About This Item

  • Call NumberPORT_0691
  • TitleA hat for O'Dwyer
  • SummaryCaption: "A hat for O'Dwyer--Cowboy topper and scroll making the mayor a vigilante of Tuscon, Ariz., is presented to the city's chief executive by T. P. (Smokey) Altenberger [during parade an unknown location], as Deputy Mayor John J. Bennett looks on." Image includes group of men wearing military uniforms; two are carrying large flags.
  • Date1947
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteGrease pencil cropping marks. On verso: date stamped: Aug. 28, 1947. Title from caption on verso.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Flags -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Parades -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)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: 1946-1947: III