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  • Call NumberPORT_0665
  • TitleWilliam O'Dwyer
  • SummaryCaption: "[Kings] County Judge William O'Dwyer receiving his membership button as honorary member in the Old Timers Association of the Newspaper and Mail Deliverers Union--with 900 members who have served a quarter century or more on various newspapers. John Coalsley of 570 60th St., union president, is shown pinning the button on the judge's lapel. Left to right are Old Timers Louis Fischer, 651 W 188th St., Manhattan; Joseph Ducato, 836 40th St.; President Coalsley, Jack McCauley, 25 St. John's Place; Judge O'Dwyer, Toby Owens, 441 Lake St.; Thomas Harrington, 188-36 Mangan Ave., St. Albans, and former assemblyman Michael J. Reilly, 214 Bergen St." O'Dwyer served as mayor of New York City from 1946 to 1950.
  • Date1939
  • 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 inscribed: July 19/39. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Judges -- New York (State) -- New York ; 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: 1934-1940: I