About This Item


  • Call NumberPORT_0712
  • Title[Mr. and Mrs. William O'Dwyer]
  • SummaryClose-up portrait of William O'Dwyer, mayor of New York City from 1946 to 1950, with his second wife, Sloan Simpson O'Dwyer.
  • Date1950
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description1 photographic print : black & white, gelatin silver ; 10 x 8 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • NoteCropped; grease pencil cropping marks; retouched. On verso: date stamped: Jun[e] 7, 1950. Title from caption on verso; supplied partially by cataloger.
  • Publisher[Brooklyn Eagle]
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Mayors -- 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: Second wife: Sloan Simpson