About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0049
  • TitleAiding Brownsville boys
  • SummaryCaption: "Aiding Brownsville boys--Mayor O'Dwyer accepts honorary chairmanship of a $150,000 campaign for clubhouse for Brownsville Boys Club. Left to right are Nathan W. Math, Abe Stark, chairman of the club's board of governors, the mayor and Hyman Barshay." Image includes an unidentified man on far right.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 5, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Brownsville Boys Club ; Boys -- Societies and clubs -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)New York (N.Y.)
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • RightsCopyright restrictions apply to the use of this work. For more information or to obtain a reproduction of this work, contact the Center for Brooklyn History at Brooklyn Public Library.
  • FolderFolder: Social welfare: Boys clubs: Brownsville: II