About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0656
  • TitleMrs. O'Dwyer's casket carried into cathedral
  • SummaryCaption: "Mrs. O'Dwyer's casket carried into cathedral--Mayor O'Dwyer and his niece Joan, left, stand with an honor guard of policemen and firemen as pallbearers carry his wife's casket into St. Patrick's Cathedral."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Oct. 15, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Funeral rites and ceremonies -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Police -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceNew 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: Portraits: O'Dwyer, William: Frst wife: Catherine Lenihan