About This Item


  • Call NumberPORT_0698
  • TitleA mayor calls on a judge
  • SummaryCaption: "A mayor calls on a judge--Mayor O'Dwyer, entering Judge Samuel S. Leibowitz's chambers, flanked by (left to right) Police Commissioner William P. O'Brien, Chief Inspector August W. Flath, Chief of Detectives William T. Whalen and Sol Klein, executive assistant to the deputy mayor."
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jul[y] 28, 1950; "Eagle staff photo by Lambert." Title from caption on verso.
  • CreatorLambert, Al
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Judges -- 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: 1950: I