About This Item

  • TitleAt playground opening
  • Call NumberPORT_0682
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryCaption: "At playground opening--Wearing a yamikah [i.e. yarmulke] Orthodox Jewish skull cap, Mayor O'Dwyer poses with Charles Davis, vice president of the Yeshivah Talmud Torah of Crown Heights at dedication of play area at 310 Crown St. yesterday."
  • 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: May 27, 1946; photographer's stamp. Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorSharp, Jay
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Crown Heights (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.