About This Item

  • Call NumberSWEL_0045
  • TitleHearty congratulations
  • SummaryCaption: "Hearty congratulations--Mayor O'Dwyer, right, congratulates Abe Stark, chairman of the board of directors of the Brownsville Boys Club, on the $100-a-plate dinner in Mr. Stark's honor which raised $130,000 for the club's current $200,000 building fund drive." William O'Dwyer served as mayor of New York City from 1946 to 1950.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Nov. 24, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Brownsville Boys Club ; 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: Social welfare: Boys clubs: Brownsville: II