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Queen Mary Boulevard, Novi Sad, Restamped with Its Hungarian Name

1919–1941 · postcard

Petrovaradin fortress from the road bridge, with the modern boulevards

1919–1941 · postcard

Three Biplanes in Formation Above the Road Bridge, Novi Sad

1919–1941 · postcard

Novi Sad Views in an Archway Frame, with a Modern Corner

1919–1941 · postcard

Panorama with the road bridge and biplanes

1919–1941 · postcard

Three Views of Novi Sad: Bridge, Town Hall and Boulevard

1919–1941 · postcard

Petrovaradin Fortress and Two of Novi Sad's Modern Avenues

1919–1941 · postcard

Building the bridge, the chapel still standing

1923

Ilustrovani List Page on the New Prince Tomislav Bridge

1926 · document

Crowds on the new bridge approach

1928

The new bridge going up below the fortress

around 1928

Prince Tomislav Bridge Before Its Opening, 1928

1928

The Prince Tomislav Bridge Standing Complete, the Fortress Beyond

1928–1941

Across still water to the fortress

1928–1941

The city skyline beyond the span

1928–1941

The Prince Tomislav bridge lit at night

1928–1941

The Prince Tomislav bridge below the fortress

1928–1944

The bridge from the Novi Sad bridgehead in winter

1928–1944

Petrovaradin Fortress and the Bridge, with Retouched Aeroplanes

1930s

The boulevard end at the bridge

1930s

The approach road and its kiosk

1930s

A Film Still of Cars and a Cart Crossing the Prince Tomislav Bridge

1930–1941

The bridge to Petrovaradin, beyond the trees

1931–1941

The Workers' Chamber after building

1931-1941

Queen Mary Boulevard before the Banovina

1932–1936

A Zeppelin Over the New Bridge, with a Card of Dunavska Street

1933

Snow over the river and its bridges

1940

The Bridge and Fortress, with a Floating Bath House Below, 1941

by May 1941 · postcard

The road bridge to Petrovaradin, with the fortress below

by July 1941 · postcard

Onlookers by the Wrecked Prince Tomislav Bridge, Lamp Pylons Still Standing

1941

Two Collapsed Spans at the Broken Pier, 1941

1941

The Broken Bridge Spans Beneath Petrovaradin Fortress, 1941

1941

Amid the Wreckage of the Prince Tomislav Bridge, 1941

1941

Novi Sad's Skyline From the Petrovaradin Overlook, 1941

1941

Petrovaradin Fortress and the New Bridge

by April 1941 · postcard

Remains of the destroyed road bridge, with Petrovaradin behind

1941

A Sunken Span Mid-River, the Far Bank Beyond, 1941

1941

The Collapsed Spans of the Prince Tomislav Bridge, 1941

1941

The Fallen Bridge Below Petrovaradin Fortress, 1941

1941

Collapsed Bridge Span in the Danube Below Petrovaradin Fortress

1941. · postcard

The Wrecked Bridge Rising From the River, 1941

1941

River Panorama With Barges Moored Below the Bridge, 1941

by April 1941 · postcard

The Wrecked Tomislav Bridge, Novi Sad, 1941

1941

Wreckage of the bridge, with Petrovaradin Fortress beyond

1941

Six Views: Spire, Modern Towers, Bridge and Traffic by Night

1941. · postcard

Six Views: Modern Buildings, the Church Tower and a Wrecked Bridge

by June 1941 · postcard

Novi Sad's Former Road Bridge, Destroyed in 1941

1941 · postcard

Beneath the Bridge Ironwork, Petrovaradin Fortress Beyond

by May 1941 · postcard

Soldiers at the Ruined Prince Tomislav Bridge, Novi Sad, 1941

1941

The Wrecked Road Bridge in the Danube, Novi Sad, 1941

1941

The demolished road bridge between Novi Sad and Petrovaradin

1941–1944 · postcard

Five Views of the Demolished Road and Rail Bridges, Novi Sad

1941–1945 · postcard

The Railway Bridge Destroyed, Men Surveying the Wreckage, Novi Sad

1941–1945 · postcard

The Wrecked Span of the Prince Tomislav Bridge

1941–1945

Petrovaradin Fortress Beyond the Wooden Bridge Approach

1941–1945 · postcard

The Destroyed Railway Bridge, a Church Spire on the Bank, Novi Sad

1941–1945 · postcard

The former Danube bridge, seen across the panorama

1941–1945 · postcard

An Abandoned Car by the Wrecked Prince Tomislav Bridge, 6 April 1941

6 April 1941

Two Views of the Wrecked Tomislav Bridge, 1942

1942

Soldiers on the Wrecked Danube Bridge at Novi Sad, 1942

1942

The Broken Deck of the Tomislav Bridge, Novi Sad, 1942

1942

The Wrecked Bridge Reaching Toward Petrovaradin, 1942

1942

On the Wrecked Tomislav Bridge, Looking Toward Petrovaradin, 1942

1942

Novi Sad, the Prince Tomislav Bridge and the Town Skyline

1942 · postcard

Petrovaradin Fortress Framed by the Wrecked Bridge, 1942

1942

Three Views: Town Hall Square, a Pharmacy Corner and the River

by March 1942 · postcard

River Panorama With a Church Spire and a White Building, 1943

by November 1943 · postcard

The destroyed bridge below Petrovaradin Fortress

by August 1943 · postcard

About this place

The Prince Tomislav bridge was the first permanent road bridge over the Danube between Novi Sad and Petrovaradin. It was built between 1921 and 1928, and it opened a boulevard along which Novi Sad grew down to the river and tied the city to Petrovaradin on the far bank. The Water Gate of the Petrovaradin lower town and the Danube fortifications were pulled down in the early 1920s to clear the ground for it. Yugoslav forces mined the bridge in 1941, the German occupiers rebuilt it, and it was destroyed again during their retreat in 1944; the replacement raised on the same crossing after the war was named for Marshal Tito. In photographs it is told apart from the town’s other crossings by the spiked finials along its truss, a silhouette that recalls the bridges of Budapest.