About This Item


  • Call NumberPORT_0661
  • TitleWilliam O'Dwyer
  • SummaryCaption: "The District Attorney-elect [Kings] County Judge William O'Dwyer, is first to buy a box for the 89th annual County Ball of the Ancient Order of Hibernians ... In the group are, left to right, James L. Cunningham, treasurer of the ball committee; the Judge; John J. Rooney, Kings County president of the Hibernians; John J. Geoghan, Jr., secretary of the ball committee, and Joseph G. Moriarity, the committee's chairman."
  • Date1939
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 5 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped and retouched. On verso: date inscribed: Dec. 10/39. Title from caption on verso.
  • 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: 1934-1940: I