same shape and then further over is the Verrazano, again same shape. If it's definitely NY, then it probably is the Brooklyn bridge because of the stone blocks on the bottom. The others have metal and it's not solid like a wall. Even the Williamsburg bridge is metal bottom. For some reason the boats look Asian to me.
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Post by Emerald_Door on Dec 18, 2016 4:29:40 GMT
I also thought the boats looked Asian, and wondered if anyone else would think that. Since I'm far from an expert in this area, I want to get opinions and thoughts. I wonder why they didn't just put the name of the bridge on it. They just didn't do a good job of thinking ahead to 2016 when someone might want to list it on eBay.
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Post by jandsknight on Dec 18, 2016 4:52:20 GMT
I also thought the boats looked Asian and the tools looked like what the workers would've used to build the bridge.
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Post by kat on Dec 18, 2016 5:47:51 GMT
Not Golden Gate. It only has two suspenders.
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Post by kickitup on Dec 19, 2016 2:10:39 GMT
I also thought Asian.
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Post by titus730 on Dec 19, 2016 17:53:15 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 22:46:28 GMT
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2016 23:38:38 GMT
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Post by Emerald_Door on Dec 20, 2016 3:45:22 GMT
In person, mine has more detail, less worn, than the one on etsy. It's ⅞" in diameter and appears to be brass. So far, the two I've seen have both been identified as the Brooklyn Bridge, so maybe that's the answer.
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