About This Item


  • Call NumberPORT_0673
  • TitleWaiting for the winner
  • SummaryCaption: "Waiting for the winner--Here's the cup and District Attorney O'Dwyer who will present it to the winning school team at tonight's big show--Current Events Bee. Turning the trophy over to the hands of the law for safekeeping is Madeline Cannon of the Brooklyn Eagle. Nineteen schools will vie for the cup in the Eagle's 25th annual news quiz contest tonight at Erasmus Hall."
  • Date1940
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: May 10, 1940. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Awards -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Public prosecutors -- 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: II