About This Item

  • Call NumberHOUS_0149
  • TitleRight at home together
  • SummaryThomas Dewey (lighting cigarette) and William O'Dwyer seated together in model apartment representing apartments to be built in Manhattan Beach as temporary housing for veterans; Dewey reflected in mirror at left; photographer's camera in left foreground. Caption on verso: "Right at Home Together: Mayor O'Dwyer and Governor Dewey take a breather in a sample apartment at Manhattan Beach fitted out by Abraham & Straus."
  • Date1946
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic prints
  • NoteTitle from caption on verso. On verso: date stamped: Mar. 3, 1946.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectDewey, Thomas E. (Thomas Edmund), 1902-1971 ; O'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Municipal officials and employees -- New York (State) -- New York ; Veterans -- Housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public housing -- New York (State) -- New York ; Smoking -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)Manhattan Beach (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: Housing: Manhattan Beach: Veterans Project