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  • Call NumberPORT_0690
  • TitleMayor in 1947 budget retreat
  • SummaryCaption: "Mayor in 1947 budget retreat--Mayor O'Dwyer, witrh reserve supply of cigars before him, is in annual retreat, working on pruning down the record $1,097,682,495 budget requests submitted by the 109 city departments and agencies. Seated with him, working on the budget figures, are Budget Director Thomas J. Patterson, left, and Louis Cohen, assistant to the mayor. Standing, left to right, are George McNamin, chief accountant, William F. Shea, chief examiner, Mildred Kuhn, secretary fo the budget director, Abraham D. Beame, assistant budget director, and Loretta Colgan, secretary." O'Dwyer served as mayor of New York City from, 1946 to 1950. Beame served as mayor from 1974 to 1977.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 21, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectBeame, Abraham D. (Abraham David), 1906-2001 ; O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • 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: III