About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0655
  • TitleMajor O'Dwyer
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0653), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images in different sizes. Caption (0655): "This is the first picture of Maj. William O'Dwyer, Brooklyn's former District Attorney, in his uniform. He is shown with his wife, left, and his niece, Joan Patricia O'Dwyer. Major O'Dwyer reports today at Governor's Island." 0653 shows same three people in different arrangement. O'Dwyer served as mayor of New York City from 1946 to 1950.
  • Date1942
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0655: 10 x 8 in. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 1, 1942; "Eagle staff photo." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorBrooklyn eagle
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; United States. Army -- Officers ; 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: First wife: Catherine Lenihan