About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0714
  • TitleMrs. O'Dwyer
  • SummaryClose-up portrait of Sloan Simpson, the former wife of William O'Dwyer, standing on the deck of an unidentified ship. O'Dwyer served as mayor of New York City from 1946 to 1950.
  • Date1953
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso: date stamped: Sep[t] 2, 1953; Brooklyn Eagle stamp; photographer's stamp. Title from inscription on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • SubjectSimpson, Sloan
  • 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: Second wife: Sloan Simpson: II