Bomb scare
One hundred years ago today … At eight o’clock at night, a bomb threat prompted the police to lock down streets and set guards on numerous NYC landmarks. The Times furnished a list in the next day’s paper.
The New York Times, 14 January 1921. Chronicling America.
![Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Bridges–Brooklyn Bridge–[view showing lower Manhattan]." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5bc96864c2ff6137d020199c/1610566363894-J905O8IPYGKZDBLXVMII/Brooklyn+bridge+bomb+scare.png)
Irma and Paul Milstein Division of United States History, Local History and Genealogy, The New York Public Library. "Bridges–Brooklyn Bridge–[view showing lower Manhattan]." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1920.
– Jonathan Goldman, January 14, 2021
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