About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0685
  • TitleBoy meets mayor
  • SummaryCaption: "Boy meets mayor--Anthony Cox, 10, of 65 Bergen St., had tried for days to meet and shake hands with the new occupant of City Hall. A hearty handshake from Mayor O'Dwyer was the reward for his perseverance today."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jan. 2, 1946; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Shaking hands [lctgm]
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (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: Portraits: O'Dwyer, William: Group photos: 1946-1947: II