By the summer of 1850, various versions of a short skirt and trousers, or Turkish dress, were being worn by readers of the Water-Cure Journal as well as women patients at the nationâs health resorts. After wearing the style in private, some began wearing it in public.
Lesson Plans. 1. The Brooklyn Bridge, constructed between 1869-1883, is a symbol of late 19th-century innovation and progress. It was the first suspension bridge to use steel for its cable wire and the first to use pneumatic caissons.
THE BRIDGE IN FOLKLORE: Below is a list of interesting events in the history of the Brooklyn Bridge: 1  1884: P.T. Barnum demonstrated the safety of the bridge by parading across it with a herd of 21 elephants. 2  1885: Robert E. Odlum was the first man to jump off the bridge, but did not survive the fall.