About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0667
  • TitleWilliam O'Dwyer
  • SummaryCaption: "[Kings] County Judge William O'Dwyer, celebrating his ... birthday, cuts a cake ... at a surprise luncheon yesterday in the Hotel Bossert while (left to right) James Moran, John Osnato, David J. Martin (standing) and Frank Bals look on." 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. On verso: date inscribed: July 12/39. Title from inscription on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectJudges -- 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