About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0709
  • TitleTense homecoming
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0708), some of which may also be described in this new record; Two images. Caption (0709): "Tense homecoming--Former Mayor William O'Dwyer, unsmiling and grim, returns to Brooklyn to face questioning before the holdover grand jury in the familiar precints of the grand jury room which he once frequented as District Attorney. Here the camera catches him walking through the corridor on his way to see the grand jurors, this time as a witness instead of a prosecutor."
  • Date1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description2 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteOn verso of 0709: caption stamped: Mar. 26, 1951; "Eagle staff photo by Lambert." Title from caption on verso of 0709.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Cameras -- 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: 1951-