About This Item

  • TitleWilliam O'Dwyer
  • Call NumberPORT_0658
  • Cite AsBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
  • SummaryImage represented is one of a related set (PORT 0657, PORT 0660, PORT 0659), some of which may also be described in this new record; Four images, in different sizes, of William O'Dwyer who served as mayor of New York City from 1946 to 1950 and as ambassador to Mexico from 1950 to 1952. 0657 and 0660 show him testifying at senate crime investigation hearing. 0658 and show him standing outside Grand Jury room.
  • Date1950, 1951
  • Formatstill image
  • Physical Description4 photographic prints : black & white, gelatin silver ; 8 x 10 in.
  • Genregelatin silver printsphotographic printsportraits
  • Note0657: 8 x 5 in.: two images, 4 x 5; 0660: 7 x 9 in. Title from caption on verso of 0657.
  • SubjectO'Dwyer, William, 1890-1964 ; Ambassadors -- New York (State) -- New York ; Mayors -- New York (State) -- New York
  • CollectionBrooklyn Daily Eagle photographs
  • PlaceBrooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
  • 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.