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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Steve_Brodie_(bridge_jumper)Steve Brodie (bridge jumper) - Wikipedia

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   Steve Brodie (December 25, 1861 – January 31, 1901) was an American from Manhattan, New York City, who on July 23, 1886, claimed to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived. The supposed jump, of which the veracity was disputed, gave Brodie publicity, a thriving saloon and a career as a performer. Prior to this, he was penniless ...

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3. www.boweryboyshistory.com › 2019 › 07That daredevil Steve Brodie! Did the former newsboy really ...

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   Jul 11, 2019 · In 1886 Steve Brodie, on a bet, jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge, the bridge being only about three years old at the time. What was amazing was not the amount of stupidity that took, but the fact that he survived and claimed his $100 bet money.

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4. www.thoughtco.com › steve-brodie-and-the-brooklynSteve Brodie and the Brooklyn Bridge - ThoughtCo

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   Mar 17, 2017 · Steve Brodie, a character from the Manhattan neighborhood adjacent to the bridge, claimed to have jumped from its roadway, splashed into the East River from a height of 135 feet, and survived. Whether Brodie actually jumped on July 23, 1886, has been disputed for years.

5. www.bklynlibrary.org › 07 › 19Steve Brodie Jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and Lived (Maybe?)

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   Jul 19, 2021 · This is a rendering of Steve Brodie a resident of Manhattan and former newsboy who claimed to have jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge and lived. The bridge, then called the East River Bridge had just recently been completed in 1883 and on July 23, 1886, Brodie took the plunge. Or did he?

6. www.tandfonline.com › doi › fullThe adventures of the bridge jumper - Taylor & Francis Online

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   Mar 17, 2010 · Steve Brodie's 1886 jump from the Brooklyn Bridge created a particularly modern fame that has much to tell us about the emergence of modern media celebrity and the kinds of spectacular stunt performances that could be mobilised to create it in the years just before the cinema.

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7. ultrarunninghistory.com › steve-brodieUltrarunning Stranger Things: Steve Brodie, New York Newsboy

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   Aug 24, 2022 · Steve Brodie of the New York City Bowery gained fame and fortune ultrarunning in 1879, lost it all, but eventually used fraud to revive his fame, by jumping off the Brooklyn Bridge...or did he?

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   Did Steve Brodie jump off the Brooklyn Bridge?

   • Steve Brodie (December 25, 1861 – January 31, 1901) was an American from Manhattan, New York City, who on July 23, 1886, claimed to have jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and survived. The supposed jump, of which the veracity was disputed, gave Brodie publicity, a thriving saloon and a career as a performer.

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   Did Steve Brodie jump?

   • Steve Brodie, a character from the Manhattan neighborhood adjacent to the bridge, claimed to have jumped from its roadway, splashed into the East River from a height of 135 feet, and survived. Whether Brodie actually jumped on July 23, 1886, has been disputed for years.

   Steve Brodie and the Brooklyn Bridge - ThoughtCo

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   Who is Steve Brodie?

   • Brooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History This is a rendering of Steve Brodie a resident of Manhattan and former newsboy who claimed to have jumped from the Brooklyn Bridge and lived.

   Steve Brodie Jumped off the Brooklyn Bridge and Lived (Maybe?)

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   Did Brodie jump the East River Bridge?

   • The bridge, then called the East River Bridge had just recently been completed in 1883 and on July 23, 1886, Brodie took the plunge. Or did he? The newspaper accounts detailed everything they could about the jump, especially Brodie's motive, which was simple.

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9. www.hmdb.org › mMan Survives Leap From Brooklyn Bridge! Historical Marker

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   Jul 22, 2016 · A fast-talking former Five Points street tough turned con man and gambler who had fallen into debt, Brodie took a dare to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge just months after another daredevil perished performing the same stunt.